ComradeClaritux

Yeah, in retrospective it's pretty darn obvious why any sort of scripting would be disallowed, but I think my suggestion would separate people being stupid one time from repeating offenders without encouraging the big bots.

I hear you say that, but I don't think it gets much more clear than this that I don't really have a case, so I won't. This post was meant more as a general discussion of the rules and a warning to other players to read the ToS and CC. I might make a new account and come back to the game later, but for now I'm done.

It feels harsh, I'm not saying it's objectively harsh, but it feels harsh. And I'm not appealing my ban, so I don't think the ban appeal section is the right fora for this.

So, Yesterday I got tired of beating up Piloswines to level up my Scizor to 100 and thought to myself "Hey, I can automate this!". So I wrote a dumb script to do it for me, left it running for a couple of hours and came back to find my account permabanned. Now, first things first: I'm stupid. I did not read the Code of Conduct, I broke the rules, I very much deserve to be banned. That being said, a permaban feels harsh. It never really occurred to me (because, as mentioned; I'm stupid) that an xp-grinding script might land me any significant advantage over other players, as the nature of the competitive scene is much more of a strategical one rather than "who grinded the most xp?" (which is why I've never really played any other MMO before). I spent quite some time enjoying this game, building a team and all it took was one stupid decision to lose my account forever. Having now read the flaring red text that says "If you have used macro / scripting software or bought gold from other players, you have lost your account forever. Please do not waste time." I have very slim hopes of ever seeing my account back, but at least I'm hoping that my account and this post can be a testament to other players to not be stupid like me. Also: I'm obviously biased in this question, but is a permaban a reasonable punishment for first time offenders? Personally I think a very long temporary ban (like, a month or so) followed by a permaban for second time offenders feels more fair, and I don't really see how that would cause more work for moderators. (I would expect less, as fewer people would falsely appeal bans.) I would very much like to see some civilized discussion about this. Have a wonderful day! Claritux