Bhattran
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Posted - 2010.09.05 00:40:00 -
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 Originally by: shady trader
Asteria, CCP don't ban single accounts for macro mining. That they do is gather intel till they have mapped out the whole network. Then they ban the lot, this means that the rest of the network of macro accounts cannot be used to support the replacing of the lost accounts and equipment.
The last major banning session was called unholy rage. If you want the fan fest videos you will see that CCP admitted that unholy rage had a significant effect on the number of active accounts. So much so they were surprised how many accounts were involved and have committed extra resource to the hunt. There is also a number of dev logs related to unholy rage that are worth reading.
I believe that have been busy inventing of the tech1 unholy rage blueprint and are in the process of building the tech2 version of unholy rage, this will be released on the eve universe soon (TM).
I have seen groups of account get banned. If you add groups of them to your contacts list they will disappear on mass one day, when CCP drop the hammer on them.
This is partially true, macro accounts may not be banned if they are 'just' using a program to automate gameplay, the EULA says something to the effect that you are not permitted to use programs/tools/or modify the game to do things at an accelerated rate. Making your ship do the same things you'd do if you had no life, didn't need to sleep, eat, release bodily fluids, or any other things people do then does not violate that clause. IF you question it CCP will deliver a boiler plate section of the EULA and request you submit a petition if you suspect someone of violating it period.
Additionally CCP's efforts in Unholy Rage and other targeted projects against 'macros' are for RMT, Real Money Transactions/transfers, where people go to a 3rd party and pay money to be given ISK (game money) by this third party. The 3rd party either uses macros to mine,mission,or hack actual players accounts to gain that isk they sell. That cuts into CCP's PLEX program, removing money from CCP/etc.
Just because you see someone allegedly macro'ing doesn't mean they are selling the isk they make to anyone which in turn means they are even less likely, AFAIK, to get banned. They very well might get banned but CCP can't prove they are macro'ing instantly and aren't going to kick someone because of one or even a few 'reports' about them, they'd have to investigate first and then might just 'watch' them to see if they do go RMT eventually.
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