Has anyone elses trial accounts been banned?

[NookROM]

I have been boosting my main accounts characters using four trial accounts, basically multiboxing; my main account on my main monitor and four trial accounts open on my second monitor at the same time. The characters on those accounts are there just for dungeon queues, they sit AFK at the entrance while my main clears it, OBVIOUSLY because I don't have ten arms to move everyone at the same time, and why would I want to if my trial characters cant do things like access mail, warbank, etc. I received an email this morning that one, ONE and ONLY ONE of those four accounts have been banned because there is evidence I'm using a hack. I don't care about the trial account(s) and they can stay banned, because I'm not using hacks at all, and they're disposable so whatever. What does concern me is the possibility of my main accounts also receiving bans, is that possible? And why was only one account banned and not the rest?

 

[Katmandu]

I have been boosting my main accounts characters using four trial accounts, basically multiboxing; my main account on my main monitor and four trial accounts open on my second monitor at the same time. The characters on those accounts are there just for dungeon queues, they sit AFK at the entrance while my main clears it, OBVIOUSLY because I don't have ten arms to move everyone at the same time, and why would I want to if my trial characters cant do things like access mail, warbank, etc. I received an email this morning that one, ONE and ONLY ONE of those four accounts have been banned because there is evidence I'm using a hack. I don't care about the trial account(s) and they can stay banned, because I'm not using hacks at all, and they're disposable so whatever. What does concern me is the possibility of my main accounts also receiving bans, is that possible? And why was only one account banned and not the rest?

Read the email carefully to see if you can figure out what caused the ban. If you just accept the ban, it is basically admitting guilt.
Blizz is unlikely to give you exact specifics because it gives hackers info that allows them to prevent detection in the future.

Without knowing what you did to cause the ban, it seems logical that you could get more bans in the future by repeating the same actions.

 

[BANKONE]

Curious. Was it a perma ban or suspension?

 

[NookROM]

Read the email carefully to see if you can figure out what caused the ban. If you just accept the ban, it is basically admitting guilt.
Blizz is unlikely to give you exact specifics because it gives hackers info that allows them to prevent detection in the future.

Without knowing what you did to cause the ban, it seems logical that you could get more bans in the future by repeating the same actions.

the first screenshot was my initial notification that this account was being closed due to finding evidence of "hacking". The second was after I disputed the account closure. I'm sure other people can relate, World of Warcraft is the only game I play, and I have played it for a VERY long time. Long enough to stay a thousand miles away from anything with even the slightest chance of compromising my account(s). It's not this particular account that frustrates me... as I said; this was a throwaway account meant only for filling a spot for dungeon queues. It's the possibility that this could happen to idk, my MAIN account, FOR NO REASON. I'm afraid to even touch the twink i made now, and even more afraid to touch WoW at all

 

[NookROM]

Curious. Was it a perma ban or suspension?

an "account closure", in Blizzards own stupid words

 

[Bakedaflol]

Didn't they ban multiboxing a few years ago?
If you're using a third party program to play characters simultanously, that's probably why.

Or if you were queueing dungeons or doing group content with a setup like the one I mentioned, it's likely that you've been reported or that blizz's anticheat has caught it. (I'm not good with tech terms, so be nice.)

 

[NookROM]

Didn't they ban multiboxing a few years ago?
If you're using a third party program to play characters simultanously, that's probably why.

Or if you were queueing dungeons or doing group content with a setup like the one I mentioned, it's likely that you've been reported or that blizz's anticheat has caught it. (I'm not good with tech terms, so be nice.)

Multiboxing with manual input is not bannable, with windows 11 they have this new window thing when you can match up the size of the windows you have open, and see all the ones you want on your screen without having to click and maximize/minimize, so i have my twink account, the one that is boosting the other accounts, and on my second monitor, i have all my other wow clients (including my main) in windowed mode, and when i need to click something on another client, all i do is take my mouse move it over and manually click whatever i need. No third party software included or even needed.

I will be very nice, thank you for your contribution to this thread, I hope your day has been wonderful

 

[BANKONE]

an "account closure", in Blizzards own stupid words

Yep that’s permanent

I pessimisticly think blizzard has adopted a one strike policy against starter edition/f2p accounts

I’ve been seeing account closures on the first offense (even if the offense is debatable)

 

[Bakedaflol]

Multiboxing with manual input is not bannable, with windows 11 they have this new window thing when you can match up the size of the windows you have open, and see all the ones you want on your screen without having to click and maximize/minimize, so i have my twink account, the one that is boosting the other accounts, and on my second monitor, i have all my other wow clients (including my main) in windowed mode, and when i need to click something on another client, all i do is take my mouse move it over and manually click whatever i need. No third party software included or even needed.

I will be very nice, thank you for your contribution to this thread, I hope your day has been wonderful

1. That's handy asf!
2. There should be nothing wrong with that setup. And theres no way you were banned for that in itself!
3. Good luck bud. Hope you find a way to get it resolved

 

[Chops]

my main account on my main monitor and four trial accounts open on my second monitor at the same time.

you can match up the size of the windows you have open, and see all the ones you want on your screen without having to click and maximize/minimize, so i have my twink account, the one that is boosting the other accounts, and on my second monitor, i have all my other wow clients (including my main) in windowed mode, and when i need to click something on another client, all i do is take my mouse move it over and manually click whatever i need.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but what you've described here can be viewed as a violation of the TOS. Per this post
"use of all software or hardware mechanisms used to mirror commands to multiple World of Warcraft accounts at the same time, or to automate or streamline multiboxing in any way may result in account penalties." Ours 1s coordinator Winterly was banned for this exact thing a couple years ago.

Blizzard has an unnecessarily broad, vague and harsh ant-multiboxing position. But it is what it is. I suspect you were reported because someone saw multiple alts, probably with similar names or generic random generator names, and reported you as a bot. Blizz just banned whatever account was reported.

Here's a few precautions you can take that I also take:
1) have your characters in different phases. 5 toons popping out of and into ques/dungeon portals altogether is gonna cause someone to report you.
2) Dont worry about min/maxing run times. Blasting through content obsessively fast, using the most efficient route dozens of times in a row might look like bot behavior.
3) Similarly, manually alt tab between windows on a single monitor. This will slow you down and look more human.
4) If youre not boosting through TW dungeons, I'd actually recommend going to that actual dungeon entrance. Again, not really bot behavior.

Hope this helps. Always consider that what we do (in general) is already frowned upon by the player base writ large and always toes the exploitation line and often crosses it. So do everything you can to remember that people are looking for a reason to report you, low information players will think youre a bot and you should do everything you can to minimize that risk.

 

[orcgazmatron]

boosting my main accounts

Couldn't be this...?

Nah.

 

[Leakmon]

I have been boosting my main accounts characters using four trial accounts, basically multiboxing; my main account on my main monitor and four trial accounts open on my second monitor at the same time. The characters on those accounts are there just for dungeon queues, they sit AFK at the entrance while my main clears it, OBVIOUSLY because I don't have ten arms to move everyone at the same time, and why would I want to if my trial characters cant do things like access mail, warbank, etc. I received an email this morning that one, ONE and ONLY ONE of those four accounts have been banned because there is evidence I'm using a hack. I don't care about the trial account(s) and they can stay banned, because I'm not using hacks at all, and they're disposable so whatever. What does concern me is the possibility of my main accounts also receiving bans, is that possible? And why was only one account banned and not the rest?

Won ting dat can happen mon, Blizzads cheatin' detection be goin off if ya have de Windows 10 settin' set wrong. Type "Scroll inactive windows when I hover over them" and den uncheck de option. Dat be sometimes mistaken for de hax.

 

[lofi]

Not sure why you got banned, but I would suggest making a /follow leadername macro instead of AFKing at the entrance .. perhaps even it add it to an existing macro/keybind (e.g. mount). Then you can just alt+tab or click the windows and hit the keybind to put your alts on follow.

 

[NookROM]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but what you've described here can be viewed as a violation of the TOS. Per this post
"use of all software or hardware mechanisms used to mirror commands to multiple World of Warcraft accounts at the same time, or to automate or streamline multiboxing in any way may result in account penalties." Ours 1s coordinator Winterly was banned for this exact thing a couple years ago.

Blizzard has an unnecessarily broad, vague and harsh ant-multiboxing position. But it is what it is. I suspect you were reported because someone saw multiple alts, probably with similar names or generic random generator names, and reported you as a bot. Blizz just banned whatever account was reported.

Here's a few precautions you can take that I also take:
1) have your characters in different phases. 5 toons popping out of and into ques/dungeon portals altogether is gonna cause someone to report you.
2) Dont worry about min/maxing run times. Blasting through content obsessively fast, using the most efficient route dozens of times in a row might look like bot behavior.
3) Similarly, manually alt tab between windows on a single monitor. This will slow you down and look more human.
4) If youre not boosting through TW dungeons, I'd actually recommend going to that actual dungeon entrance. Again, not really bot behavior.

Hope this helps. Always consider that what we do (in general) is already frowned upon by the player base writ large and always toes the exploitation line and often crosses it. So do everything you can to remember that people are looking for a reason to report you, low information players will think youre a bot and you should do everything you can to minimize that risk.

I understand what you're saying. I would argue that no commands are being mirrored at all, everything is completely independent of one another, as I have to manually click into different clients to do certain things, but as I said before, Im extremely new to this and wont argue the point. You have been very helpful and I will use what you have told me. That being said, I believe it to be truth and i feel others would agree, I mean to do nothing malicious here.

 

[NookROM]

Couldn't be this...?

Nah.

Dont really like the cut of your jib but appreciate the reply. I'm just a noob looking for guidance

 

[NookROM]

Not sure why you got banned, but I would suggest making a /follow leadername macro instead of AFKing at the entrance .. perhaps even it add it to an existing macro/keybind (e.g. mount). Then you can just alt+tab or click the windows and hit the keybind to put your alts on follow.

I will try that, thank you very much for the input.

 

[Havagudwun]

The way you described is definitely not against the tos. Manually clicking to other monitors to activate different windows and actually hitting the keys for each client you swap to without 3rd party software or hardware is 100% ok.
This thread completely confuses me if that's all you were doin cause I've done that with multiple accounts over 10yrs without any issues. The only thing I can think of is if you use an VPN and it was flagged as a hacker IP. It happens commonly. But that doesn't explain again why all weren't actioned, unless it really was 1 of the alts bein reported. Without a VPN, I'm more confused.

 

[NookROM]

The way you described is definitely not against the tos. Manually clicking to other monitors to activate different windows and actually hitting the keys for each client you swap to without 3rd party software or hardware is 100% ok.
This thread completely confuses me if that's all you were doin cause I've done that with multiple accounts over 10yrs without any issues. The only thing I can think of is if you use an VPN and it was flagged as a hacker IP. It happens commonly. But that doesn't explain again why all weren't actioned, unless it really was 1 of the alts bein reported. Without a VPN, I'm more confused.

No VPN, I dont need one. Let me give an example just to make things a bit clearer if I havent been, to everyone reading this thread. My Twink is a MW Monk, she is on my main monitor. There are four other clients open, those are on my second monitor. One of them is my main account, with the toon(s) i want to level. The other three are the trial accounts meant only to fill slots in the dungeon. Let's say I wanted to use one of those other characters to buff my twink with Arcane Intellect or Power Word: Fortitude. I will drag my mouse from my main monitor, to said character(s) window, use my mouse to click on that window, and use the mouse again to click said buff(s) from their actionbar. Same thing with /follow, i dont even have a macro or keybind, i go independently to each client and click follow. Not a single thing programmed or expedited in anyway, 100% me. Does that sound familiar to what youve been doing for 10yrs? If it does, then I am the most confused of all. Chops' post is what made the most sense to me (SHOUTOUT TO CHOPS). Maybe even a photo will help make this clearer. Perhaps I shouldve posted this photo when I started this thread...

 

[Chops]

I understand what you're saying. I would argue that no commands are being mirrored at all, everything is completely independent of one another, as I have to manually click into different clients to do certain things, but as I said before, Im extremely new to this and wont argue the point. You have been very helpful and I will use what you have told me. That being said, I believe it to be truth and i feel others would agree, I mean to do nothing malicious here.

The way you described is definitely not against the tos. Manually clicking to other monitors to activate different windows and actually hitting the keys for each client you swap to without 3rd party software or hardware is 100% ok.

Its not the mirroring commands thing, its the "hardware mechanisms used to... streamline multiboxing in any way" thing. Ultimately, anything but alt tabbing on a single monitor is against the TOS.

Just want to be clear about that because a lot of people think you need to be using third party software or clever mouse input settings or keyboard macros or something like that to eat a ban. But its far more restrictive than that.

 

[NookROM]

Its not the mirroring commands thing, its the "hardware mechanisms used to... streamline multiboxing in any way" thing. Ultimately, anything but alt tabbing on a single monitor is against the TOS.

Just want to be clear about that because a lot of people think you need to be using third party software or clever mouse input settings or keyboard macros or something like that to eat a ban. But its far more restrictive than that.

I'm not trying to tell you you're wrong, I'm just venting; that is absolutely ridiculous. For Blizzard to basically imply that Windows itself is the issue and using its built in functions is the reason my account was closed... when one window is clicked the last window is basically non active until clicked again, to me that sounds very similar to alt-tabbing. Really batting zero, Blizz... oh well, I guess I'll go back to actually alt-tabbing then