Botting is OK, Posts about Botting not OK

#1 - Feb. 2, 2016, 4:19 a.m.
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Thanks for the clarification Blizzard.

Original post: http://us.battle.net/d3/en-us/forum/topic/20420204560?page=2#24
With the additional grind required by Caldesan enchants, I know even more people run bots at night to farm TX for keys or mid-level GRs to level up some gems to prepare for enchants. And you know what? I don't blame them.

I have never botted, I don't want to bot, but if you continue to allow pervasive botting across all types of play without penalty then there's really no reason not to.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'd actually pay a subscription fee for this game if it meant there was zero botting. You win, you drove me to desire a payment structure that I fundamentally disagree with, just to fix your game I willingly paid for, twice.

If the Terms of Service specifically forbid this, then by allowing it to happen, aren't you breaking the Terms of Service with us, the foolish goody-two-shoes? What do we get to do about it? As far as I can tell, the answer is "Nothing". Our only option is to stop playing, which is a win for Blizzard anyway, since we already paid (twice).

Seems a bit like a lose-lose for the legit players, which is truly disappointing.
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#4 - Feb. 2, 2016, 4:54 a.m.
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Two things:

  • Posts that promote activities that are against the Terms of Service are not permitted, per our Code of Conduct.
  • Posting about moderated topics is also not permitted.