Blizzard and ninjas - Blue Tracker

#0 - June 12, 2009, 6:20 p.m.

Well i found out that blizzard favors people that ninja loot or cheat to get what they want.

if a person ninja's and other people see it and complain about it bliz will not do anything about it.

what is even bette if they get an item and an achievement then that person retains the achievement and the item and walks away no skin off their back.

even after others complain a bliz dm will tell you that they can not take away the achievement from the person nor give the item to the right person. they say they will not give the item unless the person said yes they took it and will be willing to give it to the rightful person.

what is worse is that if a person does confess most of the time, more of about all the time the item will still be theirs to keep. who really confesses that they just ninjad something from someone else? seriously.

but the dm will tell you that they will keep an eye on them to see if they do anything like this again.

in the end blizzrd hopes it wont make you mad enough to quit and stop paying them money and it keeps from having to ban people who ninja since they get a warning and get watched and they keep goin on about their buisness and they pay bliz and keep money coming.

hence why the same hackers are the ones that hack people and the same gold farmers will never leave. if in the end it means blizzards pay keeps comin then all they have to do is the least amount possible.

what is best if these people do get banned, (i know a few that have) all they have to do is call up blizzard and complain about the ban, they will be unbanned within the next few hours or the next day.

grats to all the spammer, ninja looters and the gold farmers, you get a golden pass from blizzard.

#13 - June 12, 2009, 7:47 p.m.

Q u o t e:
grats to all the spammer, ninja looters and the gold farmers, you get a golden pass from blizzard.

I can see that you are frustrated, and I'm sorry to see that. I do feel that we can clear some things up which may help clarify the reality of the situation.

Let's cover spammers and gold farmers first. Both activities are very much against our policies, and we appreciate all reports of those activities. In fact, we have instituted the right-click report spam feature to help our players report such things even more efficiently.

Now, with regard to ninja looting? That's a different situation, though I feel it important to provide this link for perusal prior to moving forward:

http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?locale=en_US&articleId=17761

Q u o t e:
What is Blizzard's stance on ninja looting?

Players will often report to our In-Game Assistance department the unfortunate circumstance of becoming a victim to what is commonly referred to as "ninja looting." While we do not condone or support such methods, we regret to inform the victims of this exercise that we will be unable to assist with cases of ninja looting under any means. The reason for this is primarily due to the fact that we feel there are several safe guards in the game to prevent successful ninja looting.

It is important to group with players one feels he/she can trust whenever possible. It is equally as important to trust the party/raid leader to choose the most appropriate looting method to prevent instances of ninja looting. For example, master looting should only be condoned and utilized if the leader of the party/raid can be wholly trusted by those within the party/raid. Along the same lines, free-for-all looting should only be used if all members of the party/raid are considered trustworthy. Looting is maintained at the risk of those within a group. If items are mislooted or ninja looted, the In-Game Assistance department will be unable to intervene under any circumstances.

Often times, ninja looting will be reported to us when another player steals a chest or profession gathering node out in the world or in an instance. In these cases, all chests and nodes are considered first-come first-serve. This means that, whether or not one has cleared an area of hostile enemies around a node or chest spawn with the intentions of claiming it, no one has rights to such a spawn.

If you feel that we should change this stance and adjust our policies to include penalties for ninja looting, then please feel free to constructively make such a request on our Suggestions forum, where our Development staff can review your perspectives.