Does a 72h suspension always come before a ban?

[Falcaram]

What the title says. Do they ALWAYS ban you 72 hours the first time? Or do big violations of the terms, like botting, cheating, etc get you an instant perma-ban?

I'm thinking bout starting to glide but I don't wanna run the risk of getting a perma-ban. Not at all, really ><. If the only risk is a 3 days ban I can't stand it, and then stop botting forever.

Thanks in advance

[Gothian]

it goes, warning(s), 3 hour ban(s), 3 day bans(s) which are usually final warnings, and then Closure.

But they can skip right to the 3-day bans if they want, or even skip to the final ban-hammer.

[Tankotron]

It depends on what you do after you get the 3 day ban

Like if you speed hack more than likely your gonna get banned
but.. if you just cuss in a BG and somebody reports you.. you'll
probably get a 3 hour ban or a 3 day ban again.

[Falcaram]

Thanks guys!

Now in my concrete case: I've never had any warnings, 3 days bans, anything, I'm perfectly legit so far.

If I started gliding and they caught me, what's the most likely thing to happen?

Thanks again

[Gothian]

Originally Posted by Tankotron

It depends on what you do after you get the 3 day ban

Like if you speed hack more than likely your gonna get banned
but.. if you just cuss in a BG and somebody reports you.. you'll
probably get a 3 hour ban or a 3 day ban again.

Ive never had an action on my account that was less than the one that came before it.

[Morag]

If you want to continue Botting, find out how you got reported and try and fix it :c

if you dont know what it is, i would just stop so you dont risk your account fully

[Falcaram]

Well, thanks everyone again. But I think I might have expressed wrong, because nobody seems to be directly answering to my question :P


If I HAVENT EVER HAD any warning of ANY kind, can they instantly perma-ban me on my FIRST violation of the terms?


Thanks

[Morag]

no ;p

unless it is a super-i-know-you-are-hacking program that warden picks up right away lol

[Verye]

Falcaram, I could help you out with this. I know a lot about Blizzard bans. Hence the name "The WoW Lawyer".

Please send me an IM or AIM or MSN.

Oh, and please take a look at my thread. It's in my sig.

[Gummibär]

If they catch you botting you get banned. They don't tolerate this kind of behavior and they want you to waste 1 month of your life to level characters. So they simply ban you.