Blizzard has put out a huge Hearthstone ban wave targeting the large amount of bots that have been causing problems on the ladder as of late.
- Over 135k accounts were banned.
- This is the largest ban wave on record for Hearthstone.
- The ban wave primarily targeted bot accounts that were climbing the ladder.
- Previously, 60k accounts were actioned for botting during January.
Blizzard is committing to continuing their efforts against botting in Hearthstone throughout the year, which is great news because they haven't had a great track record with bots. It's great that folks in the community have been putting pressure on Blizzard to ban accounts because without it, it's possible we wouldn't have seen a ban wave of this size.
Quote From GnomeSayin Throughout last year, we shared several updates with you about our ongoing fight against unauthorized bots in Hearthstone. This year, we plan to keep the fight, and the updates, coming.
Yesterday, we dropped the largest banhammer the Tavern has ever seen, several times the size of our previous banwaves. Over 135,000 accounts were actioned—targeting bot accounts that real players are most likely to run into on the ladder.
In addition to this latest action, we actioned about 60,000 accounts throughout the month of January for botting. We also banned some bad actors who were using malicious third-party software to cheat in Heroic Duels.
We remain committed to ejecting these disorderly patrons from our friendly tavern and we’re going to keep taking these types of actions throughout the year and beyond.
We’ll see you (real players) in the tavern! And if you think about botting, we’ll see you, too.
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