• Bot Bans on the Rise: Possible Banwave?

    Honorbuddy/Gatherbuddy, a popular botting platform for World of Wacraft, has long been hailed as the most well coded subscription-based public bot on the market. Boasting a large user base, the duo of programs automatically mine herbs, bot battlegrounds, heal and DPS instances, grind, and complete quests.

    Ban reporting incidence has increased greatly since last week, and the Honorbuddy forums are abuzz with wild speculation regarding a possible banwave.


    Clusters of users on both US and EU servers have been banned within recent days for use of the program. Many users on the forums suspect that Blizzard is randomly picking from a pool of reported botters each week, banning a certain number on the US and EU servers to avoid a total, pre-emptive shutdown of the Honorbuddy servers in defense against possible detection.

    There is no evidence that Honorbuddy or Gatherbuddy are currently detected on Warden, but that could change any time. As with all bots, hacks, and "third-party programs", Honorbuddy is against the ToS, and anyone caught using these programs will be banned. It is important to remember that once you begin using a bot, hack, or ToS-breaking program, your account could essentially be banned in an instant.

    Player reports are the cause of the majority of botting bans. Blizzard also does ritual scans of the auction house for suspected botters' products. If the player floods the AH with an unnatural amount of goods, it is likely that Blizzard will investigate the account further.


    Being banned for "exploitation of the economy" is one of Blizzard's favorite reasons for permanent closures and account suspensions. Players who flood vendors or the AH with farmed goods may receive a temporary or permanent ban, depending on the individual judgment of the GM.

    There is no reason to suspect that Warden has automatically detected Honorbuddy and Gatherbuddy, and both of the programs have strong Warden defense systems. This doesn't mean, however, that they are undetectable.

    By no means has there been any indication that a banwave is in place. Be cautious. We will update this post as more information is made available.


    aphel - MMOwned News Chief
    This article was originally published in forum thread: Bot Bans on the Rise: Possible Banwave? started by aphel View original post
    Comments 21 Comments
    1. Confucius's Avatar
      Confucius -
      I don't think there's a banwave, maybe just an increase in player reports because they were some featured threads about bots on the WoW site. I use pirox and many people have been being banned as well.
    1. lilaaby's Avatar
      lilaaby -
      Personally i dont believe there is a ban wave with hb and gb i run 17 bots in total 9 gb's of a night time and 8 HB's of a day time my botting computer is never switched off if a banwave was happening i wouldve lost atleast one of my accounts by now
    1. chase3693's Avatar
      chase3693 -
      Quote Originally Posted by lilaaby View Post
      Personally i dont believe there is a ban wave with hb and gb i run 17 bots in total 9 gb's of a night time and 8 HB's of a day time my botting computer is never switched off if a banwave was happening i wouldve lost atleast one of my accounts by now
      Holy shit. At gold cap yet? lol
    1. EddyEvil's Avatar
      EddyEvil -
      I'm hoping it's not a ban wave and just a influx of player reports. My account got a 72 hour suspension using honor buddy, however I was using a public profile and was being very careless. Now I'm only using profiles that I make so hopefully I won't get caught again. ;(
    1. Hogger's Avatar
      Hogger -
      Maybe this is only for Gb.
      I've been botting on hb almost 24/7 the past few days.
      Never sold the farmed mats on ah though.
      And im doing my own profiles, making it extra safe.
    1. [Z]em's Avatar
      [Z]em -
      maybe there are just more bans due to the expansion?
      i mean, more players are active since its realise so maybe its just a correlation.
    1. SprayPlaster's Avatar
      SprayPlaster -
      Or because of the recent AV weekend . Sometimes there's up to 10 bothers per battle, and that's just the obvious ones.
    1. arnoldrimmer's Avatar
      arnoldrimmer -
      Pirox was even hit harder why are the other bots not mentioned??
    1. Seifer's Avatar
      Seifer -
      Some of the "facts" in this article are questionable at best. I've been putting up 300+ auctions per day, which is really more than any human could possibly farmed for the past year. Nothing has happened so far, and by bot is running 24/7. Literally.
    1. Bossland's Avatar
      Bossland -
      How much did you get for that HB / GB banwave thread, and who paid you ?

      "Honorbuddy is against the ToS" - as any other bot out there ....

      "Ban reporting incidence has increased greatly since last week" - as all other bots did due to blizzard cleaning up ...

      "Clusters of users on both US and EU servers have been banned within recent days for use of the program." - and clusters of users have not been, as also have been other users been for botting with other bots

      "There is no evidence that Honorbuddy or Gatherbuddy are currently detected on Warden, but that could change any time" - as with any other bot, at least the ones which do have any warden protection, there aren't that much out there


      Next time you write an article, maybe you should check for the difference of an Suspension and an Ban, as most of the player reports which we do have at thebuddyforum.com are 3 day suspension.
    1. a73k's Avatar
      a73k -
      Guys, stop running the massive ****ing bot operations.

      Stop afk botting for hours on end.

      Stop spamming the ****ing AH full of ore you just spent 24 hours botting.

      Tone this shit the **** down or Blizzard is going to go on a banwave and players are going to go apeshit with the bot reports.


      Of course the shit is being detected, players are seeing you do it and reporting your asses. Its just a matter of when, not if, you will be reported by a player.
    1. Vyil's Avatar
      Vyil -
      Havent seen anyone getting banned with AIO lately...
    1. Unholyshaman's Avatar
      Unholyshaman -
      Quote Originally Posted by a73k View Post
      Guys, stop running the massive ****ing bot operations.

      Stop afk botting for hours on end.

      Stop spamming the ****ing AH full of ore you just spent 24 hours botting.

      Tone this shit the **** down or Blizzard is going to go on a banwave and players are going to go apeshit with the bot reports.


      Of course the shit is being detected, players are seeing you do it and reporting your asses. Its just a matter of when, not if, you will be reported by a player.
      Raaaaaaage hahahaha
    1. SprayPlaster's Avatar
      SprayPlaster -
      Quote Originally Posted by a73k View Post
      Guys, stop running the massive ****ing bot operations.

      Stop afk botting for hours on end.

      Stop spamming the ****ing AH full of ore you just spent 24 hours botting.

      Tone this shit the **** down or Blizzard is going to go on a banwave and players are going to go apeshit with the bot reports.


      Of course the shit is being detected, players are seeing you do it and reporting your asses. Its just a matter of when, not if, you will be reported by a player.
      Botters know all the risk involved. The experienced ones will do what it takes to minimize those risks. QQing about this on a forum full of exploiters and botters won't make the situation any better, you're just gonna get mocked.
    1. diviee3's Avatar
      diviee3 -
      Yeah this article sucks. I still bot with HB but cautious as always, and have not been banned. There are various reasons why BOTTERS are being banned more often lately.
    1. a73k's Avatar
      a73k -
      ...........
    1. Deezpair's Avatar
      Deezpair -
      I run 3 accounts GB 24/7 everyday, the minute they ban me i have 3 new accounts ready.

      How ever ive been doing this for 9months now and have yet to receive a ban.

      I got warned once.

      Ban Wave? maybe someday but not now!
    1. 7itanium's Avatar
      7itanium -
      sorry bud. as a former newsteam member I have never "flamed" a newsteam article in my life

      but this article was extremely biased towards HB and GB.
      The truth is that HB and GB were probably hit LESS than other major bots

      there has been an increase in bot bans this week.. no banwave
      people who remember the glider wave in march of 08? (I think) KNOW what a wave means

      attacking GB and HB was a bit un-necessary... and you clearly pissed off bossland haha

      but yes it is true.. be cautious now more than ever as something is clearly going on
    1. hypershadow66's Avatar
      hypershadow66 -
      Quote Originally Posted by Seifer View Post
      Some of the "facts" in this article are questionable at best. I've been putting up 300+ auctions per day, which is really more than any human could possibly farmed for the past year. Nothing has happened so far, and by bot is running 24/7. Literally.
      I have to agree with Seifer. I have been using SGather to farm thousands + auctions in the last week or two, and surprisingly, my 2 friends who have used no illegal bots/programs recieved 72 hr suspensions for suspicion of getting hacked and doing bad things (which they werent), while im scott free and breaking the rules lol. I've stopped gathering since that patch that came out yesterday, which seems to be updates to warden and other behind the scenes tools.
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