[READ]RAF not over nor exploit ..

[mudfish]

Ok for one, Im not saying you cant raf yourself and get away with it. Im saying it may be different for a multiboxer.

The reason i think they allow the creation of two accounts in the same name is simply because alot of fathers/mothers who have accounts and open them for their children would like to have their account in the fathers/mothers name as well. So sure, there wouldnt be a problem with that scenario.

However, If blizzard notices that someone has linked 4 accounts to their main to gain the benefit for something as obvious as multiboxing that points out your one person, why couldnt they decide to take it away?

Incase you have not noticed Blizzard has some pretty stupid rules. Here is a quote from an email I got from them today for a warning (warning because i had no previous offenses)

Account Action: Warning
Offenses: Harassment Policy Violation - Zone/Area Disruption
This category includes language and/or actions intended to disturb groups of players or areas of the world, such as:
* Disruption of player sponsored events or gatherings
* Excessive use of in-game sounds or visuals
* Excessively casting spells with noticeable effects in crowded areas
* Impeding or blocking access to an NPC, doodad, doorway, or any other area of the world that a player would normally be able to access

Now if you think for one second that they will take action on someone casting blizzard into a crowd a few time faster then they will take action on someone clearly gaining a huge advantage of a system thats already OP, then you have lost your mind.

Whereas if they do take action on someone who doesnt feed their pet then sits in the AH and let it complain before someone taking advantage of RAF, then there is something going wrong on their end.

[imtakinusrs]

Logically, you post does indeed make sense. Of course, multiboxing & RaFing grants one an obvious advantage. That, I do agree.

But as far as written rules are concerned, there is absolutely nothing (as far as what I could find goes) that forbids this.

I'm not saying there won't be amendments to the ToU, but I say that Blizz could possibly be taking quite a gamble by taking action on this without modifying their ToU.

One could argue that this would be an exploit. I, for one, think that Blizzard are not as dumb as some think, and I'm pretty sure they considered this possibility. As a matter of fact, I'd be willing to bet that when this project got proposed, this is possibly the point that got brought out the most by those who opposed it. If they really wanted to do something about it, I'm pretty certain they would've done it right from the get-go. Besides, it's not like it's that hard for them to query a server to see how many users are logged under one same IP.

As I said, I'm not disagreeing with your point; I just doubt that they actually regulated this particular point, no matter how easily it can be abused. And if they start acting before updating regulations or officially deeming this an exploit, then it might be bad for them. Who knows, they may act upon some rich nutcase who decides that this would be a good excuse to sue them.

Hey, if some people sued McDonald's because Big Macs "made them fat", some idiot certainly can sue Blizz over something as trivial as this.

[carnifex93]

dude i just made this to reply to the thread "RAF exploit over" to say no it isn't still going strong... never ending says the gm I talked to

[saltymuffin]

The whole RAF exploit wasn't that you get exp dual boxing, but i see you havn't done much research on the topic. The exploit was that you can take a lvl 1 trial, put him near your higher lvl alt (up to 60) and still get triple exp from quest turn-ins. This IS fixed, and it WAS an exploit. Nobody cares about you and your friend lvling together, thats working as intended, and if your posting that anti-Blizzard is wrong on mmowned, you are preaching to the wrong people.

[imtakinusrs]

Well, looks like we got a response.

I just discussed that with one of my buddies, and he went ahead and asked on the WoW forums.

Using linked accounts to dualbox is indeed allowed by Blizz, as long as the owner on both accounts is the same.

Looks like I'll just have to get the toon on my RaF to 24, and I'll be set!

[kaduvil]

The reason i think they allow the creation of two accounts in the same name is simply because alot of fathers/mothers who have accounts and open them for their children would like to have their account in the fathers/mothers name as well. So sure, there wouldnt be a problem with that scenario.

There is no reason you shouldn't be allowed to own multiply accounts.
Lets say you have a 70 alliance on one realm, and want to reroll horde on the same realm. you don't have to delete your alliance character, just freeze the other account, or play on both sides.

No reason at all owning multiply accounts should be illegal.
and it isn't. It's legal.

[Chief]

the benefits of raf are amazing, not only do you get a zebra mount for your main, but you can level 2 characters lightnign quick ( if multiboxing big +) and then when you get the new account to level 59 you can grant 29 levels to one of your characters on your first account. hmhMhmhMhNMH can you say OMG