Hell ooctopus WoW community and GM team,
I am creating this discussion thread following GM instructions, regarding the suspension of my set of guild‑storage alt accounts on the Hardcore server.
To give clear context of why these accounts were created:
The game does have a guild‑bank system, but it can only be accessed by max‑level characters. New low‑level guild recruits cannot deposit or withdraw anything from it. Under Hardcore trading level‑gap restrictions, max‑level characters also cannot directly hand over bags, low‑level gear and crafting supplies to brand‑new level‑1 players.
Therefore, we rely on separate low‑level alt accounts as our community storage. These accounts hold low‑level crafting materials, bags and low‑grade gear donated by guild members. All of these items are saved as welfare to give out to new guild members.
Every item was transferred strictly following server rules: goods were mailed step‑by‑step within the allowed 5‑level increments. There was no rule‑breaking cross‑level trading. There are no bots, no real‑money trading, and no profit‑driven gold farming.
What triggered the security alert:
Out of these dozens of accounts, the majority were multi‑opened. I logged in, created level‑1 tauren characters and logged off immediately with no further in‑game actions. These characters were intended to serve as future guild storage. This bulk multi‑session activity triggered the server’s anti‑studio detection system. I understand this behaviour appears suspicious from an anti‑bot perspective.
Most importantly:
A small number of accounts within this same named sequence were **never logged‑in at all**. Some of them are completely empty accounts with zero characters ever created. They performed zero actions of any kind, yet they still got suspended purely through automated cluster detection, only because they share a similar sequential naming pattern with the accounts I operated.
I bring three points for community discussion:
1. For legitimate guild‑support players: should multi‑opening accounts purely to create idle level‑1 storage characters (no bots, no automation tools) receive some measure of leniency?
2. Is it appropriate for completely untouched, zero‑activity empty accounts — where not even a character was ever made — to receive identical suspension, only because other accounts in the same naming group performed suspicious activity?
3. I sincerely request the GM team perform manual, account‑by‑case review by checking server activity logs.
My formal appeal:
I am asking for one‑time leniency to lift these suspensions. I acknowledge that my bulk multi‑open operation was poor judgment and triggered security alarms.
If these accounts get restored:
‑ I will completely abandon sequential‑numbered naming for all future alt accounts.
‑ I will continue to fully respect every Hardcore server rule.
‑ I accept that any future problematic behaviour will result in immediate, permanent punishment for my accounts.
The complete list of affected account IDs will be submitted in a private support ticket.
Thank you for reading my case, and thank you for any community feedback.