Banned while Grinding

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Volley
Posts: 2

Banned while Grinding

Post#1 » Mon Sep 21, 2026 9:50 pm

Hello,

I’m not sure what the reason behind the ban was. I was leveling using the GSE sequence addon along with a small addon I created to help cycle between mobs, mainly because controlling the game on a handheld console with limited buttons can be difficult.

Part of my setup relied on the “Interact with target” function. My intention was to reduce the number of inputs required on the handheld, rather than to run the character unattended. GSE was also being used through the sequence key rather than as an unattended program.

I understand that the custom addon may have appeared somewhat bot-like because it handled some of the targeting and cycling between mobs. However, I was present and actively playing, and I was replying to almost all messages. I’m not sure whether I may have missed a bot check or whether the automated-looking behavior itself triggered the ban.

I’ve been here since the closed beta and recently came back to playing after finding a more convenient way for me to level while watching shows or other content.

I also have never bought gold, used any gold selling services, or done anything involving professions or similar activities. My gameplay was basically just leveling and grinding mobs.

I’m therefore not sure whether the ban was related to GSE, the custom addon, or the way I was using the targeting/interaction functions. If possible, I would really appreciate clarification on exactly what behavior triggered the ban so I can understand the rule and avoid repeating it.

If this was considered problematic in any way, a simple warning would have been enough. :)


I’d appreciate it if you could review the ban and let me know the reason behind it.

Note: I was like 40% to level 60 so yeah :D

Thank you.

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Kestrel
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Re: Banned while Grinding

Post#2 » Tue Sep 22, 2026 8:59 pm

This "addon" also had you completely not react to being teleported around, and when you were teleported to the interrogation room you auto logged off.

This clearly refutes your claim that you didn't see any bot checks, this was a fully automated bot running by all possible metrics and it does appear that much of the leveling was done in this way. Because of this, the ban will hold unfortunately.
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Chintufurry
Posts: 2

Re: Banned while Grinding

Post#3 » Tue Sep 22, 2026 11:19 pm

Volley wrote: Mon Sep 21, 2026 9:50 pm Hello,

I’m not sure what the reason behind the ban was. I was leveling using the GSE sequence addon along with a small addon I created to help cycle between mobs, mainly because controlling the game on a handheld console with limited buttons can be difficult.

Part of my setup relied on the “Interact with target” function. My intention was to reduce the number of inputs required on the handheld, rather than to run the character unattended. GSE was also being used through the sequence key rather than as an unattended program.

I understand that the custom addon may have appeared somewhat bot-like because it handled some of the targeting and cycling between mobs. However, I was present and actively playing, and I was replying to almost all messages. I’m not sure whether I may have missed a bot check or whether the automated-looking behavior itself triggered the ban.

I’ve been here since the closed beta and recently came back to playing after finding a more convenient way for me to level while watching shows or other content.

I also have never bought gold, used any gold selling services, or done anything involving professions or similar activities. My gameplay was basically just leveling and grinding mobs.

I’m therefore not sure whether the ban was related to GSE, the custom addon, or the way I was using the targeting/interaction functions. If possible, I would really appreciate clarification on exactly what behavior triggered the ban so I can understand the rule and avoid repeating it.

If this was considered problematic in any way, a simple warning would have been enough. :)


I’d appreciate it if you could review the ban and let me know the reason behind it.

Note: I was like 40% to level 60 so yeah :D

Thank you.
Yeah you are full of shit, I was waiting for Kestral to come dunk on you. I actually know the addon author of GSE...and Tim doesn't support dev of GSE for private servers so that was a dead give away lol.

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Wubc
Posts: 48

Re: Banned while Grinding

Post#4 » Wed Sep 23, 2026 7:42 am

I didn't reply before, since there was a slight sliver of possibility of a border case, but I had my suspicions about this...

Magical custom addons that do what sounds an awful lot like automation of gameplay under any scrutiny, vague references to interact with target, which (afaik) is not triggerable by addon API call anyways and requires a separate key press and has a lot less use than on official servers, where click-to-move would be used in combination with it to get rid of the need to use WASD or mouse movement... So at the very least it sounded like macroing multiple keypresses under one physically pushed key, similar to what often was done with multiboxing setups.

Given Kestrel's clarification it does sound far more like an excuse to attempt to cover up a more traditional bot setup.
Looking forward to his reply, but I assume we will not get one and this was done in hopes to get an automatically triggered ban reversed.

Volley
Posts: 2

Re: Banned while Grinding

Post#5 » Thu Sep 24, 2026 10:39 am

It’s not a magical addon.

I’ll simply say that if modifying the game client and creating custom addons is considered full automation and is against the rules, then I won’t provide any further information about the modifications I made, the addon I created, or how it works. Whether it is considered automation or not doesn’t really matter to me at this point. I care about this server, and as I mentioned, I’ve been here since closed Beta, so I have no intention of sharing anything that could potentially be used against the rules or point anyone in the wrong direction.

Also, it really doesn’t matter to me whether my account gets unbanned or not. I posted this appeal 12 days after being banned. If I only cared about botting or automation, I could have simply created another account and done it again. I didn’t, because that was never my goal. I was simply playing the game the way I wanted to play it. I didn’t join a guild or make any friends.

As I explained before, my intention was never to fully automate anything. I also deliberately avoided making any gold or doing professions, just in case any part of my setup could be considered against the rules.

I won’t dive into any further details or dissection of the setup. A GM can lock this post if needed.

Good luck, everyone.

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