October 2023 Ban Report

Thank you for your patience. It was a busy month for both staff and GMs. PTR took some of us away from some regular duties and I have finally caught up. Here is your report for October 2023.

222 accounts were banned.

124 accounts were banned for hacking.

44 accounts were banned for botting.

28 accounts were banned for exploitation. Two accounts received their second strike, one account’s first strike was for the same thing in November 2022, another one’s first strike was in September 2022. (One account received their third strike and accounts attached were banned)

25 accounts were banned for breaking the Communication Policy. (One account has received their second strike for the same thing, they got a strike back in Feb. Another account received their second strike, but their first strike was for Exploiting back in June 2022)

1 account was banned for Combat Logging.

Reddit Bans

This month there were 3 accounts banned. Either ban evasion or racism.

Link - https://imgur.com/a/Uma9gma

Sexual Harassment is NEVER Okay

Unfortunately, we had a case where a group of players coordinated a team effort of harassment against one of our players which involved a series of sexual harassment incidents in game, threats of violence against the person, posting vulgar and frankly disgusting videos online. These videos have been taken down by YouTube. This was reported to us and action was taken against six accounts.

This kind of behavior is never appropriate no matter the context. This active group was trying to push a player out of the game in a way which was not inductive to the rules of the game. Both in game actions and the greater context of outside game actions were considered. Any reports of similar behavior will be investigated and action will be taken if warranted.

This is also a reminder that if you feel threatened due to the actions of someone on the internet is to contact your local authorities and the platform holder’s support team (Ex. Discord app).

Editing Game Files WILL put your Account at Risk

There has been an increased number of questions surrounding this topic. We wanted to be clear;

Editing and modifying the game files of MO2 will put your account at risk of bans or strikes.

All reports sent to the GM/Support team will be investigated and confirmed.