SO, my server has a new and exciting game played between the factions. We call it ban wars.

Basically each faction reports members from the other factions constantly for anything that may or may not be a ToS violation. This has resulted in key members of wars /companies being temp and perma banned at various times but it really ramps up before key wars.

Yet.. bots can be up and running around gathering mats for RMT for weeks on end and its all cool.

What is and isnt considered "abusive" is largely arbitrary. The game is rated "T" for teen but even the NPCs in the game say things that could get you banned if you said them in global. Then when you couple that with a very sub par customer service experience its a recipe for disaster.

The games core tenants are designed to generate a feeling of tribalism... and a sense that one should win at all cost. But the way punishments for things are handled makes it clear that AGS is totally cool with botting, duping, and exploiting but you better not say a bad word in global.. thats where they draw the line.