Guild Wars 2

Yo guys I was wandering if there’s some kind of punishment, even ban or whatever if someone use some in-game bugs (like underwater mossman in fractal, Arah explo mode skippin’ , etc…). Are there some types of bugs “legal” and some “illegal” ?

Bug abuse and exploit abuse are typically bannable offenses unless Anet explicitly states otherwise. To my knowledge, the only time they’ve stated otherwise, was for Symbolic Avenger (and I’m assuming by associating, Grenadier) due to it’s unintended behavior as a result of the trait changes.

edit: and mossman still attacks underwater

It’s up to you whether you want to risk your account. ANet can decide today to suspend/ban people for using exploit A, but not for exploit B and tomorrow they can change their mind and retroactively suspend for either/both.

They choose to let some things slide, if they don’t have a big impact on the rest of the community’s ability to enjoy the game. So they come down kitten exploits that have affect the TP/markets (or are likely to), that make it difficult for other people to play the game legit, or have a similar effect.

Sometimes they let things go because it’s more trouble than it’s worth or it can’t be repeated that often, like Arah skipping or Mossman glitching. However, that changes if the person turns around and sells the path, since now it can be repeated often, affects the economy, and (indirectly) hurts those doing the path legit.

tl;dr I personally try to avoid taking advantage of bugs in the game — the minor benefit I get isn’t worth the risk of losing my account. Your mileage will probably vary.

Glitching, skipping and stacking are pretty much norm in this game. If it’s a big one that can cause a major impact to the game balance, especially like TP or pvp wvw rank, you can expect a ban. Minor stuffs like dungeon doors, mesmer ports, using terrain to kill boss … etc. Those minor stuffs won’t matter.
If it’s big stuff just don’t do it. For instance, there is a bug at silverwaste right now regarding currency, don’t do it. If you look into it, this one has a potential impact on the economy.
The game is build on old engine and extremely buggy. Fix one place … breaks many more.
Look if they ban every1 100% of the time for glitching and participating, they won’t have any customers left. For instance, we will be low on guardians and engis after the symbolic avenger and grenadier glitch. Lots of ppl took advantage of it and play around. Another example, all eles and participants that took advantage of the FGS glitch, that was like probably every1, since they left it for eternity.
Anet knows their game isn’t perfect by a mile. Though the ToS is black and white, reality of the game is very different and how anet enforce it also. Play long enough and you can tell what is norm and what is a big no touch in this game.