Guild Wars 2

This really does not make sense to me. I was banned for botting yesterday and have been unable to log in.. but someone (GM I’m assuming) has been on my account for several hours today, going between cursed shore and WvW.. why?? And now on the support site someone renamed my ticket header from “Wrongful Account Termination” to “Hacked Account” and I’m seeing the unauthorized access suspension error instead of the botting one.. I had a very strong password, one I do not use anywhere else and a mobile authenticator. I was also playing shortly before my account was banned with no issues. Is this some kind of cover up or a flaw in how tickets are handled?
puts on his tin foil hat

Gaile Gray.6028:

We will investigate each issue, but I’m going to say it again: A lot of the people making a fuss in this post are botters. They are taking up valuable time trying to get a reinstatement that is not going to happen.

If you are innocent of botting the team will help you.

Are you saying that you actually looked up each account in order to make this statement or is it pure speculation on your part?

I think what really concerns many of the innocent people who were banned is the fear that even after the account team gets around to fixing us, we will be re-banned for “botting” again since we have literally no idea why we were banned to begin with. If the bans were not done via an automated system are you going to re-train or fire the employees responsible? I spend an inordinate amount of time in Cursed Shore farming for a legendary, as it’s by far the most efficient method.. should I be afraid to return? Do I need to alter my playing habits?

I havn’t received any emails regarding my issue yet, but.. earlier today my account was logged into cursed shore and WvW for several hours by what could of only of been an employee since my account was terminated for botting.. is this normal?

I also had my account terminated for “botting” when I’ve done no such thing.. I guess standing in Cursed Shore for long periods of time gets you a ban now?
Not sure if this is normal when investigating these issues.. but people are telling me that my account is logged in, and I’m inside WvW now..

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Northern Shiverpeaks, I just wanted to let you know.. we are doing our best to help you get rid of those whiny emos from your server.. http://www.gw2nsp.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=uKN64FZJSt0

Someday people will figure out that a superior ballista > alpha siege golem..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WvS9FqLlwSs

The issue I think most people have is how “coincidental” the timing of the orb hacks were. GoM attacked etheron hills with an unorganized group and was easily wiped, population in the zone was slightly in their favor even though they had no keep in the SF borderland.

Twenty minutes later Dreaming Bay falls quickly, orb dissapears from our keep and immediately appears in that keep. Five minutes later GoM (primarily appeared to be the guild PRO) with 3-5 alpha siege golems steamrolls into the hills keep with a zerg that was now three times larger then the previous attack minutes earlier. After we wiped them, they leave the borderland.

Ten minutes later, the orb is hacked on another borderland and I’m assuming a huge zerg “magically” was there as well. These are not the actions of one “hacker”, its a coordinated effort by many people on your server.

Enigma.7948:
Strange, because the game allows you to buy (keyword: buy) a title that then allows you to create squads, (keyword: squad) and the game does not allow you to organize above that level. There’s no denying the icon is useful, you’re pretty much going to get a zerg at your location as people love being part of a zerg. The reality is, there is absolutely nothing to show that you know what you’re talking about and everything I’ve seen points to the contrary (i.e. your commander was bragging about taking a fortified keep at 3am on a borderlands map as if that isn’t done by random people many times a night..)

Your analogy is flawed, generals do not go to the battlefield and give orders, nor are they self-proclaimed generals.. I am also in the military and trust me.. 99.99% of people in the military are not qualified to lead, that’s why there are separate officer, nco and enlisted ranks and that still isn’t saying much since the military is designed to operate on mediocrity (I have no idea what being in the police would qualify you for..).

I’m going to go out on a limb and assume you’re in that same guild as the commander I’m speaking of and feel somehow entitled to have people listen to you when you open your mouth. How can you possibly defend a statement like “everyone should obey us”. There’s a very specific reason that a player has to join your squad on their own and you can’t force them.

I have zero problem with people helping out and stepping up.. hundreds of players do it all the time. They are the ones that are actually winning objectives because they share relevant information, request assistance before it’s too late and accomplish tasks. The problem I have is how every time someone disagrees with a “commander” they act insulted, as if they are somehow above reproach. Instead of responding and answering an argument logically their guild mates rush to their defense saying, “you’re not a team player, how dare you point out the flaws in our logic, you must hate your server”. When people start acquiring WvW achievement titles you will actually see who knows what they are talking about versus groups of people who pooled money together and then demand mindless obedience.

Don’t get me wrong, there are several very good commanders in Ehmry Bay and they all have one thing in common.. they already have a solid group of players who accomplish things for our server. It’s almost as if they are.. leaders with their own squads, go figure right? I also know they coordinate amongst themselves and have meetings to discuss what they can accomplish together.. that’s stepping up, stepping up is not filling team and map chat with your own self importance.

The biggest problem with commanders is that they are woefully uneducated as to what their role is supposed to be. They purchased an icon and the ability to create a SQUAD. People can join this squad, and they now have the squad chat option. They are not great military leaders like Alexander the Great.. they can’t be, they aren’t qualified. Squad leaders (nearly every military in existence) lead from the front, and actively participate in combat.. That’s their job. Their job is not to sit in the back doing nothing while shouting out orders and glorifying in their own self importance. Anyone who’s been in the military will tell you that you can’t expect to have your subordinates do what you yourself can not.

Ehmry Bay has this problem. I actually saw one particular commander literally say in team chat that everyone needed to do what he said because he was a commander. He then went on to educate us by saying that his guild mates were “really good leaders” and that everyone “needed to obey them". This is the same commander that wasn’t even level 80, and would sit around doing nothing simply repeating what someone else said in a more authoritative way, or worse he would state the obvious about what needed to be done, “Okay everyone when the gate goes down, be ready to rush in!!!” The best part is he would take credit for the success of operations that were actually the achievement of the 90% of people who were there and knew exactly what to do without listening to an idiot with delusions of grandeur spewing nonsense over team chat.

If people used the commander icon like it was meant to be used, and had people join their squad (after numerous conversations I can tell you even the worst commander has fanbois and can get a few in his squad) and used their squad chat instead of team, it would eliminate many of the issues people have with it. This isn’t my personal opinion, it’s exactly how the commander status was designed by Arenanet, and the only way a server will be able function when eventually there are 20 commanders on every map.