MMORPG Lost Ark finally bans numerous bots – “Whatever you do, it works”

Lost Ark has had a problem with a massive flood of bots for a while. The automated characters almost overwhelm the game. Amazon is now reacting with a huge wave of bans, even if it can be at the expense of others. We at MeinMMO summarize.

What’s the problem with Lost Ark? Since March, Lost Ark has had a massive problem with bots farming gold to then sell it for real money. There have been multiple waves of bans that have seen over a million such accounts suspended, but the problem has only gotten worse.

In the past few weeks, the problem has reached its worst-ever level, and players not only have to contend with rising inflation, in-game bots, and real-money trading, but also with server queues overflowing with automated characters.

These disrupt not only in the open world, but also massively in the economy. Amazon has done little about it for a long time and one user on reddit even proudly showed how he runs over 100 bots at the same time because they can’t do anything anyway. But now the publisher is reacting and is announcing drastic changes.

What is Amazon already doing? Only a short time ago, a community manager in the Lost Ark forum confirmed that players who use the bots in other ways will also be penalized. So if you buy gold from bots, not only can you lose your account, but you can also work off a lot of debt.

Minor bans and isolated, temporary account suspensions were also the order of the day, but that wasn’t enough, as Amazon now reveals while they are launching a sweeping attack.

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“The number of simultaneous players is drastically reduced”

How is Amazon reacting now? On the night of June 15, the community manager Roxx announced a large-scale ban wave in the forum. So many accounts are to be blocked that you can feel a drastic decrease in the number of simultaneous players. These bans are scheduled to be executed successively over the course of the next week.

However, some players are already reporting that the bans are having an effect and the queues are getting smaller. However, Roxx also emphasizes that it could happen that your accounts are also unlawfully shut down. In this case, you should contact support, which will take a particularly close look at these cases in the near future.

There are also first reports from players in the forum about such false bans. However, the mood is still positive.

How is the community reacting? Absolutely positive. In addition to the main thread in the forum, which can collect numerous good comments, other topics are also going through the roof, which are happy about the announcement. Even the few reports of players being unlawfully banned are written in a positive tone.

As long as you get your account back, people are happy that Amazon is finally doing something. Other users are already happy that the queues are going down. The changes should already be noticeable on the US server Mari in particular.

Another thread is happily titled “Whatever you do, it works”.

What do you think of the changes? Have you noticed anything on your server yet? Are you also curious to see how the player numbers change over the course of the week? Write it to us in the comments here on MeinMMO.

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