Diablo Immortal: Trying to cheat Blizzard on orbs is a very bad idea
Anyone who wants to sneak playful advantages in Diablo Immortal with questionable methods must expect severe consequences. As reports from affected players show, however, they go beyond mere bans and may have massive real-life consequences.
Since the release of Diablo Immortal, the developers have had to put up with the accusation that their game is Pay-2-Win. Premium currencies like Eternal Orbs are the focus of the discussion – and are now causing additional excitement within the community. Because some players have apparently tried to get the orbs cheaper through third-party providers in order to gain the appropriate advantages in Diablo Immortal. It is obvious that Blizzard does not like to see something like this. However, they hardly expected the serious consequences that the fraud would have for the fans concerned.
Rude awakening for buyers of cheap orb bundles
Because on Reddit (via PCGamesN) reports are now appearing from players who have bought orb bundles from third-party retailers with discounts of between 50 and 90 percent off the original price. And what happened to them? Well, the developers seem to have come up with a very special penalty for players who blatantly violated the Immortal Terms of Service with their purchases.
Anyone who has bought a sum X of Eternal Orbs from a third-party provider will have the equivalent value of these orbs from the real shop deducted from their own account. As a result, players are suddenly seeing negative orb totals. For example, if a player bought 7,200 orbs for $10 from a third party, they will be deducted for the difference of $89.99 in orbs – since the 7,200 orbs normally cost $99.99.
Wizard Shia is almost 2.5 million orbs in debt and is considering quitting
Those with a negative orb balance will also be soft-banned and will not be able to join groups or complete group activities such as rifts and dungeons until the negative balance is offset by appropriate orb purchases in the shop. The well-known magician named Shia is also affected by this measure and reported a balance of 2,491,025 Eternal Orbs – the equivalent of almost 35,000 euros.
Some players, including Shia, have already announced Diablo Immortal (buy now ) so presumably not wanting to continue playing. The developers may also anticipate this decision if affected accounts that do not balance their debts are automatically blocked after a while. Blizzard has not yet officially confirmed whether this will happen.
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