Originally Posted by
endersblade
In all honesty, Anet has gotten fucking insanely ban happy since GW2 was released. I think THAT by itself is going to cause a massive drop in their player base. I personally believe that an MMO company should not ban people for exploiting the game so soon after release. It's inevitable that there will be bugs and exploits to be found. Just fix them and move on. The game will be around for years to come (hopefully), and any exploiting done now will either be long forgotten or at least nullified in time anyway.
Like you said, Anet gave the go-ahead to allow people to do this. So that right there means the guy should not have been banned. There is no middle ground with Anet; either you are playing, or you're banned. No suspensions, no warnings, nothing. Boom, your account's down. Main reason I haven't even bothered getting the game, because I'm afraid I'll sneeze in the wrong direction and suddenly my account will be banned. Fuck that. Fuck THEM.