Hello everyone. Throwaway new account for obvious reasons.
I’ve just received a 6 months ban for buying a raid boost in Vault of the Incarnates with loot funnel from a boosting website. As the thread name says, I’m guilty but I wanted to gear up my main and I just couldn’t find a group. I’m not here to make one of those posts where people claim to have been falsely banned, or cry calling for an injustice. That's not my case. I did it… okay, but why such a harsh punishment? Using real money is not different from spending money for a token and then using the gold to buy a boost.
I used to buy from gold communities before, but the one I was using was dismantled. That's why I had to opt for other solutions.
I’m a busy guy with a 55h/week schedule and kids. I’m good at the game but have no time to keep up with everything.
I paid around 440$ to get a raid run from this quite famous website and now I have a 6 months ban. I just feel like a 6 months suspension for something that doesn’t really hurt anyone is excessive.
Does anyone have any experience in reducing ban lengths? This was my first ban. I always used gold communities in the past, prior to the new policies that equalized them to real money sites (in terms of ToS breach). I suspect that it could have been a mistake as I never broke the rules before, and I've literally played for a decade on and off. Is there a GM who can help me out?