Hello everyone,



we have made a few posts announcing that we’re banning 3rd party currency sellers and buyers in the past. We did so again today.



More than 800 accounts that acquired currency from 3rd parties have been permanently banned.



Keep in mind that currency that these people “sell” has been acquired with stolen credit card or Paypal data. This makes it a financial problem for all involved - the people whom these cards belong to, the banks - and us. Hence, we reinforce our stance that we fight this on every level.



On top of permanently banning accounts that are involved in these trading schemes somehow, we are taking steps towards making this kind of currency trades much more difficult. The first step for this is removing the ability to directly trade Gold with another player, or donate Gold to guild wallets. Withdrawing will still be possible, however no new Gold can be donated.

This will happen during today’s maintenance. The only way to trade Gold will be through the player-driven Gold market.



This is only the first step we will take to make it as difficult as possible for these criminals to keep doing their “business”.



Important: we will continue to permanently ban all accounts involved in 3rd party currency transactions!



To quote myself from a later post in the thread but also make it visible here:



"The bans are obviously not just because “someone accepted Gold / Silver”. Else, probably half of the game would be gone now. Giving a friend a leg up with some currency, or even giving a guild or a friend a larger amount is a standard procedure in MMOs.



We don’t want to make it easier for the criminals, so I cannot go into too many details about how exactly we do it, but:

We only ban in cases where we are certain that the persons received the Gold from 3rd party sites."



-Talion