Policy Update for Input Broadcasting Software Which Will Impact Multi-boxing

Posted 2020/11/03 at 4:05 PM by Squishei

Blizzard

As World of Warcraft has evolved, our policies have also evolved to support the health of the game and the needs of the players. We’ve examined the use of third-party input broadcasting software, which allows a single keystroke or action to be automatically mirrored to multiple game clients, and we've seen an increasingly negative impact to the game as this software is used to support botting and automated gameplay. The use of input broadcasting software that mirrors keystrokes to multiple WoW game clients will soon be considered an actionable offense. We believe this policy is in the best interests of the game and the community.

We will soon begin issuing warnings to all players who are detected using input broadcasting software to mirror commands to multiple accounts at the same time (often used for multi-boxing). With these warnings, we intend to notify players that they should not use this software while playing World of Warcraft. Soon thereafter, the warnings will escalate to account actions, which can include suspension and, if necessary, permanent closure of the player's World of Warcraft account(s). We strongly advise you to cease using this type of software immediately to maintain uninterrupted access to World of Warcraft.

Thank you for your understanding.

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Comments

Comment by Matrixwolf

rejoice, the end of multiboxers saturating the economy! :D

Comment by LaDexless

Nice ! This will actually be really good for economy.

Comment by Taftvalue

at long last the scourge that is multiboxing herbalism druids picking clean the world is gone!

Comment by Snugh

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Comment by Elondre

Fi
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Now they just have to actually ban people for cheating instead of saying naughty words and were all set.

Comment by Feynalia

good

Comment by Leafstagger

Thank god for this.

Comment by Tzodk

good for economic reasons, absolutely terrible for people like me who used it to help get alts through daily content and whatnot.

Comment by TOMRUS

Finally. This should have been a thing the day game was released.(##RESPBREAK##)

Comment by Jechob

This is going to make gold farmers mad but I'm a-okay with it.

Comment by luckton

Oh no...no more sights of Boomkin farms moonfiring the hellscape.

...wait, yeah, this is a good thing. Thank, Bliz!

Comment by Konsequence93

Removed(##RESPBREAK##)272##DELIM##Uchur##DELIM##Inappropriate

Comment by Gamerhcp

Holy cow, they did it.

Comment by Tonka

Great news !

Comment by Matsen115

Thank you, Blizzard. This should (hopefully) stop multiboxing bots.

Comment by aaronjagger

A welcome change for 98%. Somewhere - in the distance - PreparedWoW sheds a tear.

Comment by Wowfan12

That's good news, no more one-army group in pvp!

Comment by Elondre

Remember, botting is illegal too, theres still plenty everywhere.
They just don"t act on those restrictions