WoW Forever: Permanently banned for RMT after two days, despite never buying or selling gold or breaking any rules

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Hi everyone,

My WoW account was permanently banned for “Abuse of the Economy” after just two days of playing WoW: Forever. I’ve never bought or sold gold for real money or taken part in RMT.

The only trade I made was receiving 20 copper from a friend I’ve known for over 10 years. Literally 20 copper. There were no other trades, including with strangers. I honestly have no idea what could have caused this.

I also streamed all my Forever gameplay on Twitch, and the recordings are available.

My first appeal received a reply about 24 hours later. It referred me to the rules but didn’t explain what activity had caused the ban. My second appeal is still pending. I know reviews take time, but I’m worried I’ll just get another standard response without understanding what happened.

My Battle.net account is about 10 years old. I’ve played several Blizzard games on it over the years, and it means a lot to me.

What makes this especially upsetting is that I spent a month preparing for the launch, got our group of eight together, and took two weeks off work so we could play together. I was the one who convinced everyone to return. We tried the free launch-week access, enjoyed the game, and planned to subscribe.

Two days later, I was permanently banned. Now my friends are waiting for me, and I’m spending my time off trying to understand what happened. I’m also hesitant to start over and pay for another account when I still don’t know why the first one was banned.

I am asking for a careful review of the activity that led to this penalty. I know this post cannot replace an appeal, but I would appreciate advice from anyone who has been through something similar.
I understand that discussions about account bans are not allowed on the forums. I’m posting because this situation has left me feeling desperate, and I don’t know what else I can do. Sharing my experience feels like the only step I have left.

Thanks for reading.

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This is not considered proof as you can still RMT outside the streams.

They typically don’t tell you what set it off to avoid giving cheaters tips to avoid their detections. An appeal is a means to get a review, not to enter in a discussion.

We sincerely hope that your 2nd review is as thorough.

Good luck.

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A fair and thorough review is all I’m asking for. For context, I never had more than 20 silver on the account during those two days, including at the time of the ban.

Thank you for taking the time to reply and explain. Just being able to share what happened and feel heard means a lot right now. It helps me feel less alone in this situation.

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20 coppers, huh.

Your story is almost my story. Except twich and more years with friend. Exactly 24h for first appeal and waiting for second one.

Probably played only ~4 hours total with 9lvl and 20 silver, and my friend still waiting, yeah…

(EU107025169)

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Almost same here, just gave a random Rogue a leather gloves he opened in lockbox bcs it was upgrade for him, got banned, got same response like you, soon it will be another 24 hours and im afraid im gonna get another template answer… will inform you

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The worst part is that it’s launch week, and every day we miss means losing out on so much of that experience.
Let me know how your second appeal goes.

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So, 24h is over and I didnt get anything, which might be good, no automatic response template msg. And yep, its completly worst timing ever. Even thinking of making new acc and starting over meantime to not loose time in case appeal goes wrong…