DrRusty Wrote:dang Athene is takin the Swifty thing pretty seriously himself

xLeviathan Wrote:Athene's original response to him being banned is way melodramatic. Even more dramatic than Swifty himself. Never really liked the guy but he's made quite a name for himself.

Quote:Due to some recent player feedback we’ve made the decision to implement a hotfix that will put Valor Points back on the bosses in Blackwing Descent, Bastion of Twilight, and Throne of the Four Winds (except Argoloth).

We agreed that players should have some additional options for earning Valor Points beyond Firelands, Zandalari dungeons, and tier 11 Heroic difficulty raids. We don’t want raiding guilds to feel like they have to raid Firelands AND the old raids every week, but we do want players to feel like they have some options besides running ZA/ZG over and over.

Bosses in these raids will award 35 VP on 10-player normal difficulty, and 45 VP on 25-player normal difficulty, to match the rewards currently offered for the Heroic versions of those encounters.

This change should be live within the next few hours. You can stay informed about the latest hotfixes by checking the Patch 4.2 Hotfixes article for updates:
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/3019413

CrazyNomad Wrote:Good, was tired of farming ZA/ZG all the fking week for my VP cap lol.

Dark Link Wrote:I saw that about an hour ago. Casuals win again!

Bashiok Wrote:Overgear the content with a few valor items? Come on now.

No matter what anyone wants to think about ilvl or what a few set pieces can offer, people aren't going to equip some valor boots and suddenly start rolling over bosses.

Bashiok Wrote:We recently monitored a situation where a large number of players intentionally disrupted access to multiple realms by gathering together and mass-spamming game emotes. In some cases, individual players spammed an emote upwards of 30,000 times.

As a result, some accounts found to be active participants in this activity were permanently banned. Upon further review, we have made the determination to reduce some of these permanent bans to temporary suspensions. We’re currently in the process of identifying all offenders who acted to purposefully disrupt game service and will administer proper action to each participating account.

We’re dedicated to providing a fun, stable, reliable gameplay environment for our players. While an exception was made in this case, accountholders who intentionally participate in events that contribute to realm instability will be subject to significant account actions, up to and including a permanent vacation from the game.

Please keep discussions related to this action within this thread. Related discussions outside of this thread will be locked, deleted, and/or fed to Murlocs.

Have fun and please remember to play responsibly.

Quote:Bashiok, will you please comment on what Razers participation was in regards to getting certain members unbanned? They clearly said on their facebook page that they were working diligently with Blizzard to do that.

Bashiok Wrote:If by diligently they mean their community manager texted me after we had already begun the process to reverse the ban and contact those involved, then yes, they were a big help.

DrRusty Wrote:wowwwww there were so many people trying to get swifty unbanned. Even Razer texting Bashiok about unbanning him

DrRusty Wrote:wowwwww there were so many people trying to get swifty unbanned. Even Razer texting Bashiok about unbanning him

Dark Link Wrote:trying to get him unbanned? I thought he was already unbanned?

xLeviathan Wrote:Were is a past tense verb.

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