u/Fantastic-Extent-173

I'm posting this because I'm at my breaking point. I've been playing WoW for 20 years, including Retail – Midnight. I've never seen anything like this.

What's happening:

There's a community that has completely taken over the /services channel in WoW Retail – Midnight. They run 150-200 trial accounts (no subscription, no Midnight patch) that log in simultaneously, mass-report anyone outside their group, and log out again.

They don't even need to see your message. Their bot can:

• Report cross-realm (not normally possible in-game)
• Report cross-faction (not normally possible)
• Report by GUID (not by character name)

If you post ANY service in /services, you're silenced within 30 seconds. I timed it.

My personal experience:

In the past 2 weeks, I've been silenced 8 times in WoW Retail – Midnight.

Every single time:

• I open a ticket
• A GM reviews my case
• They confirm I did NOTHING wrong
• They overturn the penalty

Here's my penalty history (6 overturns shown, 2 more happened before):

Silenced – 22 Jun – Overturned
Silenced – 23 Jun – Overturned
Silenced – 24 Jun – Overturned
Silenced – 25 Jun – Overturned
Silenced – 26 Jun – Overturned
Silenced – 27 Jun – Overturned
Silenced – 28 Jun – Overturned
Silenced – 1 Jul – Overturned

And 2 more after that.

I've been proven innocent 8 times by Blizzard's own GMs. And I'm still being silenced.

The exploit:

This community has built a bot that abuses the reporting system. Their accounts are ALL level 10. They have no game time. They just exist to mass-report.

I've sent Blizzard:

• Screenshots of level 10 bot armies (hundreds of them)
• Video footage of them logging in together
• PDFs explaining the entire exploit
• Evidence that their own members can post freely while outsiders get silenced

Blizzard's response? "We've overturned your penalty" and "We're working on it."

But it's been 2+ months. Nothing changes.

The exploit:

This community has built a bot that abuses the reporting system. Their accounts are ALL level 10. They have no game time. They just exist to mass-report.

I've sent Blizzard:

• Screenshots of level 10 bot armies (hundreds of them)
• Video footage of them logging in together

Blizzard's response? "We've overturned your penalty" and "We're working on it."

But it's been 2+ months. Nothing changes.

The worst part:

I've heard from multiple people that this community charges a WEEKLY fee to allow you to post in /services. You pay them, and they "whitelist" you. Otherwise, you're silenced immediately.

I have screenshots of these conversations.

What I'm asking Blizzard to do:

1. Fix the reporting system – automated silences based on mass-reports are broken
2. Restrict /services to level 80+ – trial accounts should not be able to abuse this channel
3. Do not allow characters below level 80 to use the /services channel
4. Do not allow trial accounts (no expansion, no subscription) to use the report system at all
5. Investigate this community – cross-realm/cross-faction reporting is an exploit

These simple changes would stop 90% of this abuse instantly.

I'm paying for game time I can't use. My only hobby is being destroyed. And Blizzard's support team keeps removing my silence without fixing the actual problem.

I've done everything right. I've reported the bots. I've sent evidence. I've been patient. And I'm still being punished.

and more ...

u/BlizzardCS u/WoWDevs – please fix this. The /services channel in WoW Retail – Midnight is completely unusable for legitimate players.

Please be my voice. Share this post, retweet it, upvote it – so it reaches someone who can actually do something about it.