I am opening this thread in response to criticism of the verdict in the
Use of Rumour and personal information on irc, in forums, ingame and other places like skype and fac case:
http://forum.battlemaster.org/index.php/topic,4420.0.htmlWhat I would be interested in is hearing what else those who believe this verdict was too lenient think should have been done. Please note that a permanent account lock is not something that we can apply without approval from Tom. Such a punishment has been referred to by Tom as the worst thing that we can do to a player, and to my knowledge it has only ever been used against multi-cheaters in the history of this game. Given the severity of such a punishment, I would say that it's not something we would consider applying except under the most extreme and unusual of circumstances. To do it for a first offense is therefore probably out of the question.
So, what else should be done in cases of harassment? Please note that our standard options at this time include only warnings (public or private), account locks of up to 3 days, and stripping of titles which can be applied to any or all characters on an account and also bars those characters from regaining the same positions for two weeks (the Devs extended the time in this case). If you feel other options should be added, please feel free to make suggestions,
but keep them reasonable and to the point.Please try to express your thoughts in a neutral or hypothetical context. I don't want to re-litigate the case that this topic stems from.
