Blizzard bans 120K users and restricts WoW: Classic Death Knight creation due to bad-faith actors, leaves community divided

sportskeeda.com:

Blizzard recently announced that they had banned 120K users across several parts of the WoW: Classic ecosystem and that they would be bringing back the Death Knight restrictions on Classic. At the start of Wrath of the Lich King Classic, players were free to create a Death Knight regardless of what the original game required.

However, after the next server maintenance, the original requirements will return. Luckily, players won’t lose the Death Knights that they’ve already created, but they cannot create one if they don’t meet the original prerequisites in WoW: Classic.

As expected, the community was swift to respond, with some players elated to see Blizzard taking strong action, while others were more on the angry side.

Blizzard made a major announcement on the official WoW: Classic forums. The post was in the Wrath of the Lich King Discussion, and primarily addressed the Death Knights. Game Producer Aggrend released a post stating that 120K users across the Warcraft ecosystem have been banned over the past few weeks.

Although the developers didn’t officially state why this decision was made, it’s fairly clear that this was primarily because of bots and gold farmers who take the simple path of creating a Death Knight. With that in mind, Blizzard stated that on March 20, 2023, when the next system maintenance occurs, the original Death Knight restrictions will be back in place.

Instead of simply being able to make one at any time, you must have a level 55 character first. Unfortunately, World of Warcraft has always had a bot problem, which is unlikely to end with this announcement. The developer who made the post stated as such in the post:

There were plenty of responses on the WoW: Classic forums, and as this is the Warcraft