Lost Ark Will Ban "Over A Million" Accounts For Using Bots
Lost Ark enjoyed one of the best launches a game could hope for. It managed to beat behemoths like Dota 2 and CS:GO in terms of all-time peak concurrent players. It did face some technical issues at launch, and players had to wait in long queues to get into the official queue, but overall it was a well polished game that garnered a massive playerbase. However, it looks like Smilegate has banned a whole lot of them – over a million at least.
As is always the case with any multiplayer game, Lost Ark has attracted cheaters. In this particular case, the developer has reported a lot of accounts that have been using bots, and announced that a huge ban wave in order to get rid of them.
"Following launch, botting has been a growing issue for Lost Ark," said a post on the Lost Ark forum. "Our team has been hard at work on crafting effective tools and methods to identify and remove bots from the game. As the result of this work, today (3/4) we will be permanently removing over a million illegitimate accounts from the game that have been determined to be running bots."
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The devs also noted that despite taking all kinds of precautions, such a massive ban wave means that there is a small chance that some legitimate players, who play Lost Ark by the book, may have received a ban by mistake. If so, they can file an appeal by submitting a ticket to the game's support site.
The devs have resolved to ensure that Lost Ark is as free of cheaters as possible. "Maintaining a fair and fun gameplay experience for our players is a top priority for the team," continues the log post. "While we intend to make a massive impact with this ban wave, we know that there is more work to be done
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