2008-10-01, 12:19 PM
I have a friend, an ice mage, who was banned because he levelled too fast. He never touched bigfoot. He trained for hours and hours a day at Peak, I think, with a few partners (no leeching, usually no priest). He was level 108 or so when he started, and a few days later he was 118 or something. Yes. He gained levels really freaking fast...but he didn't do anything illegal.
@the theory on leechers getting banned---
This is primarily because at a low level (like if you're 105 and leeching newties), you leech *fast*. With HS, I can get probably 30%/hour with a full newtie party. It didn't have anything to do with leeching. The game can't determine automatically if you're leeching. It can only determine if you gain a ridiculous amount of experience ridiculously fast...such is the case with leechers. It's an unnatural gain of exp in a short period of time.
I know leechers who are perfectly safe and I know those that aren't. It's just a relative scale. Nexon set the bar too low. It was stupid of them, but few, if any, got permabanned for it. Thank goodness.
@the theory on leechers getting banned---
This is primarily because at a low level (like if you're 105 and leeching newties), you leech *fast*. With HS, I can get probably 30%/hour with a full newtie party. It didn't have anything to do with leeching. The game can't determine automatically if you're leeching. It can only determine if you gain a ridiculous amount of experience ridiculously fast...such is the case with leechers. It's an unnatural gain of exp in a short period of time.
I know leechers who are perfectly safe and I know those that aren't. It's just a relative scale. Nexon set the bar too low. It was stupid of them, but few, if any, got permabanned for it. Thank goodness.