Temp bans turned longer?

[lumpor]

Temp bans turned longer?

Before yesterday my temp bans were short. I'd drink a glass of juice or check out something on this site, and then when I came back I wouldn't be banned anymore. Yesterday I got a really long temp ban. Think it almost lasted an hour, and today I've got another long one. It's so frustrating.

Have they released a secret invisible patch that increases the length of temp bans or what?

 

[Supox]

Re: Temp bans turned longer?

Temp bans have been from few minutes up to several hours for quite some time now. What you should do is try to avoid them all together. Within a year I have had one temp ban, after that I have taken my time then switching characters, joining games etc.

 

[sh25]

Re: Temp bans turned longer?

I think they have got longer since the 30 day ban thing. I got 1 last week that lasted easily 2 hours.

 

[HegemonKhan]

Re: Temp bans turned longer?

i think too that they (bnet-bliz) has increased the ban limit based now on the offense and become more punitive in general too.

for example:

before my temp ban for leaving and joining games too fast or too many within an hour, if i didn't try to log back on, only lasted 5-10 mins.

now, i think it always lasts 15 mins - 1 hr now, unless i'm not realizing i tried to log back on. but, i'd think i'd be aware if i did or was.
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by the way (BTW),

i learned (from the moment you joined/created and entered the game) that if u count SLOWLY to 20 (if u count too fast or forget what number u were on, than count to 30 or count to 20 again) BEFORE you leave the game, it will keep u safe from being temp banned from leaving and joining games to fast.

unfortunately, i still haven't figured out or determined what's the limit of games u can do within an hour before u do 1 too many and get temp banned.

 

[lumpor]

Re: Temp bans turned longer?

Yeah, but sometimes I transfer and get 5 mules to go in and out every time, and waiting 200 slow seconds isn't really what I'd like to call a fun game.

 

[HegemonKhan]

Re: Temp bans turned longer?

*20* or *twenty* seconds NOT 200 or two-hundred seconds...... V.V

err, if u did mean 20 seconds (just typoed), *MY BAD*, ya it is a bit slower than jumping out and in of games, but getting temp ban is much worse (especially if u xfering valuble items and get temp banned and lose them....), and much slower...(well maybe actually not, now that i'm thinking about it, but there's still the risk of losing items if you're xfering due to getting temp banned)

 

[lumpor]

Re: Temp bans turned longer?

I meant 200. When I join and leave games with 5 mules, that's 10 times that I join or leave a game when xferring. 20*10=200

 

[HegemonKhan]

Re: Temp bans turned longer?

ah ok, u did mean 200 ,

ya, you are right, it does add up. (though u do get used to it, at least i did, and it doesn't seem that long a wait or "slow down") (i will admit that the counting to 20 seconds game after game sure does get really annoying though!!! but the wait itself doesn't bother me that much)

it depends how much switched games u get in compared to the time u have to wait for temp ban to expire and compared with whether u lost godly items from the temp ban, if it is worth it (getting temp ban due to many games or waiting the 20 seconds per game before leaving to NOT get temp banned hopefully) or not