Cheating is a violation of section 3, play fair, of the code of conduct. It includes 4 subsections.
Do not exploit bugs or other unintended uses of game features.
Do not cheat, bot, hack, or use other software or services that give you an unfair advantage through, for example, unattended gameplay or game modifications.
Do not engage in real-money trading of in-game items and in-game currencies.
We reserve the right to determine what constitutes unfair play and to take corrective action we deem appropriate.
Pretty much anything could be a violation of subsection 4, which I assume is where the OP’s question is coming from.
I actually haven’t reported anyone other than gold sellers or bots in my experience so far in the game.
This thread was started to discuss how the CoC can be interpreted into ways to basically get anyone banned.
I have been a victim of this recently and wanted to bring this issue to the forefront. In my opinion the CoC is awful and is so vague basically anyone can be banned for anything. You could argue that anything is unfair and if enough people do this you aren’t going to be able to access your account through no fault of your own.
I think the issue here is that you’re under the impression that anyone that knows what they’re doing is actually reviewing each of these reports and making individual decisions based on TOS documents. That doesn’t appear to be the case. If someone gets reported enough for literally anything, they’ll get banned.
Based on my experience with the moderation department, I would be surprised if the individuals at the moderation department actually play New World let allow know how to interpret gameplay footage.
I do think if AGS hired a few GMs per server who are active players it would improve their customer service tremendously.
Additionally, telling players why they were ban would go a long way, too.
Reticle really doesn’t do anything. Doesn’t change game play at all. Simply lays over top of the existing crosshair, and makes it a different color and easier to see.
The nvidia thing, is just a way to tone down graphics. Doesn’t significantly do anything. It does hide foliage, but you still can see name plates through it regardless if you use it or not.
Kinda a iffy thing, considering it’s a feature from nvidia, and a lot use it to just make the game run smoother.
Would be like saying you aren’t allowed to map keys differently or change your mouse buttons to best suite your game play.
