ArenaNet:Developer updates/20080403

[Dev Update] RMT Policies Details – 3 April 2008

Guild Wars players have expressed interest in learning how our actions in support of the recently expanded Real-Money Trading Policy have affected the game. We’d like to provide you with some facts and figures following the first two weeks of the new policy’s implementation.

During the first two weeks, we did the following:

• Halted online distribution of demo accounts to combat spamming
• Noted a significant reduction in RMT spamming
• Blocked 391 abused IP addresses
• Terminated 4,876 accounts associated with RMT networks
• Removed 190,200,000 purchased gold from 771 players
• Witnessed a substantial reduction in botting activity in the game
• Witnessed a substantial drop in RMT account creation and RMT transactions

We will continue to monitor the outcomes of enforcing the new policies, and we greatly appreciate the solid support of the community in dealing with this important issue.