Does Arena Net Bans Runners?

I thought it was strange when I was in lions arch today district 1 and no one was running. I needed a run to sanctum. I was spamming on trade and I got a few replys that disturbed me. People were saying that others were getting banned for running. I talked to one guy that said his second account was suspended because he did droks run. What is going on here. Has Arena Net lost their minds. I need more info does anyone have some.


Never Give Up> Never Surrender!

heh..heh...Runners got pwnt.

Very unlikely. I'd say they are lying, or got suspended for scamming. Most likely they did a Drok's run and after they got payment at Snakes Dance, they left. That I know to be a bannable offence.

Very, very unlikely.
They even stated that the Droks run was made harder to make running more challenging I believe...

I wish that was true unfortunately I've talked to many ppl from different towns and they say they know its true and won't run anymore.

One thing I did notice recently, was trying to see if the drops are still poor outside beetletun, now usually the ettins get owned badly by the tengu, but it was the other way around, the ettins now kick the tengu badly.


So its quite possible, ettins, tundras and trolls have been given a new AI.

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That has nothing to do with the discussion in this thread.

it seems odd to ban a well established trade with no warning at all. Seems slightly unreasonable as well

Look People are begining to spam it in a lot of towns
just ask in Lions arch

Not to mention that some areas-especially from Beacons to Droks-were put in with the sole purpose of running. And how on earth can one distinguish running from normal play? That you have to kill x amount of monsters in an area? I find that unlikely to the point of fantastical.
Until there's an email from support from one of those "banned runners" or an official statement, I hardly think it's correct to say Anet have banned running.

It does, Trolls and Tundras are on the Droks run, and I feel the have been upped.

Even the ettins have had an extra member to their mobs recently, where it was 2 or 3 group mobs now 3 or 4 group mobs.


At the end of snakes, I noticed the trolls and tundras love to rush when one mob has been agro'd.


So yeah it was on par with the thread. Just didnt sound like it at first :P

Increasing the difficulty of a run =/= banning runners. If they wanted to stop Drok's runs, they'd completely close off the route with a "landslide" or something.

lots of runners to droks still

Ssssh Dont give them ideas! >.<

Maybe they've been banning runners who've been spamming their services in regular chat? (Just trying to find an explanation, in case the rumors are true. )

I have an update. They are not banning running as much as they are banning those who charge. Too much scamming is affiliated with it. I just talked to someone who got warned in greenish-yellow letters. This is freaking me out because i made a living off of running

And how well do you trust this person?, do you know the exact message he got/reasoning?
Still sounds like craziness to me, i think we'd need a screenshot of the warning to start to convince.

as long as they dont ban the free running its all fine with me

the people that got banned recently had more to do with their ADVERTISING BOTS and the fact that some of them were scamming like crazy... Running has been and will be an acceptable practice. Arenanet has stated that several times... Its just that most people doing it are not always the most ... honest people.... to say the least. dont get me wrong. there are many honest runner services. some of which can be found in guru... and they will tell you they have not had a problem.