Blizzard Adds Silence Penalty To Prevent World of Warcraft Chat Spam

Earth of Warcraft: Legion is approaching fast with its Baronial 30 release date. As usual with the MMO's expansions, though, a pre-expansion patch will be released much earlier and Blizzard detailed one of the changes with a dedicated blog post.

Specifically, they volition try to clamp downwardly on the growing chat spam by introducing a silence penalty. Information technology all starts with a player report, as expected, and depending on the report type the account might exist restricted in the following ways (later on investigation).

Silenced Players Are Unable to:	Silenced Players Are Able to:
Talk in Instance Chat (Raid, Party, and Battlegrounds) Talk in global channels that are auto joined (such as General or Trade) Create Agenda Invites/Events Send in-game mail Ship Political party Invitations Ship War Game Invitations Send Invitations to Duel Update a Premade Group List Create a New List for a Premade Grouping	Whisper to friends (both WoW friends and Battle.net Friends) Reply to Whispers from Not-friends Party/Raid Chat (with Invited Players) Create Parties and Raids Talk in Global Channels that have a moderator Share Quests Sign upwardly for a pre-made group

The penalty will last for 24 hours on the first strike. The elapsing volition double for each subsequent penalty, with no maximum limit; every bit a upshot, spammers might find themselves restricted for a really long time.

World of Warcraft: Legion is the sixth expansion to be released by Blizzard. It will raise the level cap from 100 to 110, adding the Demon Hunter class in the process; players will find x dungeons and ii raids at launch.