I found out a friend of mine got banned from d2 for account recovery. This is a legitimate reason but they only did it once due to lack of time and wanting a limited time drop. This was apparently done last year and he was banned 2 weeks into lightfall which he purchased the full annual pass for. If they don't unlock their account what are their options?
They paid for content that was never delivered. They were stripped 2 weeks after paying for all of that content for an infraction made months prior. Feels a little dirty on bungies part.
They said they would give up their whole vault and other items to not have to purchase again. I don't think a single first time offense should be that severe. The second time sure.
Just to clarify, cheating in all forms is wrong and drives me crazy, and I appreciate the push to nip it but I think everyone deserves 1 second chance.
No.
Why should cheaters get a second chance... so they can cheat again. Once they start there will always be "just this once again I just want this".
How long would it be until your friend did a recovery again because "I want this but toooo busy or to hard".
Everyone agreed to the games terms and conditions or Eula so they know the rules even if they clicked yes without reading them in a rush to play.
The ban wave was the latest deterrent from recoveries which compromise accounts and every week people come crying to Bungie expecting them to clean up the mess.
Characters deleted.
Tags changed.
Strange accounts linked to theirs.
Accounts stolen to be used for cheating or to be sold on eBay.
Also as shown by the people who don't read the in game warnings over lagging in pvp matches a warning to cheaters would be ignored or skipped past.
So no. Your friend earned what they got.
Edit: What they did was wrong and the ban is appropriate. My concern is the timing of taking the money in from a new DLC and season pass then banning players without giving money back for at least the seasons that haven't been released yet.