Hydra9268 wrote:This entire thread is the reason why Blizzard routinely locks banned accounts from forum posting. When you get banned from the game you should also have your forum posting privileges revoked. Basically the only thing you should be able to do is contact a GM privately or post a message in a forum specifically for banned members.
Our accounts aren't linked to our forum accounts, so that'd a pretty unenforceable rule to anyone that knew how to game the system or posted prior to being banned. If they don't use the same name as their character, or account, you wouldn't know before the ban post was made.
And some bans look better on the public forum, it raises awareness. It also allows for the Devs to hear the community's views on undecided issues or whether or not the punishments are too harsh, which I feel that certain ones are too quickly executed with permanent bans.