#ncwest

That mass suspension wave that took out a supposed "few hundred" players, I probably should have been one of them. I've posted on forums in relation to the issue before, and have even admitted to it, that I have personally "abused" / did the glitch on a number of occasions, even a few that were intentional. All in all I think I probably logged anywhere between 20 and 30 runs while the Glitch period was in effect, all throughout the life span of it. However, most of these logged runs occurred prior to the cracking down of it both in game and out. 

That being said the amount of times I did or abused the glitch peaked in the initial week the glitch was found, which then subsequently slowed post in game and out notifications, this is a key element in why I think I didn't receive the suspension that most others received in relation to the glitch. I understood what I was doing, and realized the repercussions of what could have been the case weeks or months later when they would carry out penalties.

The contention of what I feel to be most of the people who are up in arms over the matter seems to be is that they weren't aware the glitch was intended or unintended, so as to suggest that it could have potentially been an intended bug (for purposes of perhaps excess runs of instances to further try to push people into instances etc). We've all heard their excuses and claims, I think most people can determine for themselves who is genuine and who is not and I won't comment in relation to the legitimacy of their claims, and I don't think you want to hear what my opinion of those people either. 

I too have had friends come forth and claim that they were indeed legitimate in their excessive instance running, some even posted me logs of BCM Store purchasing so as to suggest they have definitive proof that at least some of their runs were legitimate, and that they were targeted merely because they ran for example 60 EB runs within a certain timeframe. But you know what, Nothing you say or do to back up your friend on their claims is going to make the situation any better, believe them or not, take what they say with a grain of salt, deep down you know who's guilty of it and who isn't and just take that as your own opinion on the matter.

As to whether or not I think a 28 day suspension period is justified for the "heavier" abusers of the instance glitch, I think it's probably justified, I know a few cases where people were intentionally, and full knowing of what they were doing, but to only receive a 28 day ban in that situation I think if anything is actually lenient of NCWest, I'm surprised they capped it at 28 days at that.