What did you guys expect them to do, ban 365 of their probably most active players? Casuals who goof around on their level 30 druid don't cheat, it's the ones at the top who care enough about the game to do that shit. As bad as that is, though, it's quite likely that the server would have suffered more from losing what must be a pretty big chunk of its most dedicated players. I'm guessing we have between one and two thousand players who can be considered active and dedicated enough to make any kind of difference, and banning a quarter of them would hurt the server a lot, certainly more than the damage they've caused by cheating. That said, losing multiple levels and all their money plus being labeled cheaters is probably enough to make many of them quit anyway. I think they should be given a couple of weeks off from the game as well, and then those who care more about the server than their own success as players can come back and play it legitimately. I do think guilds should be held accountable to some extent, though - many of the players who don't cheat are probably fully aware of which guild members do, and it's the leadership's responsibility to make sure their members play by the rules. If any guild(s) had a huge proportion of cheaters, sanctions could be imposed such as banning from raiding for x weeks or similar.
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