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Originally Posted by fastboy21 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

but if folks can just get around them with impunity

I think that's exactly it: IF. But again, from the PnP:

Use of any third-party programs will be detected

Like any rule here (2-boxing, RMT, etc.) it's possible for people to break it, and even for people to break it and not get caught. But it's also very possible to get caught, and that threat deters most from breaking the rules.

For the remaining losers, we have our wonderful volunteer staff, and if said staff doesn't catch a cheater on their 1st or 2nd attempt ... well then the cheater will just keep doing it until they do get caught, perhaps on their 39th attempt. When they do, they'll lose that many more months of progress after their character gets banned [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Personally I don't lose much sleep over such people existing, I just trust that they'll get caught eventually. In the meantime, I can live with the tiny percentage that haven't been caught (yet): they certainly don't ruin my game.