Leveling low lvl characters with gamepath.

[khl...@hotmail.com]

Hi again. i've been using gamepath for bout 2months now.. love the
service!

but i've been wanting to level my low lvl warrior, but have heard
about people getting banned as when leveling. blizzard sees it as
being powerleveled by someone else or something. i'm not sure how to
explain..

i'm just affraid of leveling now... i've heard that people getting
banned while even turning it off while leveling due to the different
IP from usual when gamepath is turned on..

pls help me with this doubt if possible :)

[Eugene Koh]

Hmm I've leveled a low level character or two myself and so far I
haven't gotten anything like what you mentioned. However if you truly
want to be safe then it's best not to because we don't know for sure
how Blizzard decides such actions unless you want to check with a GM.

[Gareth]

Hi,

I just started using GamePath too and prior to that I was doing some
research on the whole issue and the thread below can encapsulate most
of the issues of people concerned:
http://12.129.242.24/thread.html;jsessionid=7DFCB25CA9EF2A9C1C33C88F60D5DDB7.app05_07?topicId=3271068756&sid=1&pageNo=1

Basically read up to page 3-4, most of the general issues can be
addressed there, as a summary from my reading:
a) Using a proxy isn't against TOS if you are using it just to connect
for the purposes of playing the game (to use a RL example, say if you
are a college dorm student, you'd likely be going through the
college / uni's proxies to get onto the internet)
b) Using Gamepath or Lowerping or any other proxy service is still a
Cavaet Emptor issue (Buyer Beware) meaning that you will be taking a
risk regardless of what is or isn't in the TOS. This is because at the
end of the day, Blizzard can still shut you down no matter what if
they have grounds to do so.
c) Basically connecting from different locations is the prime issue,
if you're not shifting between a Cyber Cafe / LAN shop and your home
where you've set up the Gamepath connection then theres not really
much difference in geographical location. That being said while there
are many claims of being banned for using Lowerping quite a few of
those people have alot of other offences (like exploiting etc) tagged
along with it. So assuming all of us are pretty law abiding here we
all should be okay even if we're leveling alts etc.

All the above is my own personal opinion btw, so its not a official
stand by Blizzard on the issue but I present it here so that people
can get a clearer picture.

hope that helps.