Quote Originally Posted by Dawnseeker View Post
I must vehemently disagree with this idea. If players did not cheat, they would not be banned, and so the punishment is irrelevant. If players are cheating, I don't feel we are compelled to inform them of increased punishments prior to enacting them. I did hint that players who cheated and thought they were off with a 3 day holiday would be in for a rude awakening. If people chose to continue cheating after repeated warnings across the forums and a 3-day suspension, then I have a hard time accepting blame for that.
Maybe not compelled but how on earth could an email be detrimental to Evony? and it would have most certainly prevented a large percentage of these bans. Less people banned = more money! Less Hostility! It would have only cost someone 2 minutes to write and saved perhaps 1000s of charge backs.