Charging taxes in Lakeshire

[Bezawit]

Hello all!

I just wanted to get communities opinion of something happening in Lakeshire right now. There is a level 18 Paladin (Shív), charging "taxes" to people leveling. Mysteriously a level 60 Horde Warrior is there ganking people around this "Shív" character. This Horde-Warrior (Benji) has also been seen helping the Paladin (Shív) do quests by killing the mobs he tags.

After my level 19 alt was ganked, I logged on my 60 to repeatedly kill this said Warrior (Benji). After about 30 minutes a GM actually reached out to me and said they were investigating this issue. After providing the name of the lowbie-Alliance in involved, the GM said that Lakeshire is a pvp zone. He recommends organizing some Alliance to defend it, since there is no proof they are organized together.

So my question: Is this actually allowed if the characters are on separate accounts being played by different people? Obviously if it was one person responsible, this type of situation is suspendable/bannable. They are clearly organized but without a way to get actual proof, can nothing be done?

[Xylon666Darkstar]

Welcome to PVP server.

[Bezawit]

Here are some screenshots of the whole "taxes" thing. I apologize for the ui since I disabled bartender to level my alt (no xp bar on it).

[PanTheSatyr]

Amazing how anarchy brings out the worst in people.

[Taibak]

Amazing how anarchy brings out the worst in people.

#Truth

[trulygenericname]

I actually think this is really funny from an RP perspective.

[Taibak]

I actually think this is really funny from an RP perspective.

RP wise, yeah it is funny. Trying to play wise -- it could get annoying if there really is some cross faction collusion going on to gankg/camp for not paying the taxes.

[l33tplaya97]

not breaking any rules

[Taibak]

That point could be argued -- if an Alliance Player and a Horde Player are working together to extort lowbies, even on a PVP server.

[Raahl]

I don't have exact sources, but I am pretty sure this type of activity wasn't allowed by Blizz. Or maybe it was... I dunno, I feel like cross faction communication was frowned upon and if they determined you were doing it (this seems like it is provable) you could be banned.

EDIT:

Found this:

Rules Related to "Chat" and Interaction With Other Users.
Communicating in-game with other Users and Blizzard representatives, whether by text, voice or any other method, is an integral part of the Game and the Service and is referred to here as "Chat." When engaging in Chat, you may not:
...

(viii) Communicate directly with players who are playing characters aligned with the opposite faction (e.g. Horde communicating with Alliance or vice versa); ...