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BioWare has publicly responded to recent allegations regarding Star Wars: The Old Republic, where players were supposedly banned for visiting certain high-level areas. The original claim, based on a post from Reddit, was that collecting loot from the planet Ilum before reaching the recommended level range could result in a ban.

Community manager Stephen Reid handled the response, detailing what happened on the official forums. In short, players were only banned for confirmed goldfarming. Several players were given warnings or temporary suspensions for repeatedly raiding Ilum containers in large numbers, but no bans were issued on this second group. Simply exploring the area while underleveled and searching containers is not a violation and, according to Reid, was not treated as such.

Source: 1UP