Star Wars: The Old Republic players were understandably concerned when a post on Reddit over the weekend revealed that BioWare was seemingly banning players for visiting a certain planet and looting containers found there. As it turns out, the matter is not quite so simple, and no permanent bans were handed out as a result of this.
The planet Ilum is intended for higher-level players (40 and above) and, as such, has loot containers meant for those players. Just because the game recommends you only visit once you’ve reached level 40 doesn’t mean you can’t go there sooner, but it appeared doing so and collecting loot could result in a ban for a Terms of Service violation. That would be bad under any circumstances, but when you throw in the fact that players pay a subscription to play, it seemed even worse.
