This does happen when a player is banned. The player isn’t automatically removed from the guild in case they appeal their ban and are given a second chance, then it’s up to the guild whether they want to trust they won’t do it again or not.
We have a fairly strict ban policy with most bans for cheating being permanent first time regardless of what the player did to cheat.
Successful ban appeals do happen if we think they won’t be likely to cheat again.
It’s usually if someone did something pretty silly/not super impactful and lost years of progress for it through the ban. ie. we’d be surprised if they risked it all again as it very clearly wasn’t worth it at all.
Generally speaking, cheating isn’t a reflection on someone’s character, I think a lot of people automatically assume cheaters are bad people, but I don’t think that’s any more true than with any other group of people. A lot of cheaters do so to make their lives easier or to keep up with other play...
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