What's happening?
There has been a massive spike in rule-breaking posts, most of them being related to trading, begging for free items and price checks. As such, moderators will start issuing temporary suspensions of 5 days for these posts. We appreciate all of the reports you in the community have made, to help us with the increased influx of these posts, to ensure swift removal. We've also seen your complaints in comments and modmails about them.
Why is this happening now?
The choice to issue temporary suspensions was made when we hit the mark of over 100 trade posts being submitted in less than a 24-hour period, despite having a rule against trading. These post removals have spiked over 900% compared to other removal reasons over the last several months. The rule (number 10) is mentioned when joining the community, shown in our sidebar, included in the post guidelines, and shown at the time of posting in different ways on different platforms.
Where can players trade?
There are many trade communities out there that offer systems to check trust levels of players, have services to ensure fair and safe trades, have price checking services, and many other aspects dedicated specifically to trading and ensuring a great experience with it. While we don't endorse any specific communities, they are easily found on both Reddit and Google by searching "Fallout 76 trading", "Fallout 76 market" or "Fallout 76 price check". You can also use the trade forums on The Fallout Network Discord.
What about real-money trading?
Posting about real-money trading will still lead to a permanent ban. This rule is not changing. RMT is against Bethesda's Terms of Service and as such we don't allow any posts describing or promoting these services or similar avenues that can lead to unsuspecting players having their entire accounts suspended or terminated.
What if a post got removed wrongly?
If you made a post that got removed for a violation of rule 10 and you believe this to be in error, you are encouraged to contact moderators through mod mail. Moderators will review your post and reply as soon as they are able to do so.
Thank you for reading, and see you in Appalachia!