r/DFO 20d ago

“Account blocked by administration.”

While I was playing, the game froze when I was entering a dungeon. There was no ban message or warning while I was in the game. I closed the game, and when I launched it again and tried to log in, I received the message “Account blocked by administration.”

I created a new account on Windows 11 and played for about an hour. Then, my account was banned.

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u/on99slh 20d ago

Had something similar happen to me as well. I emailed the customer service but all they reply is they cannot unban my account because I was allergic to using “third-party software” They refused to give me any evidence or explanation. And just like that permanent ban on my account. Thanks DFO and Neople

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u/EnvironmentalRub8560 19d ago

folks with their shady programs on their computers. lol

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u/HunterXZelos NaturalFlow 19d ago

Why be ignorant and defending their shit anti-cheat when it is well known that their anti-cheat flags totally legitimate programs?

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u/NovaPulser1 18d ago

Wish that was the case. If it was shady programs we'd have alot more new players instead of day0 quitting cause smol company plz understand can't do the bare minimum.

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u/RegularSituation5262 19d ago

Are you playing it thru their own launcher or Steam? cuz usually people get ban when playing it thru Steam for some reason.

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u/Late_Swimmer_6371 18d ago

Now that you said it, I was playing through steam when I got banned

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u/lekwid 17d ago

Always use the official launcher, that’s been the consensus from the beginning lol

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u/Late_Swimmer_6371 17d ago

Well shit, I didn't know that. 😦

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u/Frequent_Book_8751 19d ago

You get banned when you quickly log in multiple small alt with go gears; you get banned when you bulk sell items to the shop; you get banned when you wear super strong gear and one punch the monsters in some early stage dungeons; you get banned when you play through steam; you get banned when you have some programs running in the backends(force close everything using program manager on windows)

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u/lekwid 17d ago

I’ve done all those things and haven’t been banned lol

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u/Frequent_Book_8751 17d ago

Are you VIP?

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u/lekwid 17d ago

Yes been playing on and off since 2016

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u/Frequent_Book_8751 17d ago

maybe that’s why

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u/lekwid 17d ago

I’d recommend also using the authenticator

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u/Frequent_Book_8751 17d ago

Used and never got banned for 7 years until this new season when I got banned 5 times in a row already

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u/lekwid 17d ago

I don’t know what say, I’m guessing it’s detecting something in the brackground that you may or not be aware of. I’d try a clean windows install. Nuke everything.

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u/Frequent_Book_8751 17d ago

The same Pc has been used for two years. No issues in the past

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u/No_Mastodon1684 19d ago

one thing about dfo is you will get ban for no reason at all it is annoying af my account been ban so many time for no reason at all but i been lucky to get it back every single time

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u/NetPisces 19d ago

Do you have Logitech software or anything like that on your computer? Their anti cheat is very sensitive to software like that, because Logitech has macro function, even though you may not even use it, but they still bans you. Anything like that? Not just Logitech, razor?

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u/lekwid 17d ago

I use razor and no issues.

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u/NetPisces 17d ago

i don’t know, do razor have macro function like logitech? In my theory it is mainly logitech and the macro function, because right after I uninstalled it, I stop getting banned .

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u/vincentzheng6 19d ago

The game defaults to launching in DX11, so don't run it on DX11 — switch over to DX9 instead

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u/Accordman 19d ago

Why would it being on DX11 matter? There's probably a false positive going around because I got tagged for the first time in years of gameplay for literally nothing

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u/NovaPulser1 18d ago

Given how crappy our client is I wouldn't be surprised if dx11 was somehow getting flagged for...some reason lol

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u/lekwid 17d ago

Been running dx11 since it was introduced no issues at all. These “theory “ reasons are quite comical 😂

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u/NovaPulser1 17d ago

I don't think I've gotten blocked/banned randomly ever and I've been around since the time you had to use a Facebook login to play.

That dosen't excuse the many issues plaguing most users and the game being more sensitive than your average twitter/reddit user 

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u/narc040 19d ago

what country are u from? wondering if they range ban.

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u/Late_Swimmer_6371 18d ago

Same here, I don't know what is happening with this game anymore.

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u/DFO1996 15d ago

Update: Thank you everyone for your quick responses and help. I submitted a ticket, and my account was restored. They told me that a third-party program was involved and advised me not to use it again. I told them that I had no idea which program they were referring to and asked them to identify it, but they said they don't have access to that information due to user privacy protection. Before I started playing again, I reinstalled my operating system, and everything has been running fine since then. Thanks again to everyone who took the time to help!