Ban Wave Feelings?

I am not banned, didn't do the ore exploit on water map, not surprised one exists as Druid breaks the game in myraid ways. Ban for a whole season seems extremely heavy handed to me though. I have a few friends who did the exploit after watching STREAMERS doing it (They better all be banned if they are banning random players for it). Not being able to play with them for multiple months for a minor exploit, not cheating (ban them all forever) is pretty rough. Especially since one of them was holding an Illusory and chest we pulled yesterday... halp