Originally Posted by
Fwahm
There's a lot less players subscribed now than when the first salvage bans were handed out. SE probably thought "screw it, we don't have enough subscribers as it is", and decided banning would lower their profits more than having actually decent policing would raise it.
During the original Salvage bans, a lot of the banned players would probably be willing to buy another copy and restart their character. Now though, with FFXI in decline, I bet most players would just quit and move on if they were banned.