Accounts Banned (Apr. 25)

[Robert]

We would like to report the termination today of multiple accounts held by players involved in the usage of third-party tools or cheats, or engaged in RMT (Real Money Trading) activities.

Based on the results of our investigation, over 3400 PlayOnline accounts were terminated while over 500 accounts were temporarily suspended.
Details of the violations are as follows:

- Usage of tools that allow enhanced character movement.
Approx. 600 cases

- Usage of tools that circumvent game mechanics with respect to the timing of ability use, etc. in certain areas or at points where Notorious Monsters appear.
Approx. 200 cases

-Using cheats to automatically repeat a particular action.
Approx. 2200cases
*The above number reflects the total number of accounts banned within the period of a month. This does not include individual cases handled by GMs.

- Accounts from people that were previously confirmed to have RMT connections, or that had violated the user agreements but re-subscribed to PlayOnline.
Approx. 900 cases

The termination of these accounts has led to the removal of approximately 2.8 billion gil from circulation.

*As there were no significant violations, we will not be reporting the number of accounts banned in this round of investigations. Rest assured that we will continue to look into and penalize accounts found to be engaging in RMT activities.

We would like to remind players that as well as adversely affecting game balance, the use of third-party tools or cheats can also have consequences that are not immediately obvious, such as introducing damaging viruses, and comprising the security of private account details. Usage of third-party tools will not be tolerated within FINAL FANTASY XI, and we will continue to severely penalize any players found to be in violation of the PlayOnline Member Agreement.

As we continue to ensure a fun and balanced environment for FINAL FANTASY XI, we hope that our players enjoy the game as it was intended and take care to avoid involvement in activities that violate the PlayOnline Member Agreement.

Thank you for your continued cooperation and understanding.

http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/polnew ... 0214.shtml

cue "I only used windower" and "I play on PS2"

[Fallso]

BAIBAI RMT

[Hawky]

Don't think they have banned any on Bismarck by the looks of it

[Kyreth]

2.8 billion? Gotta say, those RMT are certainly trying.

And failing. 2200 fishbots, burned.

[Keno]

We've been drama dry for a while, bout time.

[Robert]

all the usual gilsellers still on cerberus dunno about fishbots

[Kiro]

I'm not banned yet. SE is not doing their job very proficiently!

[Keno]

Anyone else think 2.8B gil is a little low? Or am I incorrectly remembering how much gil was removed in the past...

[Robert]

maybe they're running out of gil to remove? unless I'm losing my memory, which is entirely possible it seems like the earlier bannings were upwards of 100 bil

[Keno]

maybe they're running out of gil to remove? unless I'm losing my memory, which is entirely possible it seems like the earlier bannings were upwards of 100 bil

Yeah I remember gil being removed from 25-300B... Could be way off though.

[bercus]

2.8B= 2.800.000.000 Gil on all Servers.
We have like 30~ Servers, let´s say 28 to make it easy.
2.800.000.000/28 = 100.000.000
Thats 100 Million per Server. That is still a shitload of gil.
Let´s look at this closer.

/em types ige.com

1 Million costs arround $33.87.

That is a loss for IGE, IGXE, MOGS whatever fucking company in numbers (not counting the $ they paid the RMT):

All Servers : $33.87*2800 = 94,836 $
For each Server that is $33.87*100 = 3387 $

Not that bad still, even though it was in the past more like 500.000$+ loss.

For my company I would get really hurt to lose arround 100k in $.

[Not Kuno]

In unrelated news, siste cant kill any HNMs for a while till they get new characters.

[Kiro]

In unrelated news, siste cant kill any HNMs for a while till they get new characters.

/rimshot

I'm quite eager myself to see who gets banned on my server. It's like Christmas time.

[Akiyama]

Our friendly Rccmda of Unicorn is still hanging around Whitegate, shouting to sell "Haidate <abj> blahblahblah {Do you need it?}"

[Keno]

In unrelated news, siste cant kill any HNMs for a while till they get new characters.

lol, it's so damn funny that we just had this Siste Bash thread and then this happens. I want to know how many Siste got banned.

[bercus]

In unrelated news, siste cant kill any HNMs for a while till they get new characters.

lol, it's so damn funny that we just had this Siste Bash thread and then this happens. I want to know how many Siste got banned.

Probably noone this time.

[Keno]

In unrelated news, siste cant kill any HNMs for a while till they get new characters.

lol, it's so damn funny that we just had this Siste Bash thread and then this happens. I want to know how many Siste got banned.

Probably noone this time.

Why do you assume that? It's not as if they've stopped RMTing and botting.

[bercus]

In unrelated news, siste cant kill any HNMs for a while till they get new characters.

lol, it's so damn funny that we just had this Siste Bash thread and then this happens. I want to know how many Siste got banned.

Probably noone this time.

Why do you assume that? It's not as if they've stopped RMTing and botting.

Their "best" Gilbuyers are still not banned, so even if they dont stop I guess none got hit this time.

Anyway Bahamut people can check themselves these people.
/sea all pickanameofthelist

If they are not online next 2 weeks you can assume they are banned.
But I doubt they cheated a lot with their Main characters after the last strike that banned over 5 of them.

Alawadi
Amarok
Angevil
Aree
Arisena
Balduran
Bchui
Blacksky
Blackwing
Burrich
Ceaira (doesnt cheat i think)
Champko
Cocorico
Colombina
Daniela
Darkstorm
Drake
Enitsu (applied to DarkPhrosomething)
Erza
Fegefeuer
Flourish
Gaaara
Godspirit
Haomaru
Hellscream (is still arround)
Iconoclasm
Izeer
Kakarotto
Katty
Kricket
Liltwin
Mindx
Muzashi (applied to CetraSanctuary with 22)
Nagato
Nibant
Nofear
Onimusha
Orangesaft
Osyrus
Pannthro
Rashash
Redlight
Royze
Seijurohhiko
Seth
Silentstalker
Sisteena
Subzero
Tommyb
Tsyukomi
Ungehuer
Xswift
Yatem
Zihn (now played by Ivvy who got banned)
Zoroz

[Norelco]

That is a loss for IGE, IGXE, MOGS whatever fucking company in numbers (not counting the $ they paid the RMT):

All Servers : $33.87*2800 = 94,836 $
For each Server that is $33.87*100 = 3387 $

Not that bad still, even though it was in the past more like 500.000$+ loss.

For my company I would get really hurt to lose arround 100k in $.

I doubt IGE is losing any money. If there's less gil in the economy, they might pay more to the RMT. But they also raise the price.

[Wizerd]

That is a loss for IGE, IGXE, MOGS whatever fucking company in numbers (not counting the $ they paid the RMT):

All Servers : $33.87*2800 = 94,836 $
For each Server that is $33.87*100 = 3387 $

Not that bad still, even though it was in the past more like 500.000$+ loss.

For my company I would get really hurt to lose arround 100k in $.

I doubt IGE is losing any money. If there's less gil in the economy, they might pay more to the RMT. But they also raise the price.

They lost millions of gil (assets), so they have to raise the price of the gil (their assets). This makes the gil less appealing to the player (assets too expensive for the consumer, less people buy). They're probably already past the balance point (between good asset pricing and retaining a large consumer base), so every time one of these bannings come up, they are probably losing at least a bit of money. The hope is that they eventually stop selling FFXI gil, but they are too damn persistant.