I think most people would agree the mercenaries are always around, selling content carries in MMOs.

For FFXIV ARR, it is indeed that carries are always around and no one has ever given a bat about it, nor SE had issued any disciplinary actions to these mercenaries.

I think where the concern comes is that the amount of gil involved this time round is unprecedented. The most expensive carries around to date is probably Turn 5, which still commands at least 1mil gil per carry. When EX Primals were selling the same week it was released and cleared, it was also around the 1mil gil range.

Whilst 1mil gil is still a large sum to a lot of players, however considering how much time has passed since the game launched and general wealth of players increased over time with a lot more income sources, 1mil gil doesn't seem that "big" anymore.

However, tens of mil of girl PER CARRY is a lot of gil moving around. The amount of players who have legitimately made these gils via crafting etc are really small. So there comes the concern - what if the carry buyer got his 10mil gil via RMT? The mercenaries could not possibly validate if the gil source is legitimate or not. What if the carry buyer got caught and punished, what happens to the gil? Will it get confiscated from the mercenaries?

It is a complete different ball game because Coil 2 is still under lock out. Without knowing the specifics of the disciplinary actions that SE will take, it is a huge risk to the mercenaries. Losing your tens of mil of gil, together with the Coil 2 loots that were issued to the carry buyer is a terrible loss, which is beyond the control of the mercenary as they have no means to validate source of the gil.

I think that's what probably OP wants to hear from SE, officially - on what specific actions will be taken then they caught players buying RMT gil and use them for content carries. It is a conflict of one legitimate action (selling carries) and one illegitimate action (RMT gil buying from the carry buyer).