Quote Originally Posted by ChiefCurrahee View Post
No more slap on the wrists. If you are blatantly buying gil it should be one strike and your out. If you want to quell the amount of RMT that's going on in this game, impose severe punishment for the people creating the problem:

PERMANENTLY BAN THE ONES WHO BUY THE GIL
Gonna devil's-advocate this one. I despise RMT, but consider this:

This is a more difficult decision for game companies than you think.

On some level, people who buy virtual currency still want to play the game. For some reason or another, they feel that in order to get what they want out of it, they have to turn to RMT. Still, because they're willing to put in what, as they see it, is still an investment, is something that game mods need to stop and think about before swinging the ban hammer.

This is why temporary suspensions are handed out. It serves as a dissuasion. I wouldn't doubt for a second that if caught red-handed twice, they're out for good, but this is why they're getting a punishment that most would see as too lenient. Square-Enix wants to keep people who enjoy the game around, otherwise they get no money themselves. Thus, second chances.