Quote Originally Posted by kisada View Post
they have outright said that they keep it in for lore-based reasons. it has literally nothing to do with issues of impropriety.
The last time I heard they spoke about it, GC restrictions are mainly there because they are afraid of match fixing. The lore is a result of that (I guess).

SE's main focus regarding PvP should be to easy the queues. As I see it they haven't done much since FL 1st launched, except making new maps.