Quote Originally Posted by kikix12 View Post
2) The big issue for permanent bans "But I pay the sub, you can't just ban me at random!" will disappear. Square Enix will have much more freedom to ban players without serious investigation. There is a publisher that bans completely innocent victims just because at one point in time they could have a piece of illegal goods (bot-farmed money, duplicated gear etc.). Even if they were some third in line and never had anything to do with the illegal activity, they would receive a ban and be effectively told "Oh, well, sorry. But we'll keep the ban. You are encouraged to make a new account though. In the future, be more careful when you trade with other players.". Right now Square Enix cannot do such a thing and MUST very carefully investigate every report. It is safer for them to not ban a thousand bots than accidentally ban one innocent.
I'm curious what makes you think the reason they don't ban bots is because they're afraid they might ban an "innocent"
There is almost no legal ramifications for them to consider because of the contract you "sign" when you agree to terms.
If anything I think the major reason is the bots are still feeding money into the system and it would be a detriment to the bottom line. A sub is a sub.


OP: are you asking for a detailed breakdown of income and where it's going? Or just a dev explanation? I'll tell you right now that the chances of you getting that breakdown are slim to none.
I understand you're probably asking "well it doesn't look like the output has changed, where is the money going?" but a lot of things can be improved without us actually seeing a super visible change. It might mostly be on dev side: less stability issues, more thorough QA and so forth. I'm not saying it's definitely being spent on this game but its very possibly being invested into making the invisible side of the process better.