Quote Originally Posted by Jeeqbit View Post
That was a recent restriction. It was imposed as an emergency temporary measure in 2021:

https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...6bd640829c1ae9
The funniest parts of that post you sent :

These persistent incidents involve a small number of individuals obtaining and exploiting more than 100 free trial accounts while intentionally changing their devices and setup. While we are considering systemic countermeasures, implementing them will require some time.
Therefore, as a temporary emergency measure, we will be restricting free trial accounts from participating in PvP content.
This restriction will be lifted after countermeasures have been implemented, so we ask for your continued patience and understanding.
Just as a reminder, we are now in 2025, sure looks like it's "requiring some time".