You're right, they made major strides in FFXI fighting RMT, but it took a while, and it wasn't until the game was almost ruined.

I'm sure they will get there, but it just grinds my gears when some people exploit a game that I'm trying to enjoy. I got a legit tell from a player last night needing help with something, but I kept getting gil spam tells in the middle of the conversation, so I would almost alt+r back to the spammer rather than the PC, GRRRRR.