Well to their credit SE does not ban RMT as they find them. That doesn't hurt RMT. What they are doing is waiting to ban them all at once periodically. By doing this they hurt RMT more when they have all their gil laying around. Do it enough times and people start looking for greener pastures because the big bad Mr. SE won't let them make a living off of their work. It helps, trust me. But the biggest RMT fish are always going to fight until their last breath so you'll never get rid of them.

What would piss you off more if you were RMT? Having your character banned 3 days into creation? Or a month or two later when you have a billion gil laying around? See what I mean? So I wish people would understand that and stop posting about SE not doing anything about RMT. SE is all about fighting RMT first, customer convenience second. It's been the most annoying thing ever for the past decade in their MMOs. They don't just take RMT seriously. They take it personally.