Maybe instead of a character wipe they should just do a gil wipe, alongside the banning of the players they have confirmation of third party programs being used for botting.

Yes it hurts legitimate players, but it also helps cover people moving gil to other accounts and etc. And I for one, know I wouldn't cry over gil lost, when it's pretty easy to get back.

I would think this would be something intended to occur before/during ps3 release and prior to a cap increase.