Everyone complaining about no action on RMT, please read

[Kosmos992k]

There have been numerous threads in the forums wailing about how SE doesn't do this that or the other about RMT. Although I would agree that there are some simple changes that would help (account wide black list & "report as spam" menu option), it's undeniable that SE are doing something.

Just look at this from the most recent action against RMT topic. Almost 11,000 accounts permanently banned....

Time Period: Mar. 26, 2015 to Apr. 1, 2015
- Accounts receiving disciplinary action for RMT advertising: 2,717
- Accounts receiving disciplinary action for RMT/illicit activity: 8,086
- Action Details: Permanent ban from FINAL FANTASY XIV

- Accounts receiving disciplinary action for participation in RMT/illegal activity: 64
- Action Details: Temporary ban from FINAL FANTASY XIV

Link to full post : http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...e8ebe4f3e86269

If you've been watching these posts over the months you will probably be aware that this is one of the larger ban waves we have seen.

Think about this, in the period of 7 days SE's task force evaluated evidence regarding nearly 11,000 accounts and decided on action. That's about 1500 a day. I'm not sure how many people they have in their task force, but even if there were 100 team members that's 15 accounts per person per day 7 days a week. Given the work needed to properly evaluate the evidence to avoid wrongly banning a legitimate player, as well as justify the account being banned, that's not an inconsiderable workload.

I'm actually pretty sure they don't have a team of 100 people in the task force, the overhead of carrying such a large team would absorb a significant portion of the revenue from FFXIV and take a sizable bite out of the development budget.

So, next time you're complaining about the lack of action, consider the volume of account bans.