Punishment for exploitation of Power Leveling

[Ferth]

I don't know if it's been brought up, but in ffxi when SE discovered the duplication exploit from salvage they did widespread banning of accounts/characters... I don't think anyone felt the response was even remotely fair.

I have mixed feelings about SE's stance on powerleveling, but calling for punishment for the people who are gaining from it won't really solve anything. If it's an issue working other than intended then SE's only prerogative should be to fix it asap, not to mete out punishment to the people who have used it.

[Bahn]

I don't know if it's been brought up, but in ffxi when SE discovered the duplication exploit from salvage they did widespread banning of accounts/characters... I don't think anyone felt the response was even remotely fair.

I have mixed feelings about SE's stance on powerleveling, but calling for punishment for the people who are gaining from it won't really solve anything. If it's an issue working other than intended then SE's only prerogative should be to fix it asap, not to mete out punishment to the people who have used it.

Pretty much this. I think PLing was a huge and foolish oversight by Yoshida, but nobody should be banned for it. Square screwed up - it was their fault. Nothing wrong with people using it (short term anyway, long term it's bad for the game) since it's WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE GAME, but obviously this little oversight needs to be patched and Square needs to move on from this screw up.