So are you going to ban me or not?

[Agate]

I've beaten Good King Moggle Mog with the exploit that got fixed in 1.20a. Am I going to be banned for this or not? I would like to know now, not a year from now after I've paid for the game and sunk more time into it. Thanks.

Mah story: Square Enix sells me a dinky Onion Helm for $50. I play FFXIV for a year despite it being shitty, incomplete, and completely devoid of customer support. I make some cool friends, and garner a lot of hate because some people can’t see the difference between a casual game and a difficult job. I stick through the sometimes unbearable content, nurturing my cute little Lalafell into the awesome warrior you see before you. I never botted, I never cheated, and I never did anything that I thought was against the ToS. Then one day, I go ham against a party of Moogles, utilizing a game mechanic that's existed for a very long time. Some shitty Linkshell complains that I cheated and should be banned. I call them out on how shitty they are and ask Square for an official word on the matter. All the reps must have been on their week off because nobody said anything. I'm finally told, through patch notes, that I was actually taking advantage of a bug: Moogles CAN see, even with their eyes closed. I think about the time my girlfriend was banned from FFXI on her first day, because somebody in her Linkshell gave her 50k and that made her an RMT. I go on the forums and read about how SE will ban you selectively, SE will ban you months after an incident, SE will wait until they have your money before they ban you, and SE will ban you without telling you why and not bother to hear your defense. “Oh no, SE is totally crazy!” I seek to know right away whether or not they would ban me, because this is a matter of life and death. I message a GM, because they are there to help me. They tell me that they don’t actually do anything besides style their Judge’s Armor, and forward me to the Lodestone. Upset with their lack of support, I make another lengthy forum thread and get the popcorn.

Square Enix,

This is one of the few reasons why I won’t care if I get banned. If you want to mess me over on customer support and be vague about something like this, then I think I want to be vague on whether or not I will put any more money into your product. If you're going to ban me, then ban me right now. And if you're not going to ban me, then come out and say so, because you're not going to ban me a year from now after I spend even more time and money on this game. Make up your minds and deliver an answer that you are not afraid to let all your customers see. Til den, I be doin what it do. Peace.

[Rentahamster]

No, you're not.

[Deltara]

Ahaha, did you dupe items in Salvage by any chance?

[Dhalmel]

no you won't be banned. knowing square's past actions with these "exploits" since release.

[Agate]

Ahaha, did you dupe items in Salvage by any chance?

No but my girlfriend got banned in XI when a Linkshell mate gave her 50k on her first day of playing. They said she was an RMT and closed her account.

[grandm]

i don't think they would ban you, the exploit is their fault. if you was using 3rd party software to cheat that would be a ban. you can't blame ppl for taking the easy way out. i guess in 1.20b they will have another go at fixing it

[Deltara]

Banned for 50k? Que ridiculo! I gave a couple of my friends a million each when they started. I'm doomed.

[TheVedis]

Banned for 50k? Que ridiculo! I gave a couple of my friends a million each when they started. I'm doomed.

unless there was something to that "friend" you guys didnt know
the friend may have actualy been an rmt

[Charismatic]

No but my girlfriend got banned in XI when a Linkshell mate gave her 50k on her first day of playing. They said she was an RMT and closed her account.

I find that to be extremely hard to believe... so hard to believe that I'm going to go ahead and just say either you are lying or she lied to you.

[Haru]

More likely she purchased gil from an RMT