Quote Originally Posted by kaynide View Post
You're welcome to die on that hill, but to quote the ToS in the ONLY PART THAT IS ENTIRELY BOLDED, UNDERLINED AND IN CALL CAPS:
Their user agreement talks about how any court cases will play out if you go down a bit:

Quote Originally Posted by FFXIV User Agreement, Section 10
10.4 Limited Time to File Claims. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IF YOU WANT TO ASSERT A DISPUTE AGAINST SQUARE ENIX, THEN YOU MUST COMMENCE IT (BY DELIVERY OF WRITTEN NOTICE AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 10.2) WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE DISPUTE ARISES, OR ELSE IT SHALL BE FOREVER BARRED.

10.5 Injunctive Relief. The foregoing provisions of this Section 10 will not apply to any legal action taken by Square Enix to seek an injunction or other equitable relief in connection with any loss, cost, or damage (or any potential loss, cost, or damage) relating to the Game, the Licensed Software, this FFXIV User Agreement, any additional terms and/or Square Enix's intellectual property rights (including such Square Enix may claim that may be in dispute), Square Enix's operations, and/or Square Enix's products or services (collectively, "Excluded Dispute").

10.6 Small Claims Matters Are Excluded from Arbitration Requirement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either of us may bring qualifying claim of Disputes (but not Excluded Disputes) in small claims court, subject to Section 10.8.

10.7 No Class Action Matters. Disputes will be arbitrated only on an individual basis and will not be consolidated with any other arbitration or other proceeding that involves any claim or controversy of any other party. But if, for any reason, any court with competent jurisdiction or any arbitrator selected pursuant to Section 10.3 holds that this restriction is unconscionable or unenforceable, then our agreement in Section 10.3 to arbitrate will not apply and the Dispute must be brought exclusively in court pursuant to Section 10.8.

10.8 Federal and State Courts in Los Angeles. Except to the extent that arbitration is required in Section 10.3, and except as to the enforcement of any arbitration decision or award, any action or proceeding relating to any Dispute or Excluded Dispute may only be instituted in state or federal court in Los Angeles County, California. Accordingly, you and Square Enix consent to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of such courts for such matters.

10.9 Limited Liability/Remedy. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, SQUARE ENIX AND/OR ITS AFFILIATES HAVE NO LIABILITY TO YOU WHATSOEVER, AND IN NO EVENT WILL SQUARE ENIX AND/OR ANY OF ITS PARENT, SUBSIDIARY, OR AFFILIATED COMPANIES BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, OR LOST DATA, REGARDLESS OF THE FORESEEABILITY OF THOSE DAMAGES), ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, YOUR USE OF THE GAME OR OTHER MATERIALS PROVIDED TO YOU BY SQUARE ENIX, REGARDLESS OF THE LEGAL THEORY. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL SQUARE ENIX BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR MORE THAN A REPLACEMENT COPY OF THE GAME, WHICH SHALL BE YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY.

10.10 Injunctive Relief. In no event will you be entitled to obtain any injunctive relief or otherwise enjoin, restrain, or otherwise interfere with Square Enix or with the distribution, operation, development, or performance of the Game or any related products or services.
The user agreement IS their legally binding, "you have agreed to this" and is much different than their terms of service which talks about what you can and cannot do in their game in more detail, but the user agreement, which is their actual legal thing, flat out says "you get none of this."

Quote Originally Posted by FFXIV User Agreement Section 11
11.7 Entire Agreement. This User Agreement, together with the License Agreement, the Square Enix Account Terms of Use, the Privacy Policy, and any other terms of use relevant to your use of the Game, such as the user manual, constitutes the entire understanding and agreement between the parties with respect to your use of the Game and supersedes any and all prior or contemporaneous oral or written communications with respect to the subject matter hereof, all of which are merged herein. This User Agreement shall form a part of your License Agreement and is expressly incorporated into that agreement by this reference. In the event of any conflict between this User Agreement and the License Agreement, the terms of this User Agreement shall prevail; provided, however, that for all matters that are not covered in this User Agreement, the terms of the License Agreement, the Square Enix Account Terms of Use, or the Privacy Policy (as applicable) shall continue to apply.
During the whole billboard debacle, a lawyer did go over things (this is mainly for the billboard thing, but he does go over the legalities of the docs), and the UA, Licensing Agreement, and the Software Agreements are what are the legally binding "contracts" in which they say "if you agree with these terms, install and play the game. If you don't, don't play." Even the licensing agreement mentions "you don't own your account, we do". The ToS may not be legally binding, but it's attached in the actual legal ones.