Quote Originally Posted by Abriael View Post
And it didn't work.
10 char. Are you serious? (In regards to FFXI Special Task Force)

It did work. We saw progress. Our AHs weren't inflated to hell.
We saw mass amounts of RMT disappear from Diabolos. We regained a lot of control in a lot of in-game economic areas where we desperately needed it back, like fishing and mining.

We reported, the GMs answered, they said: "We'll look into it" and within weeks, tons of accounts were banned, gil was frozen. We even had non-RMT casualties in the process, with the global bans of people who were caught duplicating items in Salvage. Some people were mad, most just remade their characters, or fought for their characters back and they were glad that SE was serious about making FFXI the absolute best experience they could, even when they didn't have to.

Linkshells notorious for botting claims got some of their accounts banned, even accounts had held the entire LS bank. Everyone who tried to break the ToS in any regards, not just chinese teenagers in internet cafe sweatshops, were dealt with. SE loves the hell out of their products, and their customers, they worked their asses off.

I was there, I experienced all of that, and I was grateful.

There is no way to reduce crime to 0%. There's no way to reduce RMT to 0%.
But holy hell did they ever put in the work. AND, they kept us updated constantly on their progress.

I don't even.. I can't even..