SE Banning players with large amounts of gil?

[Vandyl]

The reason for the mass ban is holding further transactions so they can pull the gil that has been tainted by RMT out of the economy, much like they did in FFXI. Any account that has touched any RMT gil, knowingly or not will likely be effected.

[Aenarion]

Blaming the victim, eh?

Ask around on your server. Find someone not banned who has 10 million gil or more. You won't, because SE seriously banned everyone with 10 million gil.

No need, I didn't get suspended, and I'm quite a bit above 10mil.

[scarebearz]

I've just had my account suspended too.

I'm sure many of you wont believe this, but I have Never used any 3rd party program to cheat in Any game, I also have Never RMT'd in any game.

This evening I logged in and had sold a HQ Crafted 2 star Robe for 1.25mil on the in game Market. This was crafted by me and totally all legitimately, mats bought from the market etc.

I then logged off, 1 hour later I tried to re-log and my account is now suspended...

[Winteredsnow]

No need, I didn't get suspended, and I'm quite a bit above 10mil.

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't Sargatanas a Legacy server? Not too sure but I think this only goes for Non legacy. or at least the 10 mil mark does.

[WinterNights]

Anyone who has played FFXI for a good while knows how the SE banhammer works. If somewhere in the transaction log there is a large sum of money from an RMT source given to you, guess what? Banhammer! So you sold services and whatnot for large amounts of coin, perhaps someone decided they would buy gil to fund it, then right away, they turn around and give you the gil for your service. Well, byebye to your account. Now, these are not instabans, but they are suspensions or holds on your account. A simple call to SE verifying that you are a legit player and not an RMT with a stolen account or account created using false information (they may ask for a copy of your ID), will restore your account. A gil seller wouldn't contact SE, because the account is bogus to begin with. To those who were / are mercing titan wins, beware as some who buy your win, are buying gil to pay for it which WILL flag your account.

[Aphraell]

MM I've been suspended as well. Never botted, bought or sold gil. Pretty angry right now.

I've sold 30-40 pieces of Star 2 items. Even when my account gets restored I'm going to be pissed still.

Have a great weekend.(For those that can play)

[Kiroh]

So they're only banning players with a lot of gil? Nothing to worry about here then....

*cries softly in a corner*

[SpayedNeko]

To the people saying they have been SUSPENDED, not banned, for possible links to RMT, this doesn't mean that you yourself bought/sold gil etc. It just means that somewhere along the line, you sold/bought items, knowingly or unknowingly, form someone who either bought gil, bought crystals from someone who bought them for $, or something along those lines.

It's crappy that you've been suspended, but look at it in a real world scenario. You buy a TV either from a pawn/second hand shop, or from a newspaper advertisment, only to have the police track it down through sales records after having found out it was stolen, and question you over recieving stolen goods, and taking said TV from you with no compensation. It's similar to that, even though you unknowingly participated in RMT by selling to someone who bought gil, they still have too investigate your account as part of the RMT web.

[Sylvari]

1,000,000 gil! How could somebody make that much money! People with over 500k should be banned!!!!!

I have 500k from selling items on the market wards. So i should be banned too for managing my money better than you?

[Delmontyb]

I've got a lot of gil, nothing so far, but I'm also not botting or doing anything wrong. Just playing the game and saving my gils for a house.