7,700 Suspended or Banned Final Fantasy XI Accounts

Well, it turns out that World of Warcraft owners aren't the only ones that love to ban accounts. On December 20th, "over 7,450 PlayOnline accounts were terminated while over 250 accounts were temporarily suspended indefinitely" in Final Fantasy XI, or FFXI. They were banned for the following reasons:

- Accounts confirmed using third party tools to illegally move their characters:
400 cases

- Accounts confirmed using third party tools to give an unfair advantage over other
players in order to get claim on Notorious Monsters.
4400 cases

- Accounts confirmed using illegal means to obtain items
100 cases

- Accounts from people that were previously confirmed to have RMT connections, or that had violated the user agreements but re-subscribed to PlayOnline.
2800 cases

The bans resulted in the loss of over 6.2 billion gil. That's a hell of a lot of gil.

As of Dec. 10, the development team implemented a fix to prevent items from being obtained in an illegal manner. Action has been taken against accounts that participated in these activities.

Remember: If you are buying or selling gold, it is against the rules, and you are under the risk of getting your account suspended, or perhaps you're even legible to be sued. Just because the game isn't as big as World of Warcraft doesn't mean they take less precautions over accounts!