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This is the outline report of actions conducted from July 23, 2008 to August 26, 2008 in dealing with players violating the user agreement, as well as details on the activities, results, and goals of the Special Task Force.
As the result of banning groups using multiple accounts, the number of accounts banned in July was slightly higher than in June. However, since then, no large-scale groups have emerged, and the use of synthesis and auction houses for RMT has calmed down.
There were roughly 1000 reports regarding illegal fishing in July--an increase of about 100 since June. However, because in actuality this violation is steadily decreasing, the number of accounts banned in July came to 700, about 200 less than June. FFXI have managed to maintain a lower number of bannings since we strengthened our activities in May.
Additionally, the number of hunters banned in July decreased by 150 accounts from June to 800 accounts. The number of reports regarding hunters has decreased by about 40, and hunter activities seem to have calmed down. Because the violations mentioned here are habitual practices in the illegal collection of gil for RMT, it is common for players to continue their actions with a new account after they have been banned. As a result of the Special Task Force's repeated bannings, reports regarding illegal fishing which we had received the most reports about have decreased to 1 or 2 reports a day per world. We can surmise from this statistic that the number of violators engaged in illegal fishing has considerably decreased.
Although these problems have been mostly solved for some time, a new problem has emerged and grown in magnitude. We have confirmed in multiple investigations that many accounts harmed by unauthorized access have been used by players for RMT purposes. Cases where characters have been commandeered and used by violators of the user agreement have been on the increase.
In order to lessen the damage caused by unauthorized access and freeze as much gil used for RMT as possible, starting in July, the Special Task Force started activities that will put more importance on banning accounts involved in RMT. |
