Handling Misconduct (Jan. 22) [Duping Banstick]

[Aangeliceus]

In November 2008, we discovered an issue that allowed players to create multiple items for certain treasures and rewards in areas such as Salvage and Assault by exploiting the game system.

The issue was fixed during emergency maintenance on November 26, 2008. However, we discovered that some players had already exploited the issue and used it to gain additional items before it was addressed. We then investigated more than a year's worth of logs throughout all areas.

As a result of the investigation, approximately 400 players were temporarily suspended based on the evidence gathered. Approximately 550 players who committed more serious misconduct had their accounts banned.

We are working hard to ensure that these kinds of issues do not occur again in FINAL FANTASY XI. However, if you discover any problems with the game system, please submit a GM call or fill out the feedback e-mail form to report the problems to us, instead of exploiting or spreading the issue.

We thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/polnews/news15265.shtml

 

[Aangeliceus]

It would seem.... based on other reading:

LM-11 = Bye-Bye for good. (Message: Account Closed)
LM-17 = Temporary. (Message: Account Stopped)

I sincerely hope that none of you were affected by this and if you were, temp only! /crossesfingers

 

[Talfus]

that sucks...

 

[Eticket]

I'm kind of surprised the numbers are that low.

I guess that's the double edged sword of not spreading it around much.

 

[Fayevalentine]

 

[defiant]

Numbers should be much higher. Seems they hit up the people who knew of it the longest.