Square Enix Cracks Down on Gil-Farming RMT in Final Fantasy XI

June 14, 2006 at 7:30 pm - by Dale Dietrich

Categories: Cheating, Gold Farming, Player Bans

Square Enix permanently suspended 250 Final Fantasy XI accounts involved in large-scale RMT operations. The users were caught using unauthorized third-party software tools, in violation of the end user agreement, to ‘farm’ for “Gil”, (FFXI’s in-game currency) and selling it for real-world money - a practice known as real money trading (RMT).

Sources: GameSpot | Square Enix’ Press Release | EuroGamer | Galbadia X