January 2008 Ban Report

Tools That Allow Enhanced Character Movement

December 21, Approx. 690 cases
January 8, Approx. 480 cases
January 9, Approx. 180 cases
January 10, Approx. 120 cases
January 11, Approx. 170 cases
January 16, Approx. 360 cases
January 22, Approx. 120 cases

Tools That Circumvent Game Mechanics With Timing of Ability Use

January 24, Approx. 70 cases

Tools That Automatically Repeat A Particular Action

[...]

November Ban Report

Over the last month they removed another 2 billion gil removed from all of the servers.
- Usage of tools that allow enhanced character movement.
November 6, Approx. 290 cases
November 9, Approx. 400 cases
November 12, Approx. 300 cases- Usage of tools that circumvent game mechanics with respect to the timing of ability use, etc. in certain [...]

Accounts Banned September Summary

Kind of funny seeing these numbers over and over again every month. Roughly the same numbers doing basically the same thing. Obviously saying don’t do it and banning the specific account does nothing because they just sign up again and re-use the same key.

6570 Accounts Banned

We would like to report the termination today of multiple accounts held by players involved in the usage of third-party tools or cheats, or engaged in RMT (Real Money Trading) activities.
Based on the results of our investigation, around 6570 PlayOnline accounts were terminated while around 390 accounts were temporarily suspended. Additionally, we have increased the [...]

7000+ Accounts Banned This Month

Today they announced their monthly banning and shows that it’s not really stopping the gil sellers and buyers. But at least they are slowing them down.
We would like to report the termination today of multiple accounts held by players involved in the usage of third-party tools or cheats, or engaged in RMT (Real Money Trading) [...]