No...Golembane makes a good point, as do you.

1. No matter what you do/don't do, someone is going to ***** about it. That's just what our global society has become and deems acceptable.

2. A living organism is something that constantly adapts to change, if it doesn't...it dies. FFXI, IS dying. How do I come to this conclusion you ask? Simple, I've noticed that there were tons of players before SE started getting ban happy. The numbers on my server (Quetzalquatl) have effectively been cut in HALF! From around 4000 on a Saturday night to a measly 2500 or so. This means that only about 50% percent of the characters on my server have been obeying the terms and conditions. This also means that about 50% of the income SE receives from my server, is from gilsellers that get banned and come back on with another character.

Through simple deduction, this means that a lot of the REAL players have since given up and moved on to other things (read: games). Other places where the parent company is continually not just looking for input from players but putting them to action.
SE is just now remeding serious FLAWS (yes, I believe not having a windower for 4/5 years is a SERIOUS FLAW) in this game. Most either are windowed, or have the option to be. Also, I've played a lot of MMOs and I don't know many where you can wait up to 1.5 minutes to fully rest, or not be able to level on your own.

The fact is a lot of good, seasoned players have been making these pleas to SE for nearly half a decade now. What has SE done? They either spurned them, or ignored them. And they in turn have withdrawn their support (read: Checkbooks)from SE and moved to other places where they are happier.

The fact is no MMO is perfect, and none will be. Because what someone thinks is a good idea others will not. For instance I know some of you will criticize my feelings about the windower or just me in general. But the fact is that some of us would like to be able to play without having to worry about our Anti-Virus kicking us off when we are in the middle of a mission.

The remaing portion of actualy players either don't care and just enjoy the game, or are whiners that SE need not waste money/time on to appease.
Honestly, I guess I'm a little of both. SE will not listen to individual unless you are of some sort of influence. So, if you all want change draft a petition with a lot of names on it and threaten to quit if you aren't heard. This will accomplish 1 of the following.

1. SE listens and does what you demand.
2. SE blows you off and you quit
3. SE blows you off and you don't quit. Thus making you and all the other petitioners that didn't quit, lose face with them, and reinforce their ideal that you will still pay them money no matter how awful their product is.

Judging from the vast majority of people I've played this game with over the last 4 years, I'd have to say our community is the most like number 3.
So SE will do as little as possible to continue to gleam as much money from those kind of people until they finally quit. FFXI then collapses and SE still made a ton of money. Win/Win for them.

Conclusion: If its that important to you grow some stones and get a bunch of people to say "Do this or we quit which will cause you a net loss of $X.XX" Then if they don't...QUIT.

You strike me as a really nice guy. Fancy coming round mine for afternoon tea and crumpets sometime?

Yes. It's a feature they want to implement.

HAH!!!!!!! I told you it would come! Check that first post on this page!

I must be Psychic~aru! :)