For some reason I’m not seeing any of this stuff that is getting people so wound up about changes to rule enforcement. There’s really nothing even remotely scary or threatening about that warning. There’s even mention of some of your comments as being “clever”; which is the first real compliment I’ve seen coming from official A-Net representation towards anyone who’s been critical about this game. What this shows is that they were speaking the truth when they talked about having people read the stuff that you’ve written.
After all, A-Net is a business: one dependent on keeping the trust and longevity of it’s community for more than just the amount of time that’s already elapsed. This isn’t some carpetbagger scheme where they can pack up, move back overseas, and flaunt international law after pillaging the countryside. They get to reap everything they sow.
But even if you happen to get banned haphazardly, trust me, there are plenty of fish in the sea. You are definitely not going to redo all the work you’ve done in getting your legendary or time-gated ascended gear. This is a golden age is massive multiplayer game market saturation. There are plenty of developers who have put in hours of work and want people to check out the fantasy worlds they have created; even if it’s only temporary (though they’d like it to be more than that). And if you get banned from the main forums, you can just as easily find a new place that fits your freedom-loving principles better than your previous.