To reply to everyone in general, i really dont care about my account (i do have a second one, i did exactly that, i started again clean) BUT they are giving us a second chance, in my case i did what i did for 5 days, and i lost 100s of dollars on the game and 1000 hours. If im going to have a second chance im going to take it, i cant be sad for that...
I do feel bad for what i did, but it has been 3 years from that, the company was doing nothing to stop the hackers, now im another person and even without playing i followed this forum and was waiting for news, i wasnt expecting my account back, but if i do, its a goal for me and i think it dosnt affects you at all... if i hack again (in my case i can say that no, im not going to hack again, but i know maybe others may think different) ill get banned again, that is the idea of Battleye. Also i must add, i never paid for a hack, the one i used was free, i say this because someone said up there that "i pay again for a hack and i hack again".
In fact if hackers come back and hack again, they are going to be banned again, but those who learned the lesson (like me) are going to be good players again, and that helps to everyone, to the player base because its more people on the servers, to the company because its more users who can buy things (money), so its a win-win for everyone(unless this new system dosnt work as intended).
We could be forced to stay in the police station for 2 hours a week to pay for our crimes (in game) lol.