current state of RMT spams

i just realized its been quite some time since the last RMT spam has arrived , a week or more as opposed to getting multiple a day, is the phoenix server not attractive enough for RMT anymore or has been some RMT wiping going on?

can anyone share their experiences on their server lately?

This weekend I had to block more than 10 people for RMT whispertisements.

My experience with RMT spams

Your blacklist is full.
Your blacklist is full.
Your blacklist is full.
Your blacklist is full.
Your blacklist is full.
Your blacklist is full.
Your blacklist is full.

well mines full too , just didnt have to remove one to add another one lately , i guess it was just a lucky period

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Originally Posted by AmnesiaHaze

well mines full too , just didnt have to remove one to add another one lately , i guess it was just a lucky period

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I do! But it keeps coming! Sometimes it makes me wonder if the ones that I'm removing are respamming me again. The only time when RMT was quiet was after a maintenance here and there but it started right back up soon after.

SE wont ban a paying account it looks like to me.

Here's the thing with RMT tells. The more you play the more you get, The less you play the less you get. So while some people say I got 10 tells all week and some say I got 50 all week how much did you play? I get a few here and there but I don't play 18hrs+ a day to receive 10 tells from different RMTs after I delete them.

I still see 1 or two every 4 hours or so on Sarg and it is a great reduction from where it was at first. I can actually keep my /tells open now where as before I would always have it shut off because of constant rmt spam. This is a great improvement.

This patch they implemented Right click to add to black list and it helps a great deal because reporting them is so much easier and also the devs stated that they will continue to crack down hard on RMT. I would not be surprised if they ramped up ban efforts and staff in anticipation of the housing price effect on markets.

The best way to determine if there is actually more getting banned is to look at the monthly STF ban reports posted up to the lodestone and compare it to past ones.

Regarding Actions Taken Against In-Game RMT and Other Illicit Activities (Dec. 26)

It's still pretty common to get spammed on Leviathan. I'd wager a 50/50 chance of getting hit by one within the first 5 minutes of logging in. If you don't block it, get hit by another every 1-2min. If you do block it, you'll get another /t from a different name advertising a different site within a few minutes following what would have been another tell (all part of the same parent "company"). You will, guaranteed, get a /tell within the first hour of play though. On occasion, you'll see them going back to the original spamming towns with /shout every second. It's pretty damn annoying.

One thing to note though, I'm pretty sure no one reports them (or very few do). They just /blist them. That won't do anything to notify SE about the RMT accounts.

I get about 4 a day on Zalera. I typically get one within a minute of logging in. No joke. I've gotten one before my screen even fully loads at login.

I regularly prune old names out of my blist, otherwise it would be completely full.