SE, you can do better than this (Regarding Spam)

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Originally Posted by TaranTatsuuchi

I would think a single filter would catch a great amount of them, assuming it could take into account variables...

(any number)[comma or no comma]{three or four 0's}<space or no space>(k or K)

Realistically, most people would switch to m instead of k once they get into the millions range... but I believe every rmt I recall always used the k monkier.

This filter would trip on nearly every rmt tell I can recall seeing.
And doesn't have as much of a chance to trigger on normal conversations, due to the aforementioned normal people swapping to m when you get over 1,000k.

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Wouldn't take long for them to learn and get around a filter unless was constantly updated.

Okay, guess our posts were removed that suggested a solid way to remove spam if SE implemented something similar, even though we weren't advertising anything. Makes sense.

I'll go back on record and say SE needs an in-game custom filter that allows players to add words that RMT use to get around what SE's current filter doesn't cover (ie: .c0m)

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Originally Posted by Dmc

Yes true BUT every now and then take a minute to scroll threw the tells, its a bit of a pain but so much better than hearing the ping 1000 times. There are ways to handle/deal with it other than relying on others to fix it for you is what i am getting at.

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or the dev team can handle it since we pay them?

It was stated at E3 that 3.4 would have better reporting tools.

Yoshi made it clear that he would make it better especially after he got a tell while doing a live showing of ffxiv at E3

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Originally Posted by zosia

or the dev team can handle it since we pay them?

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I fully support more options that dev to handle the problem, but for some like myself I found adding a channel as tells and turn off the general channel was my best option since I do majority of chat in fc or ls it's a very optional way for some to handle it. If people fall into my category were they don't use the tell system much really good way to control the spam, now if they revert back to shout and yells that be a different story :p Again I agree more could be done though.

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Originally Posted by Zigabar

Okay, guess our posts were removed that suggested a solid way to remove spam if SE implemented something similar, even though we weren't advertising anything. Makes sense.

I'll go back on record and say SE needs an in-game custom filter that allows players to add words that RMT use to get around what SE's current filter doesn't cover (ie: .c0m)

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I think it was more becuase it was a suggestion to go to an outside source for a fix, and the devs have a zero tolerance of that.

But, yes, a customizable filter would help so much.

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Originally Posted by Ametrine

I think it was more becuase it was a suggestion to go to an outside source for a fix, and the devs have a zero tolerance of that.

But, yes, a customizable filter would help so much.

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No. It was a suggestion to adopt a method that's already proven it works. No one who posted suggested going to an outside source to solve their problems. In this thread, at least.

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Originally Posted by Zigabar

No. It was a suggestion to adopt a method that's already proven it works. No one who posted suggested going to an outside source to solve their problems. In this thread, at least.

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In which the poster showed a cropped image from an external program that works in resolving this on PC. That was the issue. The very mention of a working, illegitimate option is enough grounds to remove the post.

I've been dodging any direct examples of the RMT spam messages themselves for precisely this reason.


Which is an issue in and of itself. Showing images of the actual spam inadvertently advertises the gil-selling we despise, but not doing so doesn't allow us to fully convey the invasiveness of it.

No spam on over populated server.
SE Pay for server move.. Issues solved. ALSO 10-20k people to play with...

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Originally Posted by Ametrine

In which the poster showed a cropped image from an external program that works in resolving this on PC. That was the issue. The very mention of a working, illegitimate option is enough grounds to remove the post.

I've been dodging any direct examples of the RMT spam messages themselves for precisely this reason.


Which is an issue in and of itself. Showing images of the actual spam inadvertently advertises the gil-selling we despise, but not doing so doesn't allow us to fully convey the invasiveness of it.

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But if it is cropped and shows absolutely nothing that can link back to any site, is it really advertising? It was cropped to show an example and even all the RMT website words that were on the exclusion list were cropped out. There was nothing actually wrong with the posts, just heavy hands at work again.

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Originally Posted by Zigabar

There was nothing actually wrong with the posts, just heavy hands at work again.

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Can't totally disagree with you on that, but again, showing an actual program was enough to send it over the edge.

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Originally Posted by CrystalRainbow

No spam on over populated server.
SE Pay for server move.. Issues solved. ALSO 10-20k people to play with...

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Ya know, I don't like having to wade through 50 players to see an important NPC or to wait in queue to log in.

I like my smaller server.

>>Block Report function from chat.
>>Person gets 30 block reports in less than 30 minutes gets sent to an instance with no /tell /sh /yell feature.
>>Stuck there for proper GM inspection.

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Originally Posted by Alexander_Dragonfang

>>Block Report function from chat.
>>Person gets 30 block reports in less than 30 minutes gets sent to an instance with no /tell /sh /yell feature.
>>Stuck there for proper GM inspection.

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If the GM arrives and it turns out that the player is completely innocent and that all the reports are from players in the same FC/LS, the punishment had better be severe, like 1 week ban and perma ban from report system.

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Originally Posted by Seig345

If the GM arrives and it turns out that the player is completely innocent and that all the reports are from players in the same FC/LS, the punishment had better be severe, like 1 week ban and perma ban from report system.

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I fully agree with this and that type of report system. It would damn near eradicate most RMT, and a harsh punishment for false reports would help alleviate said falses from occuring.

It's just the GM manpower that's the problem.