PSA: /busy blocks friend requests, /tell, etc

Since I see more of those 'RMT are sending me friend requests' threads popping up, I thought maybe this could do with a little more visibility.

/busy will block friend invites, LS/FC/party invites, trade requests, /tell, and probably some other stuff I haven't thought of.

While I hope SE can address the real problem in time, this can be an excellent bandaid if you're getting inundated. It also puts a quick stop to some of the more malicious trolling techniques.



Thanks to Kayo, I've learned there's another way to handle this with a slight modification of the usual /blist macro:

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/flist deny <r>
/blist add <r>

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edit: adding macro

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Originally Posted by Risvertasashi

Since I see more of those 'RMT are sending me friend requests' threads popping up, I thought maybe this could do with a little more visibility.

/busy will block friend invites, LS/FC/party invites, trade requests, /tell, and probably some other stuff I haven't thought of.

While I hope SE can address the real problem in time, this can be an excellent bandaid if you're getting inundated. It also puts a quick stop to some of the more malicious trolling techniques.

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Yup been doing this for about 2-3 months now. Just watch it though because some people are a little sensitive and will report you as a bot because you are running around with it on your head.

Yeah but too bad some of us need to receive tells from people be it recruiting or just having a conversation, information sharing etc.

Basically, we shouldn't have to resort to this.

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Originally Posted by Symbiant

Yup been doing this for about 2-3 months now. Just watch it though because some people are a little sensitive and will report you as a bot because you are running around with it on your head.

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Yeah :/ Fortunately I don't really do DoL stuff. I feel bad for those that do, though...

I can only hope that a GM would actually try to talk to a player before accepting those reports.

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Originally Posted by Barboron

Basically, we shouldn't have to resort to this.

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Agreed. It's definitely on Squeenix to step up their game. I just wanted to let folks know the tool exists.

Hopefully they'll eventually copy EVE online's RMT reporting system or find something similarly effective.

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Originally Posted by Risvertasashi

Yeah :/ Fortunately I don't really do DoL stuff. I feel bad for those that do, though...

I can only hope that a GM would actually try to talk to a player before accepting those reports.

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I would assume they have there methods on how to tell if they are a bot or not. I doubt they would actually try to talk to accused because it might offend someone. You know if you had been just harvesting and then all of a sudden you get a tell from a gm saying "Are you a bot?" Lol I would find it funny but others might get upset.

The rmt have not bothered me since I have had the /busy up. I do everything in fc / ls or ts so if people send me tells I guess I just wont know.

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Originally Posted by Symbiant

I would assume they have there methods on how to tell if they are a bot or not. I doubt they would actually try to talk to accused because it might offend someone. You know if you had been just harvesting and then all of a sudden you get a tell from a gm saying "Are you a bot?" Lol I would find it funny but others might get upset.

The rmt have not bothered me since I have had the /busy up. I do everything in fc / ls or ts so if people send me tells I guess I just wont know.

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Well, could just be a simple "hello" or something, usually how admins on other games handle it.

If they try to send you a /tell, they'll get an error message, so no worries there. Friends can still mogmail you if they're not in your ls/fc/ts.

Just make that macro thats posted somewhere around here that both declines the friend request and blists them. Its easier and none of the drawbacks from the /busy.


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Found it.

/flist deny <r>
/blist add <r>

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Originally Posted by Kayo

Just make that macro thats posts somewhere around here the both declines the friend request and blists them. Its easier and none of the drawbacks from the /busy.


EDIT:
Found it.

/flist deny <r>
/blist add <r>

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That is awesome. If there are no objections, I'll add it to the OP.

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Originally Posted by Symbiant

I doubt they would actually try to talk to accused because it might offend someone.

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I'd be a lot less offended at a GM asking me if I'm a real player than a GM giving me a permaban from the game based on an icon over my head :p

Its alot of time and effort for a game company to have to block and take measures against these websites. And its time and effort every company has to do with every game. There's got to be a better way. And I think there should be something done on the government level. In the US we have something called the Do Not Call list. https://www.donotcall.gov/

What that does is you enter your number, and it is added to a registry that telemarketers get that tells them they cannot solicit goods or services to that number without having prior business with you first (for example, a plumber you called can call you to reschedule a job). I'm wondering if we could possibly get our congressmembers involve to something similar on the internet. Something like a do not contact list where we have screen names and emails in a registry (voluntary of course, just like do not call is).

How would it work? Well.. these gil/gold/currency sellers have to have a website. Which means they have to have a way for users to pay them. If they violate the policy of the 'new do not contact' list. Then they get that method of payments cut off from the US (and any other country that enacts something similar). Basically instead of relying on game devs to filter them. We have our governments cut off their supply of funding and cut them off at the knees.

I don't know how possible it would be to get something like this enacted. But it could be worth a shot. And would do wonders for game developers who could use their energies for making their games better. And not wasting their time with putting in chat filters.

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Originally Posted by Symbiant

Yup been doing this for about 2-3 months now. Just watch it though because some people are a little sensitive and will report you as a bot because you are running around with it on your head.

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who would be dumb enough to report someone with a busy status on your head? i'd be more worried with someone moving around with the AFK status on your head since it will go away the moment you actually do any movement your self.

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Originally Posted by Volcano

who would be dumb enough to report someone with a busy status on your head? i'd be more worried with someone moving around with the AFK status on your head since it will go away the moment you actually do any movement your self.

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Probably the same people that aggro AoEing mobs and drag them over to fishers.

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Originally Posted by Risvertasashi

That is awesome. If there are no objections, I'll add it to the OP.

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/shrug ... not my idea, im just reposting it. Think it originated on reddit.

I just reported someone for doing that friends thing to me, though I declined him first and then blisted him.

Usually I don't report cause of the new right click blist option but sending a friends invite gonna cause me to report all of them everytime I get it.

SE should do this for this problem, if they have't won ultimate bane then they cant invite you.

For people who won ultimate weapon can invite and if they choose to invite someone who doesn't have the mission done they can if they want, they just cant invite you.

even if they work all the way up to that point, they still will get blisted or reported.

Just a friendly PSA: there is a right-click blacklist option when you decline their friend request. You will find it when you click on their name in the log message "You decline (name of bot) friend request". It appears here and no where else which is baffling, but useful because while that macro is more efficient it relies on them sending a tell, which some have stopped doing and there is no way to target someone who hasn't sent a tell.

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Originally Posted by SarcasmMisser

Just a friendly PSA: there is a right-click blacklist option when you decline their friend request. You will find it when you click on their name in the log message "You decline (name of bot) friend request". It appears here and no where else which is baffling, but useful because while that macro is more efficient it relies on them sending a tell, which some have stopped doing and there is no way to target someone who hasn't sent a tell.

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You gave me a idea.

SE should make it like this, You can't send friends request unless you send a tell back to the person first. <---- ultimate end to this crap- then remove the option to send friends request on searching the name up.

Basically if I send a tell, unless you reply you cannot befriend them till they reply.