RMT chat restrictions limited to tells?

The patch notes state this:

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Players can now report RMT messages via a menu in the log window.

Any reports sent using this function will be processed automatically. When it is confirmed the reported player is sending RMT messages, their ability to speak with other players will be restricted.

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Does this mean that all forms of communication are restricted, including /say? I ask this because while I noticed that pretty much the RMT bots sending /tells have pretty much been wiped out (I haven't received a single tell since patch thus far), the RMT bots spamming /say are still hanging about.

Honestly it wouldn't make sense to restrict /tell and not /say, and not all other variations of chat for that matter, as the bots clearly use and no doubt WILL use all channels available to them.

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Originally Posted by nranola

I noticed that pretty much the RMT bots sending /tells have pretty much been wiped out (I haven't received a single tell since patch thus far)

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I've seen no such decline. Still getting 4-5 every hour.

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Originally Posted by Naunet

I've seen no such decline. Still getting 4-5 every hour.

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Really I haven't gotten a single RMT tell and I've played a couple of hours (2 to 3) every evening since the patch went live. I have however received tells from some of my apartment neighbors.

So working as intended?

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Originally Posted by Dravion

Really I haven't gotten a single RMT tell and I've played a couple of hours (2 to 3) every evening since the patch went live. I have however received tells from some of my apartment neighbors.

So working as intended?

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Funnily enough it's the opposite for me, i've only just started getting RMT tells... but it might be because i've also just bought a house in the Mist?

Okay it seems like even RMT bots spamming /tell are being dealt with. Just takes longer I suppose since their range is very specific to a certain area. I've gotten maybe a couple of RMT tells as well, but this is such an improvement compared to before.

I hope they still clarify the "ability to speak to other players" bit in the future though, because when I see that I think /tells. Or is that just me?

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Originally Posted by Naunet

I've seen no such decline. Still getting 4-5 every hour.

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Does your server have a lot of players? I wonder if larger population servers get more RMT bots running around.

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Originally Posted by nranola

Okay it seems like even RMT bots spamming /tell are being dealt with. Just takes longer I suppose since their range is very specific to a certain area. I've gotten maybe a couple of RMT tells as well, but this is such an improvement compared to before.

I hope they still clarify the "ability to speak to other players" bit in the future though, because when I see that I think /tells. Or is that just me?




Does your server have a lot of players? I wonder if larger population servers get more RMT bots running around.

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Phoenix server here -sometimes has queues.
RMT spam (in general chat) seems to be daily in Gridania, but different names everyday as I report and block as soon as they pop up.

Brynhildr use to have ton of RMT, but ever since the report button was released, it has never been so quite before

Yesterday during a 5 hour play I got one rmt tell.

One.

That's 10% of the usual rmt spam I get in the same time frame and I play in a medium to low pop server. I say the report function works wonders.

Yep this is actually working I hardly get any Rmt stuff. If I do is once a day I didn't get any yesterday at the mist or more dhona

it might be based on a reoccuring number of reports, since i mean be serious you can be mean and report a fc mate just cause? So it looks like maybe in the lower pop servers theres less reoccurances so it takes a little time to build up a case, whereas medium pop are seeing a very significant change due to enough reports being sent at a slightly faster rate by players? this would seem to be logical to me how it works

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Originally Posted by Dravion

Really I haven't gotten a single RMT tell and I've played a couple of hours (2 to 3) every evening since the patch went live. I have however received tells from some of my apartment neighbors.

So working as intended?

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Reminder that the volume of RMT tells is dependent on your server population, lower pop servers are open for new creations more often than higher pop servers, so they are hit relentlessly by RMT.

I havn't goten any tells since patch which has been great but RMT are a virus and viruses have a way of adapting. I just hope it stays like this.

It's definitely been quieter and that is appreciated. Gets annoying though when there's that one that keeps getting through, as in reporting the same one 3 times in 10 minutes... All in all, great implementation and I'm hoping the playerbase is using it since it seems like they have put it on us to do something about it.

Right now, I haven't received a single tell today. Im content with where we are. Say is the next step!!

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Originally Posted by nranola

Does your server have a lot of players? I wonder if larger population servers get more RMT bots running around.

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Couerl is medium/medium-low pop.

I still haven't seen any reduction in RMT tells.

Hyperion - Been online for 12-14 hours at a time, some of that AFK, but I have seen 2 tells since patch day. Compared to before the patch, if I went afk for that same length of time, my tell tab would be full of RMT spam. Happy with this change and I can actually use my tell tab again. :)

Got 4 today but I was on all day. So that's actually a low number. Yesterday i didn't get any

Thing is, we don't know the exact logic RMT go through to send tells, so odds are people who end up being the first ones sent tells will think nothing is being changed as they are reporting them, but those who are on the other end or maybe even middle will notice a change because they aren't getting tells.

If you aren't noticing a change, then it's potential you are just unlucky to be one of the first few people RMT send tells to before they are reported but if you were to ask other people on your server if they were getting less RMT tells, odds are they would say yes, but you would need to be very picky about who you ask.

Ask a person of each job, ask a person who idles in specific idle heavy areas and then ask people with first name A, Last name A, first name M, last name M and then First name Z and last name Z. It's possible you will hear the M's getting less tells but it might very between the A and Z.

I had a couple /tells from bots when I'm in the Mists but I usually see the /say in Limsa Lower Docks near the MBs

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Originally Posted by Airget

Ask a person of each job, ask a person who idles in specific idle heavy areas and then ask people with first name A, Last name A, first name M, last name M and then First name Z and last name Z. It's possible you will hear the M's getting less tells but it might very between the A and Z.

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My main character's first name starts with an M and her last name starts with a U. I get tells no matter where I am - both in a city and out in an open zone.

It would make sense to disable all forms of communication. Whether it's /t or /s, we'd still get spams in our message logs. I hope SE took into account friends request and party requests.