Hello.
Wanting to make all you people aware that there has now been a case of RMT bots sending a /shout asking for an invite to the Novice Network. Once in, they start spamming the novice network with messages about their gil-selling website. It happened about 20 minutes ago on Louisoix. Wanting to make all the mentors aware. Be careful who you invite to the novice network.
EDIT: Turns out they join, send their promotional message, then automatically leave before you can kick them.
RMT Bots - The Latest Trend
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07-01-2017, 11:39 PMPaladinleedsRMT Bots - The Latest Trend
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07-01-2017, 11:41 PMHyperSMB
You know, the thing that pisses me off most about RMT bots, I KNOW for certain people HAVE to be using them regularly enough to warrant them being around.
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07-01-2017, 11:46 PMClaviusnexAnd the sad thing is the stuff folks buy really isn't that hard to get in game to begin with.Quote:
Originally Posted by HyperSMB
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07-02-2017, 12:01 AMZarabethRight click their name and click report then For RMT activities. If a certain number of people do that they get banned. It's a fairly small number also just don't abuse it because they check.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paladinleeds
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07-02-2017, 02:02 AMLordLucavi
They are getting smarter. Last night on Siren we had a couple with lore appropriate names instead of random qwrgaftg kfukvd or obvious rmt names like Bilii Mccgenericspammou.
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07-02-2017, 02:06 AMPaladinleedsYeah, we are reporting them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zarabeth
Yeah, we're trying to work out how to shield ourselves against it. They have a lore appropriate name.Quote:
Originally Posted by LordLucavi
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07-02-2017, 02:24 AMD1rtySpartan
There is no reason to buy Gil in this game. The drops in dungeons are good enough to get you the gear you need and Gil adds up quick
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07-02-2017, 02:55 AMAlphaFoxTrue but when a new glamour set is about 50mil for the entire set (and even though I've played since Closed Beta, only have 43mil) I can see why people find it appealing.Quote:
Originally Posted by D1rtySpartan
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07-02-2017, 03:13 AMBacentThen try working on breaking items if you don't want to make them. Desynthing a lot of the newer stuff (even stuff from 3.X) gives battle demi materia and other stuff, and it adds up pretty quickly when you run some unsynch'd runs and get everything yourself. I'm sitting at about 93m because I break everything I don't need for alc/ltw/gsm.Quote:
Originally Posted by AlphaFox
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07-02-2017, 03:29 AMD1rtySpartanOk I am still kinda new around here....Is a Glamour set just appearance gear or actual gear?Quote:
Originally Posted by AlphaFox
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07-02-2017, 03:32 AMPaladinleedsAppearance gear. For example the Thavnairian atttire. By itself, it's statless. But, it is often used as a glamour option, so let's say my gear can be made to look like Thavnairian attire through Glamour. Still has the stats, but doesn't look like the base item anymore with the stats.Quote:
Originally Posted by D1rtySpartan
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07-02-2017, 03:33 AMNatsunoControversial idea: Remember way back when they SE started banning RMT and removing the gil they had farmed from the game, no matter who's pocket it ended up in?Quote:
Originally Posted by AlphaFox
Bring that back (permanently) and see if crafter are still willing to sell on the MB for extortionate prices. Half joking at this idea, because we all know SE will not do this. (not after the shit storm that followed it anyway)
I'm sitting on 5 million (give or take) most of the time (also been here since closed beta). All I can do is put a <3 next to an overpriced item and wait for it to fall in price most of the time. This time I'll just wait for items to end up in SB's version of PotD. >.> -
07-02-2017, 03:35 AMD1rtySpartanGotcha. Appearaance stuff isnt that important to me but we will see when I get max levelQuote:
Originally Posted by Paladinleeds
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07-02-2017, 03:58 AMRakiria
we just recently had some of those on omega too... can't even trust newbies now. gotta ask again if they are a person.
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07-02-2017, 04:05 AMKisaiTenshiThere's a potential solution for this, but it would require more effort.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paladinleeds
1) Don't invite people to the Novice Network if they are at level 1, hell, don't invite them if they are male Hyur BLM, which is like 99% of RMT. They need to put in more than an hour's worth of game play first.
2) Ask such people before you do. Ask them what "Job" they are playing. Ask them what their hair color is. If they can't answer that, it's a bot.
3) Go find them before you invite them. Really, if they know how to use Shout, then they obviously aren't as new as you would think. -
07-02-2017, 04:07 AMPaladinleedsMy solution was this:Quote:
Originally Posted by KisaiTenshi
Send a shout asking people if they want to join the Novice Network. But in order to do so they have to send a tell. From there, I can enquire further, and then after getting a good handle that they're a human, invite them.