With all these reports of RMT and cheating I think we need some active police in-game who patrol areas and can ban activity and squish it as soon as it is spotted. While i am playing and just going from area to area as a normal character would, I see many shouts and tells that I wish I could simply just ban the character right away as it is clearly RMT activity.
But I can't. I can just report and wait and wait.
But if we had a dozen or so characters on each server who periodically went from area to area, and they had the tools to ban characters who are spamming chat or sending /tells with advertisements, I think we'd see a lot less activity in players doing so. I mean it is so easy to recognize this activity and know which accounts they are coming from. I think this would be a quicker way to stop it from happening.
We need police
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09-21-2013, 10:47 PMUriahnoolWe need police
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09-21-2013, 10:54 PMSixmp
While i agree we need better options. I don't think SE could afford to pay people to do what you suggest.
I know there are many people out there who would do it for free, but it is too open for abuse. -
09-21-2013, 10:57 PMSeriat
Way to open to abuse lol
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09-21-2013, 10:58 PMEmSix
They're called GMs.
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09-21-2013, 11:09 PMKiriA500
Why would we need the police? They do nothing when given very clear evidence.
Nothing would change.
(inb4 I get 10 day banned for this) -
09-21-2013, 11:37 PMKallera
The problem of a visible moderating presence is that would clue in RMT and other abusers as to when the STF is out in force, and lay low "until the heat dies down".
Not true, I've seen my reporting have an effect on my server, Not immediate, mind you, but there are characters getting removed for advertising RMT activities.Quote:
Originally Posted by KiriA500
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09-22-2013, 12:18 AM1Logic
quit watching dot hack sign
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09-22-2013, 12:49 AMAramyth
We need the Special Task Force.
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09-22-2013, 01:59 AMDhalmel
We need a Superjail in Eorzea.
I'll be warden. -
09-22-2013, 02:11 AMZohnoReecho
I'm willing to do it for free. I don't need to ban them. Just give me the possibility to shut them up until a GM can complete the investigation. And if I abused my power then you can punish me.
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09-22-2013, 02:14 AMKailea_Nagisareally people with this mentally truly are stupid. I wanted to be a officer at one point, still kind of do, but I do not think I could take all the ungrateful, hateful people I would be serving and protecting.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheAppleMachine
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09-22-2013, 02:23 AM1Logicno people like you who dont see the bad side of the police are stupid. the mindset that they only only serve and protect is an ignorant one merely because they usually cause more trouble than they fix.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kailea_Nagisa
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09-22-2013, 02:29 AMviion
I don't get why this is so difficult for SE? Do they have zero tools to sort this?
Have several monitors in the GM office that shows the shouts of every world server, when they spot an RMT shout they just type the name into their account controls, click the ban button. It should be as simple as this and it should work as instantly as this.
There is no excuse for it to take so long and all these comments say "We're banning them asap!" "we're trying to get them at the filter level" is just a bunch of nonsense. No investigation is required, if someone is spamming in shout they sell gil, its a complete TOS violation, regardless of whether its someone trolling or not ban them anyway. -
09-22-2013, 02:54 AMAranWade
we need Ghostbusters
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09-22-2013, 04:00 AMJynxQuote:
Originally Posted by viion
Yeah... nothing could ever go wrong with this one right guys? You should also consider that SE doesn't "Accidentally" ban people. -
09-22-2013, 04:48 AMteh_nam3lessWell we can always have anarchy...Quote:
Originally Posted by 1Logic
Btw, anyone who only sees the bad side of law enforcement is equally ignorant. -
09-22-2013, 04:56 AMHagito
You know, a report system could not only rely on GM activity, it could work like some forums do with the +1 and -1 buttons, when a post gets too many -1 (30 in case of forums) the post gets automatically hidden.
It could be something like that but to block RMTs, if a character gets 100~ reports between x hours the account would get locked. Yes I know this could be abused yet players who use the report system could be logged if it was an abuse report to lock someone out for no reason (some people love doing It "for the Lolz") then the player could send a ticket to clarify it, if it was a troll abuse of the report system then the GM would have the names of the players who did it and punish them accordingly.
Just an idea. -
09-22-2013, 05:24 AMScratchs(Quote:
Originally Posted by 1Logic
I disagree! We need an elite group of self important adventurers to enforce the rules of Eorzea known as the Crimson Knights 2.0. -
09-22-2013, 06:16 AMviionYou take name exact, or allow GMs to see the character ID and you type that so you get an exact match and you can see ID matches name that is shouting and see their history of shouts and see its Gil.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jynx
Many many ways to avoid mistakes. But of course SE would rather be relaxed. -
09-22-2013, 06:31 AMFayaAOP
Over the last 5 days i repeatly reported the same botters. Nothing happeened.
So i went out , cheecked what they kill, did some overpulling and killed the bots...over and over again.
Sadly, the one bot is a tank and moved to a place with low farming value, but i cant kill him anymore. Still 24/7 will make him rich eventually.
The otheer one is a CNJ,, easy to kill. Sadly that one actually plays in awake hourss and will eventually outleveel me.
So yea, there is a way for players to do something. -
09-22-2013, 08:19 AMUriahnoolThank you for doing something.Quote:
Originally Posted by FayaAOP
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09-22-2013, 08:46 AMKrystal_Storm
I volunteer. I can inspire both fear and awe (when i go on a tirade) ask anyone on Behemoth server. : D Plus i have a mobile pacification unit (Magitek) and look good in black or blue.
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09-22-2013, 09:15 AMSkyfangRausslaw abiding citizens will never personally see the 'bad side of the police'Quote:
Originally Posted by 1Logic
the only people who frequently see that side are the ones who don't belong in a civilized society, and are ALWAYS the ones spouting crap like 'fuck the police'
for everyone NOT being a parasite, the police are welcome, and needed -
09-22-2013, 09:48 AMDeathgasm
A MMORPG without Game Masters... :rolleyes:
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09-22-2013, 10:01 AMCaZxThe idea that police cause more problems than they help to resolve is probably one of the dumbest comments I have ever heard and one that is clearly being spoken by someone who is completely ignorant of what it is police do on a daily basis.Quote:
Originally Posted by 1Logic
You have the right to form your own opinion..but here is a few questions for you. If someone steals your car who would you call? If someone is kicking your door in at midnight..who do you call? If someone carjacks you and drives away with your children in the vehicle..leaving you for dead on the side of the road..who do you call? Given your opinion of police I would assume that your not going to call the police??
The real answer is far too many people want to be overly critical, bash, and spew hate towards the brave men and women who put on the uniform daily...that is until they find themselves in a situation where the only people who are willing to come and help them are those men and women in uniform who put their own lives in danger to SERVE AND PROTECT COMPLETE STRANGERS...some of whom like yourself are ungrateful little ass hats.
As for the topic at hand..yeah I do think they need in-game GM's on each server. There is no reason they cannot have an application process and find a few people willing to donate some time on each server..heck a handful of maybe 5 people who have different schedules could help tremendously. Then if there is evidence of abuse..get rid of them that simple. There is no reason that literally hundreds of gold spammers are polluting servers and nothing is done about it quickly.