Why am I always getting tells for RMT?!!?

[Niwashi]

When the game first launched, we didn't even have the blacklist option in the right-click menu. The way to blacklist someone was to open up the blacklist page and write out their name, or write it out on the chat panel as /blacklist "character name". (All those weird letter-jumble names that are so popular with the RMT spammers were a real pain for that.) And at the time, it wasn't just tells. We got constantly spammed in the Shout (and sometimes Yell) channels as well, to the point where it was impossible to use those channels for legitimate purposes because real messages would get buried amongst all the RMT spam.

I really thought that when SE finally added the blacklist option to the right-click menu, they would have added a Report option as well (perhaps two, for report RMT and report harassment). It could have automatically taken the chat line we right-clicked on and sent it to the team that handles these reports, giving them the sender, reporter, time, and message text. It would have been more effective, as RMT spammers would get reported quicker and more consistently. It would have been easier for their team, because everything would come in a consistent format rather than whatever the reporting player filled out in a report form. And it would certainly have been easier for players.

I'm glad SE finally got serious about eliminating the RMT spammers from the global channels. And I'm glad we got that right-click Blacklist option. But I still really wish they'd go the rest of the way: make it easy to report spam /tell messages, and quickly ban those spammers as well.

[NintenPyjak64]

Yes I may have gone overboard, but the lack of help from SE is frustrating. I am not sure as to why they didn't recommend the busy setting? Does this exist? Can I turn this on on PS3 and not receive tells?

You could, but at the same time you cut yourself off from party invites or other non RMT sending tells among other things I can't recall ATM. Do you have a USB keyboard for the PS3? If so type /busy to toggle on and off. If you don't just edit your search options and enable it through the window.

[LlenCoram]

I find it annoying too. I'm in Sargatanas where RMT activity seems to have increased quite a bit in the last few months. It got to the point where I made a "blacklist RMT" macro. I just hit that whenever I get a tell.

"/blist add <r>" is the command, incidentally. It automatically adds the last person to send you a /tell. Opens a confirmation window, so hit that then enter and you're golden.

I'm not sure if there's a way to add "yes add them" into the macro, but it's probably prudent to do without. I've had it before where a real friend will send me a /tell immediately after an RMT, so I wouldn't want to blacklist them.

[Umo]

Yes I may have gone overboard

Indeed.

but the lack of help from SE is frustrating.

Not having the help you were expecting is pretty different from not having help at all.

I am not sure as to why they didn't recommend the busy setting? Does this exist? Can I turn this on on PS3 and not receive tells?

Why would a GM recommend the use of a feature that locks out your ability to receive private messages from legit players?
Anyways, yes, you can set your online status to busy from the Social Menu (or just type /busy).
On a side note, did you know you can right click on the name displayed on the chat log and select "Add to blacklist"? I guess you didn't. It doesn't matter, though, since you have already canceled your subscription, right?

[BobbinT]

I find it annoying too. I'm in Sargatanas where RMT activity seems to have increased quite a bit in the last few months.

"quite a bit"? It's already way worse by the time I moved to another server.

So I guess town at Sarg nowadays are become really deserted huh?

[LlenCoram]

"quite a bit"? It's already way worse by the time I moved to another server.

So I guess town at Sarg nowadays are become really deserted huh?

Not at all, every city is always jumping. I guess people just take it as a necessary evil in any MMO.

[BobbinT]

Part of the problem is that enough people are actually buying from these "RMT" otherwise they would've quit doing it by now.

really? Then why the hell RMT only attack US server? It's really a huge contrast from my current server. Dunno for other JP server, but I haven't found any of them reporting these annoyance like players at US servers.

Sargatanas: Mind-numbingly, super annoying RMT activities.
Masamune: Zero! Total silence. Not even a single /t or /sh or /yell in months.

They are part of big reason why I move. I also heard that RMT market in other region are quite big, including Asia continent. Doesn't really making sense.

[NintenPyjak64]

really? Then why the hell RMT only attack US server?

Because it's undoubtedly where they get their most business

[Umo]

really? Then why the hell RMT only attack US server? It's really a huge contrast from my current server. Dunno for other JP server, but I haven't found any of them reporting these annoyance like players at US servers.

Sargatanas: Mind-numbingly, super annoying RMT activities.
Masamune: Zero! Total silence. Not even a single /t or /sh or /yell in months.

They are part of big reason why I move. I also heard that RMT market in other region are quite big, including Asia continent. Doesn't really making sense.

The Japanese RMT just as much as us westerners but they use different companies.
Companies that don't do ingame advertising, if you are in Japan and visit a FF community site not hosted by SE that allows advertising however you will be swarmed by banners of Japanese RMT sites.

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[Legacy_Wolfwood]

Personally I'm not even sure how RMT exists in this game given that there's virtually no player economy and very limited uses for gil in excess of the amounts you receive from regular play.

^This right here... QFT!!! lol