Why can't we have the same anti-spam feature that WoW has?

[Moheeheeko]

most times these days whenever I go to block gil spam I get the message "a player with this name does not exist"


I also clean out my blacklist every 2 days or so, and I never see repeat names spamming again. Whatever they are doing, its working.

[Sacred-Oblivion]

most times these days whenever I go to block gil spam I get the message "a player with this name does not exist"


I also clean out my blacklist every 2 days or so, and I never see repeat names spamming again. Whatever they are doing, its working.

When you do get that "player with this name does not exist" message it's because they've finished advertising on that character and have deleted it. So in other words, by not blocking them right away you've just enabled them to accomplish what they wanted to do.

Receiving spam every 20-30 mins is indicating of a broken system. This is not something we should have to tolerate in an MMO in the same way we have to tolerate other unsavory people.

[Moheeheeko]

Receiving spam every 20-30 mins is indicating of a broken system. This is not something we should have to tolerate in an MMO in the same way we have to tolerate other unsavory people.

I was online most of the night yesterday and got maybe 1 tell. And last I checked they dont spam in /shout at all anymore.

They are working on it. Fighting RMT spam is a neverending battle, heck wow has been around for nearly a decade and they still have RMT spam.

[Sacred-Oblivion]

I was online most of the night yesterday and got maybe 1 tell. And last I checked they dont spam in /shout at all anymore.

They are working on it. Fighting RMT spam is a neverending battle, heck wow has been around for nearly a decade and they still have RMT spam.

I'm getting tells every 20-30 minutes. Sometimes less or more frequent than that. And WoW does not have the RMT spam problem that FF14 has. On WoW I'd get spammed maybe once a month, and then when you compare that to how often we get spammed on here... Why would you be content with the way things are?

There is a practical solution to this problem. It's not just a never-ending nuisance that we have to put up with.

[DragonFlyy]

I'm getting tells every 20-30 minutes. Sometimes less or more frequent than that. And WoW does not have the RMT spam problem that FF14 has. On WoW I'd get spammed maybe once a month, and then when you compare that to how often we get spammed on here... Why would you be content with the way things are?

There is a practical solution to this problem. It's not just a never-ending nuisance that we have to put up with.

Once a month on WoW? You must've played on a dead server. Most servers it's about the same as here. 20-30 minutes. The only difference was WoW blocked the account from spam (until you logged out) instead of ignoring the player. Also in WoW, you have flying dead player advertising like a giant undead billboard, plus /say all the time.