Can you START doing something about the damn RMTS

[KisaiTenshi]

SE wrote me back saying you can delete some of the names from the top of the list because there most likely gone . This post was not slandering SE just bringing to light a recurring issue. If the post fails guidelines then mod can delet it .

Generally the stolen-account ones never actually disappear from the blacklist, only the ones that delete-and-recreate ever actually disappear.

Unfortunately, bots can create accounts faster (due to the trial accounts) than SE could ever hope to delete them. If you're on a full server, the RMT bots take up all the available user slots the second they are available, which IS a serious problem for legitimate new players to come to those servers. The servers that never max out, will of course have a higher RMT problem because the RMT bots have unfettered ability to create new characters.

There are solutions that SE can take, but they tend to only defer spam (by wasting server capacity) instead of actually dealing with the problem.
- Can't block the IP's because they will just move to another
- Can't filter the spam, because that doesn't solve the problem, and the bots just make it harder to detect.

Like the easiest solution overall is to not allow Tell's TO players that aren't on the friend list, and haven't partied with.

[worldofneil]

Unfortunately, bots can create accounts faster (due to the trial accounts) than SE could ever hope to delete them.

Just wanted to point out, they're not actually trial accounts. Trial accounts have quite a lot of limitations, including being unable to use /shout /yell and /tell

SE seem to block them in batches and they know and are probably counting on that so they can spam like crazy with those accounts and probably get the value of those accounts back from just one person buying gil. Two or more is profit (or something like that, I'm just guessing!) Assuming they weren't stolen accounts of course, which a lot with "real" names probably are.

I agree with everyone though, it's crazy how many there are/how frequent I find myself messaged with spam