RMT Advertisers are ruining the game for me and many others.

[ElenaLeffel]

3 - I have had so many RMT Advertisers that I have had to clear my Blacklist once a week. (I mostly have the game on, 24/7) and sure, while that may not seem like a lot to worry about, it causes a problem. The Blacklist is limited to 200 Accounts. This causes a problem because once your blacklist is filled with 200 people; you have to manually delete every single one. This takes time. A lot more than it should really, when there is no easy way to report them. Either the Ability to Fully Clear the blacklist or an unlimited amount of accounts in the Blacklist, With the Latter being more preferred by me.

[Ashkendor]

3 - I have had so many RMT Advertisers that I have had to clear my Blacklist once a week.

That seems odd, since Jenova isn't a very high population world. Maybe it's just easier for them to make characters there since character creation is never restricted. I only have to take names off mine every 3-4 weeks or so.

I'd like an easier way to report RMT, but the flip side is it also makes it easier for people to make frivolous reports against people that they don't like (or just want to mess with for one reason or another), leading to more crap for the GM's to sort through. Honestly, we're lucky we even have an in-game support desk - many games require you to send tickets through their website instead. Getting rid of free trials would basically be shooting themselves in the foot as far as getting new players into the game. Not to mention that it doesn't really seem like trial accounts are a huge culprit; I frequently see people with bot names at level 50. There are mass bannings from time to time, but it unfortunately only does so much. Gil sellers are pretty tenacious when there's profit to be had. No matter what they do to combat RMT, ultimately the only way to get rid of it entirely is for people to stop buying gil.

Do I like RMT? No. Do I let it ruin the game for me? No. I blacklist and move on with my day.

[Thyranne]

Yeah, I already stopped blacklisting them. Not worth the effort. I receive like 20-30 whispers per day.

[Aerowaffle]

That seems odd, since Jenova isn't a very high population world. Maybe it's just easier for them to make characters there since character creation is never restricted. I only have to take names off mine every 3-4 weeks or so.

I'd like an easier way to report RMT, but the flip side is it also makes it easier for people to make frivolous reports against people that they don't like (or just want to mess with for one reason or another), leading to more crap for the GM's to sort through. Honestly, we're lucky we even have an in-game support desk - many games require you to send tickets through their website instead. Getting rid of free trials would basically be shooting themselves in the foot as far as getting new players into the game. Not to mention that it doesn't really seem like trial accounts are a huge culprit; I frequently see people with bot names at level 50. There are mass bannings from time to time, but it unfortunately only does so much. Gil sellers are pretty tenacious when there's profit to be had. No matter what they do to combat RMT, ultimately the only way to get rid of it entirely is for people to stop buying gil.

Do I like RMT? No. Do I let it ruin the game for me? No. I blacklist and move on with my day.

I can also attest that Jenova has a lot of Gil tells sent. And trial accounts cannot send tells nor can they send friend invites, so that's definitely not the problem.

It's gotten to the point that I don't bother to blacklist them, I just have my tells go to a separate tab and turned off the tell notification sound. I used to report them, but it was taking far too much of my time for something that was essentially community service.

SE needs to make sure that they hit the gil buyers and the gil generators fast. If less people are buying, and/or less bots are gathering gil, there would be less to advertise.

[Amenian]

That seems odd, since Jenova isn't a very high population world. Maybe it's just easier for them to make characters there since character creation is never restricted. I only have to take names off mine every 3-4 weeks or so.

That is exactly why they get more tells. Faerie has the same problem. Creation locks prevent them from rolling on places like Balmung, so they get far less spam than the rest of us.