Petition for a Realistic Solution to RMT's

[Donarudo]

I wonder if they could use something like this:

http://eq2wire.com/2015/03/14/eq2-te...ame-plat-spam/

It has been extremely successful in reducing plat (gil) spam in that game

This right here.....I played EQ II since it went live, and I have never seen spam, until this article.

[Havenae]

This right here.....I played EQ II since it went live, and I have never seen spam, until this article.

Notice how SoE actually replies to their community regarding the issue. And keep in mind SoE isn't exactly thought of as a shining example of customer service in many circles of the MMO space. So in effect what does that say for SE being so tight lipped on this problem? Bad form guys, very bad.

[Ticks]

RMT tells have broken the 'tell' feature of this game. Most of our FC knows not to use tells any longer because most of us have it on another chat tab. Shame how RMT's broke a feature of this game - we are not able to use all the features of this game due to RMT's. Shame. SE - your game is broken and you seem unable to fix it

[Elmeron]

It's not even hard to make gil in this game. I don't get it! I don't even have any of my crafting jobs to 50 and can manage to make 2mil a day selling materia (and that's on the lower tier, I usually expect to make 4mil+). I wish there was a way to tell who the gil buyers were because they are just as much responsible as the gil spammers.

[eulabreakerswin]

Silence from SE is due to the no automated reply feature in forums or we would get the obligatory " although frustrating as it is know we are tryin to blow smoke up.. anywho but yes /busy in mmo ahh the sadness it states about ff14...Let me count the ways...Having report blacklist and so on gives us more work. most of us paying 15$ a month don't wanna then work instead of relaxing.. There paying people have 1 or 2 per server load in patrol.. yup in game gm's wow new concept that little noise feature works for us will also alert gm's of rmt / bot / spammer.. he goes to person reviews bans then problem gone. no I hate them will try banning.. nope he reviews it right there on spot bans ip after =) .. give or take 3 months spammers / bots / friend requests will drop

[Discordia]

This is true. However, SE needs to go after the websites that sell the gil and shut them down. They not only violate the game's ToA, but it's a phishing scam to steal accounts.

This solution already exists. At least with Google:

Phishing - https://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/
Malware - https://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_badware/

After an investigation, if they deemed the complaint to be of value, they will filter out the website from their database. I'm sure Bing, Yahoo!, and other search engines also have some kind of feedback mechanism. However, if you're just going on hunch but cannot provide actual proof, then these mechanisms will not work and neither will SE bother dealing with it.

[Dontee]

I was enjoying this game (aside from having to blacklist often), now my list is full and I am constantly spammed. Fix or I'm gone, sadly.

[LandricFrey]

I was enjoying this game (aside from having to blacklist often), now my list is full and I am constantly spammed. Fix or I'm gone, sadly.

No one should have to put up with that, especially in a big name sub based MMO.

Reducing RMT's isn't an easy task, but employing some basic chat filters and Right-Click>Report should be, and that's all it would take to at least improve our gaming experience. So how about we start with that for the next "hotfix, SE?

[MiniTofu]

Bots are starting to spam Friend invites like insane on Lamia.

[papichulo123]

Square should just sell gill themselves and put these rmt people out of business