What has S.E. said about the suggestion of adding right-click > Report system?

[Asterforest]

It would be a great addition.

[LaylaTsarra]

We need that reporting system as an option, yes, but we also really need a "Tells from Friends Only" to stop the abuse as well. It's gotten really bad again with what appears to be the holiday push by these losers.

[Zeonx]

It would be a great addition.

How would it be great?

Okay give you a example.

They report, that RMT gets banned, they make a new character and spam some more, the report button would do jack squat. The only way to stop them is to hinder their ability to message people and send invites.

Once that is done what can they possibly do?

Reporting them isn't stopping the issue, we have a report button people have used it and problem still exist. Tell me how great it would be? Cause I am not seeing it working.

Friend, Ls and Fc private messaging should only work this should be a option by checking a box. this way its optional.

Same with the friends invites option by box click on or off if you want a friends invite.

What can a RMT do then? I shut /tells off in game I don't get a single message but also I cannot see others tells anymore which sometimes is a problem but better than getting spammed 100+ times a day.

Its funny cousin said FFXI setup a filter a long time ago and FFXI is a old game and FFXIV cannot catch up in standards to a old game is pretty laughable.

[Waliel]

I remember hearing something how Squenix is afraid it would cause accidental reporting, but I'm not too sure about the source on that one.

[Delmontyb]

I'm sure it has been suggested multiple times but I want to know what's S.E.'s stance on introducing another entry to the right click menu on players to report them and state what they are reporting the players for? Wouldn't it make things a lot easier for them to find the bots?

It would be nice if it did the following:

1. Send the message that was sent to you as a report
2. Block this user from sending you any new messages for 24 hours (or some appropriate time frame)

I've been having to clear out my black list, which was just full of these gil sellers.

At least putting a block on them, and sending a report with the text of the message they sent should be good. On SE's side, reviews could be prioritized based off the number of reports for a given username.

This won't stop them, but hopefully slow them down, and we wouldn't have to fill out blacklist up with people who no longer will exist after SE investigates.

[Sicno]

Its probably more that right now, with it being more then just a few clicks means that people who use it are almost positive it is something reportable. After all if you find it too much of a hassle to report it, it probably isn't something that should be reported right now.

Again I still think they should change it to right click --> report anyways.

It may not be too much of a hassle the 1st and 2nd time, but this is something that happens often enough to become a hassle to go through that process every time you get a RMT tell.

[Malzian]

How would it be great?

Okay give you a example.

They report, that RMT gets banned, they make a new character and spam some more, the report button would do jack squat. The only way to stop them is to hinder their ability to message people and send invites.

Once that is done what can they possibly do?

Reporting them isn't stopping the issue, we have a report button people have used it and problem still exist. Tell me how great it would be? Cause I am not seeing it working

You aren't seeing reports working for 2 reasons: 1) The current report system is a royal pain to use so most people either just ignore or blacklist and never bother to spend the time to report them (seriously, if it takes even 2 minutes to report them then it only takes 15 messages to waste a half hour of your time, and you can get more than that in a shorter span of time). 2) The investigation processes SE uses doesn't target the sellers but the 'bank' characters, so it takes longer for things to get done since they have to track them down.

This option would actually go a long way to solve the problem. When it takes just as long to report and block an RMT as it does for them to shout/tell their ads, then more people will report and more accounts will be tracked down. When LotRO launched the RMT spam was horrendous, a month later they introduced the 'Report as gold seller' option on right click and within a few months... blissful peace and quiet, so it does work... If it's done right.

[Naliee]

I think it would be a waste of time to add that function.

I would much rather have a better filter and options to shut off friends list like the invisible mode like in ffxi this would prevent them from sending friends request.

If we can't have right-click > report, please give us this at least!

I miss the days I could hide in FFXI with that.

[Malzian]

If we can't have right-click > report, please give us this at least!

I miss the days I could hide in FFXI with that.

/busy

No tells, no requests.

[Amiaze]

How would it be great?

A lot of RMT bots aren't being reported enough to rank high on the priorities list. I've personally seen the same bots sitting below a bridge in New Gridania for weeks straight without action being taken. I try to report each and every bot I see, but when the RMT really picks up, it's nigh impossible. Being that I'm on PS4, it's harder for me to copy and paste a name if my chat log is scrolling due to having so many RMT messages come in at once. I've done it before, but it meant I'd effectively stopped *playing* the game and was just standing around reporting bots for a few minutes.

But they did get banned.

I feel that reporting is sort of useful, but it's just putting bandaids on a wound that's far too big. What we need is a filter system. I hate having to block all tells because I do receive a good number of them from legitimate players who aren't in my FC and aren't on my friends list. And I really don't want to miss out on having a good run with a new player just because Wsgtrsnu Gnujiewsl wouldn't leave me alone.