player base special task force.

[Velox]

I used to do something similar in another MMO and the program was very effective at weeding out both RMT and troublesome players. The downside to the program was that it was difficult to find players who had a true commitment to their duty. Many lost interest because it required going above and beyond, especially since it would eat into your playtime. There was a handful of us that stuck around though until real life reared its ugly head. Yes it was a volunteer role with an interview process (did have some perks as the GMs way of saying thank you).

[Shirana]

I used to do something similar in another MMO and the program was very effective at weeding out both RMT and troublesome players. The downside to the program was that it was difficult to find players who had a true commitment to their duty. Many lost interest because it required going above and beyond, especially since it would eat into your playtime. There was a handful of us that stuck around though until real life reared its ugly head. Yes it was a volunteer role with an interview process (did have some perks as the GMs way of saying thank you).

Also seen this in another game too *-*
then two major things happened after a few months lawl
One being mistrust grew against these players as rumors, screenshots and evidence of abuse of power, lying and cheating found it's way to the forums against these players. Whether they were true or not I sure as heck don't know, but the point is it caused lots of drama and discrimination of these volunteer in game moderators.
The other being the fact at least a good chunk of them did turn into self absorbed jerks lol i met quite a few and they always acted like they had a stick up their rear end 8D But ofcourse that statement is limited to only a few I actually met out of like a few dozen. Like the 8 or so I met out of the 30 or so my server had.
My opinion would be that if SE did something like this, then just have these players direct access to a GM or separate team that is not a general in game player to say "hey, RTM spammer here" rather than just give the player the ability to use the ban hammer lol

[Noahlimits]

Because players are biased and don't have to follow strict guidelines. And if those players DO have to follow the same guidelines as GMs, the process will change 0%. They'll still have to go through everything the GM has to go through before banning someone. It's not so simple as seeing someone who is obviously botting then banning.