Why is there so much RMT spam?

[Kerberon]

The spam exists because it's profitable. There is a big enough population that buys. Add this onto how there is no easy drop down command to report the spammers and you have a situation where the spammers go crazy. If you want to end it, blacklist anyone you know of that buys from them. It's about the only thing we can do as players with how bad the reporting system is.

[Avarghaladion]

The spam exists because it's profitable. There is a big enough population that buys. Add this onto how there is no easy drop down command to report the spammers and you have a situation where the spammers go crazy. If you want to end it, blacklist anyone you know of that buys from them. It's about the only thing we can do as players with how bad the reporting system is.

While the reporting process could be streamlined, I report every single RMT spammer I get a /t or see a /shout from and /t spammers disappear in minutes, if I see another /t from them at all. Shout spammers don't seem to get handled so quickly... At any rate, reporting them does work, and very quickly at that.

[Kerberon]

While the reporting process could be streamlined, I report every single RMT spammer I get a /t or see a /shout from and /t spammers disappear in minutes, if I see another /t from them at all. Shout spammers don't seem to get handled so quickly... At any rate, reporting them does work, and very quickly at that.

I'll be honest I don't because of the volume of them. Some nights I get them at a rate of 2 per minute. If I reported them all with the long form way we have of reporting I wouldn't actually get to play.

[abzoluut]

Agreed, people buy loads of gil.

Try this, make a character on a JP server, log in for a couple of hours. Do the same on a EU/US server. Guess where you'll get spam. It's culture related.

However, I too like to know what SE actually does to reduce RMT. My hopes are very low.

[Miliant]

Probably because you don't report them. I always report them as soon as I get a /tell and they get banned within 5 minutes.

[Seif]

Probably because you don't report them. I always report them as soon as I get a /tell and they get banned within 5 minutes.

There really should be as easy way to report as there is to Blacklist.
Currently blocking a rmt seller forever takes 2 seconds while writing a gil seller rmt report through the menu system takes a full minute.

I almost never report but also I almost never get rmt spam because I've already blocked out the majority of rmt on my server.

Reporting RMT should be as easy as blacklisting.

[HEC]

What SE needs to change /add is:

- Possibility to blacklist offline players
- Local chat / tell filter so you can make your own dictionary based on which the chat will ignore the tell / shouts / yells

[Enepttastic]

What SE needs to change /add is:

- Possibility to blacklist offline players
- Local chat / tell filter so you can make your own dictionary based on which the chat will ignore the tell / shouts / yells

Change that to:
-Click -> Report as RMT option that blacklists the account used.

It'd be much better to have them work on an option that actually combats the issue instead of sweeping it away somewhere so it's just not seen.

[Seif]

Change that to:
-Click -> Report as RMT option that blacklists the account used.

It'd be much better to have them work on an option that actually combats the issue instead of sweeping it away somewhere so it's just not seen.

This. All other suggested disclaimers wouldn't have any effect at all. Do you really think RMT will be like "Gee they don't want gold sellers in this game? Okay then!" How naive.

[Zaiken]

SE just need to re-inforce their rules and be more strict. Start Banning the person who buy gils as well. So far they only Banning RMT once in awhile, it is not enough. Player who bought gils think they are getting away with it and no consequence for buying Gils.

Every time they do a Maintain, create a global message that say "We are beginning maintain shortly. We are looking through our Database and Banning Gil Buyer as well as RMT. If you cannot log back in, it mean you are Banned. Please look forward to it."