whats up with the rmt all the sudden?

[Coatl]

Not sure what SE can really do to stop RMT. My last MMO just IP banned China entirely and that took care of all RMT.

I don't think SE will go to those extremes.

[odintius]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag_MzOKghp8

[Tigerclaw]

all of these function are currently in the game lol, sept for block/report, you have to block an then report but same thing. as for the /tells until a certain lv they added that not long ago, an they adjusted the amount of tells that can be sent at any given time, and they constantly adjust what phrases are blocked from typing at all, such as words like cashmoneyrmt.com or some crap like that. but to say they are doing nothing is pretty ignorant as they post what they do to combat them monthly. if you know so much about combating rmt then you would know its a never ending battle.

Tells go out at a high frequency, and I have sent /t as a level 1 character, so you may want to reconsider how "ignorant" I am. SE can do more to slow them down. Can they eliminate RMT? No. Can they further reduce their ability to spam us? Yes, and I explained how other MMO's have done so. And ftr, it takes WAY too long to report someone.

[LeonBlade]

Basically since the Chinese launch of ARR (surprise surprise)

Really dude? I've actually not gotten any RMT in a very long time since they did the recent changes with how /tells work. I've rarely got the friend request thing, and even then... I just delete them and move on. I've got 3 friend requests total since they made the changes, and my blacklist has been clean ever since then as well.

So based on MY experience, since the Chinese launch there has been LESS spam. It all depends on what server you're on, it has nothing to do with the Chinese release, that's pretty disrespectful, and this is coming from someone who normally wouldn't care either way, and I'm not even Chinese either.

[MicahZerrshia]

disrespectful? so youre going to tell me a majority of rmt are NOT Chinese?

Seriously, they even made a documentary about the chinese online gold trade market lol

But I digress, I was just saying its odd about all the friend requests that come with rmt /tells now. its weird. Ive gotten 4 today already...

[Tupsi]

Basically since the Chinese launch of ARR (surprise surprise).

RMT is actually more American than it is Chinese. 'Farmers' may be Chinese, but operations tend to be based in the US or Europe.

(Surprise, Surprise.)

Never had this issue in other games or before.

Because most other MMOs they have bots sitting in the main city(ies) spamming their website at a thousand miles per hour and don't bother to even send whispers because chances are you won't even see it compared to the main chat spam.

Not sure what SE can really do to stop RMT. My last MMO just IP banned China entirely and that took care of all RMT.

I don't think SE will go to those extremes.

They would if they need to - With XI they IP blocked some Korean and Chinese ISPs due to the DDoS attacks.

[HeroSamson]

Yeah on Cactaur it is bad.

I went to general options and shut off my /tell function so I can't see tells and then because they couldn't send me tells they begin inviting me like nuts and spamming me with invites.
So I put up /busy

I shouldn't have to put up with the hassle of doing this every single time I log in the game, SE I understand you make money off these guys purchasing new games or a subscription but this is getting stupid as hell.
I am becoming very annoyed I have to take my time from enjoying the game to Blacklist non stop, /busy non stop and had to shut off /tell option because its no longer used for players only trafficking RMT sales.

[Amberion]

Blocking IP will only make them use proxy servers. And if they have an office somewhere else in the world, they can easily set up a proxy server there.

As for the whole no tells before level X, it might have been a good idea if levels where not that fast. If they need to, they will just make a bot to level up for them.

People need to understand that RMT is multimillion or higher industry and that they are not stupid.

[Shyluv]

I went from maybe 4 rmt tells a week, to up to 7 or more a day. Been making use of the busy status, which is annoying, itself.

[HeroSamson]

Blocking IP will only make them use proxy servers. And if they have an office somewhere else in the world, they can easily set up a proxy server there.

As for the whole no tells before level X, it might have been a good idea if levels where not that fast. If they need to, they will just make a bot to level up for them.

People need to understand that RMT is multimillion or higher industry and that they are not stupid.

I know a way to shut them out for good.

First only friends, Ls members or Free company members can send you tells since you can own multi linkshells this shouldn't be a problem.

A box option that allows you to shut off friends invites or turn them on by checking it.

Then use the filter for shouts that are deemed as spam.

This would cripple the RMT cause they couldn't do squat But you know SE isn't gonna do something like this cause it makes them moneys.