Anyone finding RMT tells getting really excessive now?

[MiniTofu]

I put Tell on different tab, and I never see them again. Clean chat!

[Zakalwe]

Just blocked 5 RMT tells, 3 of them from the same site in less than 1 min. Today alone, i have blocked about 30 tells today that I have to play with /busy on. Its starting to get ridiculous. Have to clear my blist daily now.

Are the filters working or its starting to get overwhelmed? Anyone getting the same issues on other servers, I know its getting bad on my server of Adamantoise.

Yes, RMT tells on Admantoise have gotten much more aggressive and frequent in the last couple of weeks. I now blist 5 or so a day. I haven't bothered reporting any for months though, since SE seems to not care much about them or bots (after repeatedly reporting bot farms and seeing no action).

[Mac_TAZ]

They should stop with the 14 day free trail. It's only being abused by those RMT spammers. By the time there being banned after reports, they already have 10 times as much new accounts made with BOT programs. You want to kill those RMT scams? Don't give them the FREE opportunity!!!!

[Tiggy]

They should stop with the 14 day free trail. It's only being abused by those RMT spammers.

Not true. I know several people who tried it and then bought the game. It's not ONLY being abused. There are legitimate users.

[Gardes]

I always thought that there should be an option where tells are restricted by distance unless it's between friends/fc/ls. I never really had to make a /tell for someone I didn't already know unless that person someone just passed me by, usually to ask them what they're wearing and where they got it from, or something. 25 yalm range maybe?

[LalaRu]

Another seasonal lolthread about rmt, asking restrictions and all. RMT stops when idiots will stop to buy from them.

[Bishop81]

Another seasonal lolthread about rmt, asking restrictions and all. RMT stops when idiots will stop to buy from them.

Yes, like the 100s of people before you have stated. We know. Thank you.

Now can we get back to discussing how we can reduce the spam - without shooting all the idiots who buy.

[LalaRu]

Yes, like the 100s of people before you have stated. We know. Thank you.

Now can we get back to discussing how we can reduce the spam - without shooting all the idiots who buy.

I'm happy to share with you another thing you know: whatever the system you put in to reduce rmt spam, rmt will find another way to do it anyway. Nothing solved. More restrictions that will annoy only legitimate people. RMT don't care. Argument closed.

[Eye_Gore]

I wonder if any of this has anything to do with the lag lately. I hardly ever get lag, considering I live in the middle of nowhere, its very rare. In the past week I've probably added about 75 to my blacklist, some the people delete the accounts, but they just get filled right back up. Heck I had one get deleted before I could even blacklist them. The report function needs some improvement. If I were to report them all, thats all I would be doing in game.

I know I could put up a busy signal but then I would get nothing, but I'll help people with crafting and melds when they shout out, doing my good deeds for the day.

Came across a bot farming shards in Thanalan. I assume it was as he was level 45 with all level 10 or lower gear, no GC or FC usually something you see with a bot.

Now it seems that these gil sellers get it from doing this sort of stuff, here is something that I would suggest, now it would be a pain for some but it would severely hinder their efforts. Not sure how difficult it would be to add, but how about a bot check, like some websites have to prevent this, like ticket sites. You have to enter a word or do a simple math problem in order to proceed.

So say after 61 shards are consecutively gather an on screen prompt comes up, halting the character until the proper response is given. I know it sounds sucky, but so do cheaters. Not sure how many real people actually farm tons of shards. I did when I started crafting, but I would have no issue doing this. When you cut off an invading army's supply chain their advance is halted, this needs to be done to atleast slow it down. They need to go to the source not the frontline. SE account bans only temporarily slow it down. Go to the source, its the only way.

Of course though whats to stop them say at 60 and just restart again? Hmmm I don't know. Maybe a timer as to when you could restart, but then that would really make the legit people angry. Then on the other hand if people would just stop buying It would also end, but that won't happen, people want easy way to the top.

Or a funner way, make automatic program control detectable, and allow them to die by the hands of another adventurer. Bot hunting parties, sounds fun. Allow us to loot the bodies too, supply cut off.

[Edellis]

No increase, it's been pretty consistent really. I blacklist them almost on reaction now, I don't even have to think about it. It's just something you'll have to deal with. It could be far, FAR worse than it is now, luckly they're confined to tells in this game.

You have to understand, the people who are doing this are running a hustle. Any blocks SE implements to stop them will be overcome, that's almost a guarantee. Just delete them in waves and ban the idiots who entertain them.