Persistent "Unstoppable" RMT Spam-Bot

[Niwashi]

In addition, I believe that implementing a change to the WHISPER function so that it is an initial quest. This should help slow down those that are submitting RMT and using the spam-bot.

Any requirement they could add would be easier for spam-bots to deal with than regular players to deal with, and wouldn't slow them down in the slightest. For the spam-bot, it would just be an additional entry in their setup script, just like completing the initial quest for entering the world after the character is created. It's a script that would be written once and then used thousands of times, repeated for every character they create. It would take no more effort at all to kick off the updated script as opposed to their current script.

The OP, on the other hand, has a more valid point. The thing that can successfully get rid of them is a GM team that actually acts on the reports they get and bans them immediately. SE has all along settled for doing just a few bans from time to time rather than keeping it up on a regular basis. It's true that on the gil-gathering bots, it takes a bit of investigation to verify that that's what they are, but the spam bots are immediately identifiable, and there's no justification as to why their accounts aren't all banned within seconds of their first /tell.