RMT Advertisers are ruining the game for me and many others.

[ElenaLeffel]

Sadly, when playing the game, especially in the past two months, I have noticed an extremely high amount of RMT Advertisers, and I'm getting them Quite Frequently. We used to get them, don't get me wrong, but there were far less back before the free trial.

This wouldn't normally be a problem, especially in most other games I have played, because there are actually ways to avoid seeing them, and reporting them quickly.
As soon as I got a PERSONALIZED RMT Advertisement, I snapped (Personalized as in, "Hey {Character Name}, listen to this! ...." etc. I couldn't take it anymore.

So I'm going to create a List of Things that Can be done, Features that can be added, or tweaked, to help alleviate this problem, As I consider whether or not to renew My subscription, which is sad, because I love this game.

Sadly since there is a 1000 Character Limit, I'll have to Add the other ideas In the comments... Sigh....

[ElenaLeffel]

1 - We need The Ability to remove /Tells from the Chat log. Not all of them mind you, just the ones that are from bad people. (IE RMT Advertisers, etc.). I would Highly Recommend this feature automatically happening with People who you blacklist, for ease of user use. (Probably the Best Short Term Idea)

[ElenaLeffel]

3 - I have had so many RMT Advertisers that I have had to clear my Blacklist once a week. (I mostly have the game on, 24/7) and sure, while that may not seem like a lot to worry about, it causes a problem. The Blacklist is limited to 200 Accounts. This causes a problem because once your blacklist is filled with 200 people; you have to manually delete every single one. This takes time. A lot more than it should really, when there is no easy way to report them. Either the Ability to Fully Clear the blacklist or an unlimited amount of accounts in the Blacklist, With the Latter being more preferred by me.

[Ashkendor]

3 - I have had so many RMT Advertisers that I have had to clear my Blacklist once a week.

That seems odd, since Jenova isn't a very high population world. Maybe it's just easier for them to make characters there since character creation is never restricted. I only have to take names off mine every 3-4 weeks or so.

I'd like an easier way to report RMT, but the flip side is it also makes it easier for people to make frivolous reports against people that they don't like (or just want to mess with for one reason or another), leading to more crap for the GM's to sort through. Honestly, we're lucky we even have an in-game support desk - many games require you to send tickets through their website instead. Getting rid of free trials would basically be shooting themselves in the foot as far as getting new players into the game. Not to mention that it doesn't really seem like trial accounts are a huge culprit; I frequently see people with bot names at level 50. There are mass bannings from time to time, but it unfortunately only does so much. Gil sellers are pretty tenacious when there's profit to be had. No matter what they do to combat RMT, ultimately the only way to get rid of it entirely is for people to stop buying gil.

Do I like RMT? No. Do I let it ruin the game for me? No. I blacklist and move on with my day.

[Thyranne]

Yeah, I already stopped blacklisting them. Not worth the effort. I receive like 20-30 whispers per day.

[Aerowaffle]

That seems odd, since Jenova isn't a very high population world. Maybe it's just easier for them to make characters there since character creation is never restricted. I only have to take names off mine every 3-4 weeks or so.

I'd like an easier way to report RMT, but the flip side is it also makes it easier for people to make frivolous reports against people that they don't like (or just want to mess with for one reason or another), leading to more crap for the GM's to sort through. Honestly, we're lucky we even have an in-game support desk - many games require you to send tickets through their website instead. Getting rid of free trials would basically be shooting themselves in the foot as far as getting new players into the game. Not to mention that it doesn't really seem like trial accounts are a huge culprit; I frequently see people with bot names at level 50. There are mass bannings from time to time, but it unfortunately only does so much. Gil sellers are pretty tenacious when there's profit to be had. No matter what they do to combat RMT, ultimately the only way to get rid of it entirely is for people to stop buying gil.

Do I like RMT? No. Do I let it ruin the game for me? No. I blacklist and move on with my day.

I can also attest that Jenova has a lot of Gil tells sent. And trial accounts cannot send tells nor can they send friend invites, so that's definitely not the problem.

It's gotten to the point that I don't bother to blacklist them, I just have my tells go to a separate tab and turned off the tell notification sound. I used to report them, but it was taking far too much of my time for something that was essentially community service.

SE needs to make sure that they hit the gil buyers and the gil generators fast. If less people are buying, and/or less bots are gathering gil, there would be less to advertise.

[Amenian]

That seems odd, since Jenova isn't a very high population world. Maybe it's just easier for them to make characters there since character creation is never restricted. I only have to take names off mine every 3-4 weeks or so.

That is exactly why they get more tells. Faerie has the same problem. Creation locks prevent them from rolling on places like Balmung, so they get far less spam than the rest of us.

[ElenaLeffel]

X - (The Following is an Idea, from other Games I am aware of, something I mention, but don't necessarily want, to show just how bad this can get) Auto-Temp Ban. Players start out with a rating of 1/10, (or whatever numbers, just for an example) this number counts towards Votes against a player. Say it only takes 2000 votes against a player to cause an Auto-Temp Ban, if the Player was right to report the player; they get a 1+ to their Rating for reporting other players. (So they end up with 2/10 votes on the next report) a player is maxed out a 10 votes each, meaning that it would take 200 Reputable Players (10/10 votes) to create an Auto-Temp Ban. After the Auto-Temp Ban has been declared against the player, Square has 1 day to review the account, to see if it is in the wrong. If it is, the account gets the corresponding punishments for RMT advertising, if it's not, The players that voted get their Votes Reset to 1/10.

[ElenaLeffel]

Y - Remove The Free Trial. (Again, this is an idea, and I don't mean to delete the free trial entirely, let me explain) One thing I noticed was that there are two different types of free Trials. The Free Trial which you can sign up for, freely, and the Recruit a friend Trial. I would recommend keeping the Recruit a friend Trial, and removing the free Open Access trial. That way, it keeps out the RMT Rabble. Sadly this causes a problem for users without access to friends who play the game, and may not be the best practice for Square to do. (Perhaps a Trial Integration with Facebook? just a sub thought)
And of course, there is the fact that the Recruit a friend trial could be abused, I'm sure this happens, but I have an idea to prevent this as well. If a friend you have recruited gets reported for RMT Advertising, you are no longer able to recruit a friend, Preventing RMT Bots/ advertisers, from abusing that system.

[Musashidon]

Y - Remove The Free Trial.

no thank you. no need for something that can't be abused to be removed.

[Chat Restrictions]

- The chat options /shout, /yell, and /tell cannot be used by Free Trial characters

the restrictions to free trial.

http://support.na.square-enix.com/fa...70929&ret=main