RMT Out of hand

[Mihana]

Busy also prevents people from sending you tells if I recall. Which means if you're trying to contact a friend and they set themselves to a Busy status then good luck with that. I've had people also send me a /tell just because they wanted to thank me for helping them, or just because they like my attire. Setting yourself to Busy to block RMT messages or unwanted friend requests should not be the answer here.

[Wobble]

So this needs a new thread daily?

[Aerowaffle]

So this needs a new thread daily?

Well there's a thread in the "Being addressed/currently reviewing" forum about how RMT is still a problem. http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...4-Gold-Sellers

But that thread has been there since 2013, and SE hasn't bothered to give any indication that they read it, despite people still asking for action on SE's part that isn't just manually banning a few RMT accounts.

So keeping the complaints to one thread certainly isn't gathering any attention from SE.

[Evantide]

I logged on last night, and heard the sound notification that i received a tell even before the load screen finished. As you can guess it was a rmt tell lol.

[DefendPopPunk]

I logged on last night, and heard the sound notification that i received a tell even before the load screen finished. As you can guess it was a rmt tell lol.

I remember starting a new character and that sound was all I could hear during the intro cutscene lol.

[Wobble]

Well there's a thread in the "Being addressed/currently reviewing" forum about how RMT is still a problem. http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...4-Gold-Sellers

But that thread has been there since 2013, and SE hasn't bothered to give any indication that they read it, despite people still asking for action on SE's part that isn't just manually banning a few RMT accounts.

So keeping the complaints to one thread certainly isn't gathering any attention from SE.

They will never be able to fully get rid of them and making a new thread about it everyday will not change that fact.

[SCUBA_Instr]

Hi Wobble,

So this needs a new thread daily?

Yes, absolutely, in the hopes that a website moderator
will take the issue to the Square Enix Holdings board of directors.

[Wobble]

Hi Wobble,

Yes, absolutely, in the hopes that a website moderator
will take the issue to the Square Enix Holdings board of directors.

SE already knows it's any issue and just because a moderator or DEV doesn't answer doesn't mean they have not seen the millions already posted. I myself just block the first one I get if I get one and go /busy for an hour or so and that's the end of it. Also as someone here said even when SE makes filters the RMT just adapt and work around them. Now I wouldn't mind having an option to click and repot like we have with the blacklist, but I don't really see what they can do any different than they already are to slow/stop/fix this anymore than they have.

[SCUBA_Instr]

Greetings, Wobble,

SE already knows it's any issue and just because a moderator or DEV doesn't answer doesn't mean they have not seen the millions already posted....

Ok, i'll quote myself

take the issue to the Square Enix Holdings board of directors.

Wobble, are these distinguished supervisory board members aware
of the RMT threat and the RMT affect on paying gamers?
Mr. Yosuke Matsuda, Mr. Philip Rogers, Mr. Keiji Honda, Mr. Yukinobu Chida, Mr. Yukihiro Yamamura, Mr. Yuji Nishiura

Are gamemasters or moderators informing them?

[SCUBA_Instr]

Meanwhile,

The spamming situation on Adamantoise is becoming progressively worse
daily. More players have written off the benefits of the /tell chat and
gaming with /busy.

One of the notorious sicko spam software developers,
[found this while lurking on a bad-guy website] brags
about spam software that will send over 2000 spams/second.

Using server side code injection, they're hitting players before their
characters even appear upon login. A friend got hit by 5 different
spammers immediately when character appeared.

Another went afk for a few minutes and couldn't even count the
spams waiting for him in his chat box.

Spam software developers are advancing their capabilities. Square Enix
security staff (if there is one) shows no indication of mitigating
the problem.