RMT Out of hand

[dayspring83]

I get these /tells maybe once an hour and I either ignore it or just blacklist them.

I don't understand how people say it's inhibiting their gameplay or making the game "unplayable". It's a minor annoyance at best. Maybe it's just the server I'm on? (excalibur).

[dayspring83]

I get these /tells maybe once an hour and I either ignore it or just blacklist them.

I don't understand how people say it's inhibiting their gameplay or making the game "unplayable". It's a minor annoyance at best. Maybe it's just the server I'm on? (excalibur).

Meh, it's actually probably closer to 2 an hour, maybe 3 on a bad day...

[Amenian]

I get these /tells maybe once an hour and I either ignore it or just blacklist them.

I don't understand how people say it's inhibiting their gameplay or making the game "unplayable". It's a minor annoyance at best. Maybe it's just the server I'm on? (excalibur).

Yes, it's the server you're on. Go on a lower pop server and see what it's like.

[Orspeth]

I get these /tells maybe once an hour and I either ignore it or just blacklist them.

I don't understand how people say it's inhibiting their gameplay or making the game "unplayable". It's a minor annoyance at best. Maybe it's just the server I'm on? (excalibur).

The RMT makes the game less enjoyable for me because I have to run around with busy status all the time because they do so many friend requests. Busy also stops all the tells, and I might be missing out on hearing from nice strangers because of that.

[Darlan_Ashwood]

I suggest make it so you cant send whispers untill lvl 20. You can still receive them, but not send them. This would not stop RMT by any means, but it would atleast reduce the volume of personal messages received by a decent amount.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Won't they just increase friend requests then?

[Eirwen]

I would like to see a seperate whisper/tell system that only works between friends, since they are the only ones sending me tells. That way I can turn off the /tell system.

[SCUBA_Instr]

Hi Ashkendor,

[QUOTE=Ashkendor;2831071]...An account wide blacklist.../QUOTE]

Thank you.

In other message threads, I've suggested an optional global blacklist,
first spam victim adds the spambot to a global blacklist
so that other [global blacklist subscribers] are spared the harassment
from the dirt-bag spambot owner. Such a high capacity global blacklist
should incorporate your suggestion of an account wide blacklist -
blacklist the spambot owners entire Square Enix accounts.

But..... ohhhhh noooooo!!! That suggestion got nowhere.

On another website I got flamed (by a spammer sympathizer) for
suggesting it.

[SCUBA_Instr]

Hi TouchandFeel

May I slightly amend two of your excellent suggestions?

- Player sees a gil-seller spamming shouting or is sent a tell by one.

Change to read: Player is harassed in the chat box by a gil seller and sent a tell by one.
We rarely see the spammers, they teleport down
into the floor far enough that their name cannot be seen.

The spammer is then added to the blacklist and an auto-generated report gets made.

Change "blacklist" to "blacklist or high capacity global blacklist"
Details already posted.

[kyuven]

I suggest make it so you cant send whispers untill lvl 20. You can still receive them, but not send them. This would not stop RMT by any means, but it would atleast reduce the volume of personal messages received by a decent amount.

This has historically done nothing but delay them, as they've proven their ability to grind bots to a given level (as evidenced by the magical teleporting black mages you sometimes see).
So all you do is slow them down a little bit, while the new player is wondering why he can't send his friend a tell to let him know where he is.