Enough RMT!

[10TailBeast]

I get it RMTs are very annoying but you guys need to make yet another thread?!

If that's what it takes to get some stuff done, yup.

[TinyMonster]

You really think they will do something about it?! I dont.

[Elleoille]

I have to agree, and wish it would stop. SE really needs to make a character delete limit with a 12-24 hour timer. ESO did it and it pretty much put a halt to their bot/RMT problem.

[DreadRabbit]

I have to agree, and wish it would stop. SE really needs to make a character delete limit with a 12-24 hour timer. ESO did it and it pretty much put a halt to their bot/RMT problem.

^This. This would be a very simple solution that would dramatically lower the amount of spam. The problem here is that RMT users can abuse the monthly free trial, create any character they want, use the search system to send tells/friend requests, then immediately delete the character after it meets its quota. One of those three systems (player search, free trial, or instant character deletion) needs to be gimped to put a halt on these bots and sellers. Obviously the other two systems wouldn't be ideal, leaving the character deletion one. Make it have to be a 24hr wait and boom: the pace is slowed and suddenly SE can actually catch up with RMT reports.

[Tauu]

Here's another suggestion for a built-in anti-spam system: If a character gets blacklisted by five recipients of tells who are not in ls/fc/friends list in a day, the character who sent the tells loses the ability to send tells to people not in ls/fc/fl for a week. It's a community vote system that gets unwanted communications silenced quickly. I don't see how it could be abused. Such a system could cut down the RMT tells by a large percentage.

[Set-Abominae]

Here's another suggestion for a built-in anti-spam system: If a character gets blacklisted by five recipients of tells who are not in ls/fc/friends list in a day, the character who sent the tells loses the ability to send tells to people not in ls/fc/fl for a week. It's a community vote system that gets unwanted communications silenced quickly. I don't see how it could be abused. Such a system could cut down the RMT tells by a large percentage.

You don't see how this can be abused? Seriously? How 'bout 5 friends send abusive tells to a random target to bait a reply once received proceed to blist and bring the ban hammer down on an innocent person. Never under estimate the lengths trolls will go to. Enough of these half ass suggestion threads RMT is RMT every MMO has to deal with RMT and if there was a "final solution" to be rid of them they wouldn't invest so much money to start racketeering in the first place.

[Gralna]

^This. This would be a very simple solution that would dramatically lower the amount of spam. The problem here is that RMT users can abuse the monthly free trial, create any character they want, use the search system to send tells/friend requests, then immediately delete the character after it meets its quota. One of those three systems (player search, free trial, or instant character deletion) needs to be gimped to put a halt on these bots and sellers. Obviously the other two systems wouldn't be ideal, leaving the character deletion one. Make it have to be a 24hr wait and boom: the pace is slowed and suddenly SE can actually catch up with RMT reports.

Free trial accounts can't send tells, shout or send friend requests.

[Sandoria]

I have to agree, and wish it would stop. SE really needs to make a character delete limit with a 12-24 hour timer. ESO did it and it pretty much put a halt to their bot/RMT problem.

This is a really good idea. There are RMT on all popular games but I've never seen them anywhere so bad in any other mmo's. Even in WoW, I'd get a tell or two throughout the day, but not every 60 seconds. Tried GW2 this weekend and it was shocking only receiving tells from other players. This is my favorite mmo by far but the constant tells take so much away from it.

[Malevicton]

If that's what it takes to get some stuff done, yup.

Except actually they're more likely to pay attention to one large thread than a million tiny ones. So this thread is actually far more harmful to its own cause than helpful.

[Aerowaffle]

Except actually they're more likely to pay attention to one large thread than a million tiny ones. So this thread is actually far more harmful to its own cause than helpful.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...4-Gold-Sellers
That thread has existed since 2013, with people asking for something as simple as a rightclick->report also as far back as late 2013.

It's been sitting in "Being Addressed/Currently Reviewing" for a very long time, remaining near the top of the front page if not the very top.

We still don't have something as simple as rightclick->report.