Formal Letter to SE about RMT situation.

[Sicno]

Yeah, the "Hi bro" spam is getting so bad, and worst part is that I don't think that's something they could filter without causing issues in regular conversation between actual players.

Just comes to show that whatever filtering and banning they're applying is a weak meassure to take. WE NEED the 1 step right click -> "Blacklist PLAYER" (not character) asap.

[aesteval]

I\\'ve had the opposite - Plenty of friend requests >_< Probably more than actual tells, as of the last two days.
It was so nice, all through early access... and then it started picking up.... T^T
And the blatant bot in Gridania, sitting at the Aetheryte spltting out RMT advertisements every few minutes. New players are going to see that, so easily... >_> Some may not know any better. At least the RMT bots I remember sitting Ul Dah\\'s Aetheryte were just tell bots -.-

:-/

And some extra text so my reply isn't too short.

I haven't spotted anyone near the Aetherytes yet. But then I don't pay that much attention to the chat window.

[Saseal]

:-/

And some extra text so my reply isn't too short.

I haven't spotted anyone near the Aetherytes yet. But then I don't pay that much attention to the chat window.

Some of the lingering aetheryte bots names look semi-realish (like... 'Nessie Myndayy' or something *pulls out of ass* - hell, I've been seeing the ever popular 'Tia' surname on a few RMT tell names) while others are the usual "FSFDSJ RUISYS" and "RCHSELL SELLGILAHJ" garble everyone knows and loves... they advertise in /s (hence super easy for newbies to see it) and now and then the RMT bot jumps to escape inactivity kicks :/ I used to see them a lot in Ul Dah by the aetheryte... I've yet to go see if there is a bot horde in Thanalan, on Couerl, like that Ragnarok server video...

[TinyMonster]

Earlier it even got worse for me.. Not only they send friend request but also say "Hi Bro" at the same time! Its absolutely annoying! I can't go "busy" mode cause I am trying to recruit people...

[KisaiTenshi]

Earlier it even got worse for me.. Not only they send friend request but also say "Hi Bro" at the same time! Its absolutely annoying! I can't go "busy" mode cause I am trying to recruit people...

My solution was to just remove the sounds from Tell, and move Shout/Yell/Tell into a tab I just have labeled "Spam". I primarily did this so that if I was streaming, none of the RMT crap would end up in the window.

[TinyMonster]

My solution was to just remove the sounds from Tell, and move Shout/Yell/Tell into a tab I just have labeled "Spam". I primarily did this so that if I was streaming, none of the RMT crap would end up in the window.

Oh love that idea, thanks!

[Kyomagi]

you guys are still getting RMT tells? I cant count on one hand how many tells i have gotten since EA for heavensward

[TinyMonster]

you guys are still getting RMT tells? I cant count on one hand how many tells i have gotten since EA for heavensward

Yep I am getting a shit ton of them.. >.>

[Magusrex]

RMT is gone on Exodus since Xpac

[Seryl199]

Things were really quiet during Early Access, but lately things have picked up again. Not as frequently as before, but I see around 2-6 tells an hour, and about 1-2 unsolicited friend requests.