Formal Letter to SE about RMT situation.

[Skeith-Adeline]

On Zalera, the spam situation was hella bad. I switched to Sargatanas and the issue was brought down, dramatically.

[Morbid]

Somethings gotta give. Either bring the hammer down on the RMT harder/faster or increase the blacklist amount. I took an extended break a few months after PS4 release I've been back a month or so now and some of the names I figured I could delete because it had been damn near a year since I added them are some of the very same names the still spam the server today along with their half dozen (one letter off) alternates.

It's pretty annoying seeing that they are still around and having to go through the list to remove a blocked spambot based on how frequently they spam compared to the next. Just a revolving door of block unblock shuffling around to weed out the most annoying of them. It takes no time for SE to identify these names. They are all giberish and the notion that it may be a real player with a FUBAR'D name is folly.

I'd argue if a real player goes out of their way to create such an ass character they "deserve" to be collateral damage. The hammer needs to swing swiftly and with little regard for "real person" with dumb name chances.

One other MMO I've played stacks up to the RMT in FFXIV and that would be Age of Wushu a title born and bread in China. Defunct headquarters of RMT'ing that game is/was at the time racked with botting and RMT spam. It killed the unique experience of the game totally draining out most immersion.

I hope SE mans up and becomes even more heavy handed in their approach towards dealing with sellers and buyers. It's nearing a critical mass on small servers such as Jenova where a PM from a real person is pretty much non-existent.

[Chitara]

It is definitely getting out of hand when you see this same group of blatantly obvious bots logging in and out every minute or so for hours. on hand. Check the button below for picture of my account. It is as annoying as it ever was.. and getting worse day by day.

[Riepah]

It is definitely getting out of hand when you see this same group of blatantly obvious bots logging in and out every minute or so for hours. on hand. Check the button below for picture of my account. It is as annoying as it ever was.. and getting worse day by day.

They aren't logging in and out, they're entering duty, farming something. Possibly entering a dungeon, teleporting to treasure chests containing gil or sellable items. They may also actually finish duties by teleporting in the air over a boss and hitting it while the boss cannot retaliate, I've seen bots doing that in a vid someone posted.

[Arkann]

I hear the "Special Task Force" whispering to my ear.

"You know you want that easy gil. You know where to download the bots. Come on. Try. Just for a little while. It's OK. We don't judge."

I already started mass-crafting Sanguine Scepters since it's their weapon of choice. Quick Square, I'm on the eeeeedge.

[Adire]

I hear the "Special Task Force" whispering to my ear.

"You know you want that easy gil. You know where to download the bots. Come on. Try. Just for a little while. It's OK. We don't judge."

I already started mass-crafting Sanguine Scepters since it's their weapon of choice. Quick Square, I'm on the eeeeedge.

What would you say if I told you...one of the special task force members is a bot in disguise?!

[LandricFrey]

What would you say if I told you...one of the special task force members is a bot in disguise?!

lol That would have been perfect for the task force thread

[Adire]

lol That would have been perfect for the task force thread

I wish I had seen that thread

[TinyMonster]

I'm getting really tired of RMTs. I can't even talk to my friends anymore because we are all in busy mode. Though now we even have shouts! A dev should really come talk about this. It's getting way out of hand!

[Crescent_Dusk]

I just resubbed from a break on 2.1, and I don't think I've ever been spammed so much with gold seller paragraphs in any MMO, and I have decades of MMO play among different MMO's. It's just constantly adding people to Blacklist, I think I blacklisted 15 people today, that's just dumb.