"The RMT 'Special Task Force' is apparently 3 people." discussion

[tocsin]

I originally heard it from this guy.

As the aforementioned "That Guy" (I love being "That Guy", btw, thanks!) figured I would just leave a (semi spoilery due to credits background) image here.

Just figured it needed a new post, so people could find it easier.

[Zabuza]

Quite the revelation, and explains so many things indeed.

P.S. I get to be a "That Guy" too. I'm that guy who gets quoted in the OP yay!

[Musashidon]

i should care why?

[tocsin]

i should care why?

Because a good portion of us are sick and tired of the RMT spam, and seeing that SE has assigned less people than are assigned to the cash register at my local convenience store, to the entire issue among 64 servers, is laughable at best.

in other news, these 3 people have my greatest respect. They must be the most overworked people in existence at SE.

[Duelle]

Because a good portion of us are sick and tired of the RMT spam, and seeing that SE has assigned less people than are assigned to the cash register at my local convenience store, to the entire issue among 64 servers, is laughable at best.

in other news, these 3 people have my greatest respect. They must be the most overworked people in existence at SE.

This wouldn't be necessary if the game had a built-in report function the way WoW does.

You get an RMT tell => Right click on the spammer's name and hit "Report for Spam" on the dropdown menu => game notes of the person being reported and mutes that person for you (meaning they can't send you any tells) => move on with your life.

Instead what we have is 200 spaces on the blacklist that are a drop in the bucket compared to the number of RMT accounts out there. THAT's why things aren't exactly great in that aspect.

Couldn't have stated it better myself. This needs to be rectified like...yesterday. As in, hiring 20-30 employees specifically to dealing with this issue. Players are being harassed on a MINUTE basis. On Brynhilder it is commonplace to get between 2-3 gilspam tells a minute & it is breaking immersion/ruining the gameplay experience.

I hope you're being sarcastic. 20 people only to monitor for RMT activities is a huge waste of resources. The problem can be dealt with but via something built into the chat window. This way our three amigos get reports for RMT spam without creating the flood of incessant repeat tells from the same guys.

[Magictrix]

You get an RMT tell => Right click on the spammer's name and hit "Report for Spam" on the dropdown menu => game notes of the person being reported and mutes that person for you (meaning they can't send you any tells) => move on with your life.

...and after 250+ people have reported them in this manner, they are muted globally. I suggested this years ago lol.

[Duelle]

...and after 250+ people have reported them in this manner, they are muted globally. I suggested this years ago lol.

And yet here we are, using blacklist spaces and still getting tells from the same people. =/

[Spawnie]

Because a good portion of us are sick and tired of the RMT spam, and seeing that SE has assigned less people than are assigned to the cash register at my local convenience store, to the entire issue among 64 servers, is laughable at best.

in other news, these 3 people have my greatest respect. They must be the most overworked people in existence at SE.

im never sick of it cause i get 1-2 a week max lol and as for ur cash register comment all super markets in my town incorporated self serve to cut back staff soooo :P

[SpiritMuse]

im never sick of it cause i get 1-2 a week max lol and as for ur cash register comment all super markets in my town incorporated self serve to cut back staff soooo :P

Good for you that you don't get as much spam. I don't get that much either, due to being on a server that is full and frequently locked for character creation. And when I do, my whole FC usually gets them at the same time and we laugh at the ridiculous gibberish names of the characters sending the tells and friend requests.

Doesn't mean it isn't still a problem, though. There are more people in the world than you and me, and they clearly have very different experiences.

[Zabuza]

i should care why?

If you don't that is fine, but I'm sure a lot of people who have been fed up with the RMTs would be privy to know this information.