[Feature Request] Implement Tell filtering

[Riinata]

so nothing in terms of an acknowledgement at the very least... Geez. I get that you guys ban those RMT bots, but that isn't enough. We need a way to block their spammage altogether if we choose to do so. Plus, at the same time as implementing this feature, you could implement a system that logs Tells that get blocked by the whitelist filter. If they aren't blocked, they either don't get recorded (which i feel they should be anyways) or they get a log of who sent what to who without message content. Then the system should cross-reference that data to the whitelist "blocked" log. If there's a match on the Sender's name, have the system flag them for a GM to look at. I'm not -that- great with programming but this should be fairly simple to implement UNLESS you devs have been using dirty code techniques.

[Riinata]

EDIT on 7/6/15: I posted this in another thread asking for basically the same stuff: removal of the spammage we all face from RMT people/bots:
So I had posted my own thread with a somewhat similar idea. Instead of restricting tells to be unlocked functionality, implement a whitelist so that only Friends, FC Mates, and manually specified people can send you tells or FRs. For those not added in that way, the friend request system should allow for a player to generate an authorization code for Friend Requests for a specific person. For example, a real-life friend wants to friend you and you know their name. You enter it, system generates a code, then you feed them the code to enter on their end and confirm the entire friendship for both sides once they enter it in their client.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...the-RMT-issues is the link to that thread.