PLEASE change level requirement to whisper ....

[Kikoten]

In my short time of playing Tera Online, I learned quickly that the company behind the game put limitations on their chat functions. I couldn't join certain channels until I reached a certain level. While it may help combat low-level spammers, it causes collateral damage. I was extremely miffed that I couldn't join in the fun conversations of the General Chat in that game until I was level 20 or 25. It was one of the things that drove me away totally, second to the shoddy PvP system and the boring-assed PvE system. The combat mechanics are fun only for so long, then it gets boring.

[Nadirah]

Not sure if this will help, when Aion went f2p they made you unable to communicate thru whispers until you were lvl 20 and even then there were still plenty of spammers to go around.

In the end the companies that do this runs it as a bussiness, to them this will just mean a little more work but work that they will do to continue making profit.

Your name is redundant. Devils *are* lawyers. You can always trust a devil to fulfill a contract, but you'd best have read it precisely and thoroughly.

[Nadirah]

then make it that you can only whisper friends.

It's bad enough I can only send mail to people on my friends list.

FC officers with full friends lists means I can't send them mail because they don't have room on their friends list. FC leader lives in a different time zone, and sometimes isn't on when I am. Can't mail him, there's not enough room on his friends list for the entire FC and stuff.

With the limited numbers on the list, this has to be the stupidest idea I've seen.

[Lemuria]

I actually have a little support for this idea, but only a little. Firstly, new characters should need to hit level 10 to access whispers across the board, but allow new players below that level to send tells to their friends only. Honestly, at low levels you rarely use tells anyway, since it's a largely solo affair.

It won't affect anyone who's been playing the game long enough to unlock job changes, but it will at least stop gil-spammers from deleting characters and remaking them to avoid detection.

[Leshpar]

Not sure if this will help, when Aion went f2p they made you unable to communicate thru whispers until you were lvl 20 and even then there were still plenty of spammers to go around.

In the end the companies that do this runs it as a bussiness, to them this will just mean a little more work but work that they will do to continue making profit.

The difference here is that FF14 is not F2P. When you have to buy the game and get a level 20 character banned for RMT it hurts. Now you have to buy a new game copy and make a new account. Its not just as simple and making a new free account.

I fully support making it at least level 20 before whispers are unlocked. Heck, you could even make a quick quest for it like everything else has. You'd have to whisper an NPC something you can't afford to have anyone else overhear you say.

[Stupiduglytaru]

Haven't received a single rmt tell since hw launch on Phoenix :3 this is still happening?

[Leshpar]

Haven't received a single rmt tell since hw launch on Phoenix :3 this is still happening?

On exodus its 2 to 5 times per day for me.

[Mykll]

I have not noticed any on Balmung since HW, but that might be because it is almost impossible to create a new character here.

[AlphaFox]

I made mention of this sometime ago but I do agree, we need a level limitation on tells OR we need a command like /blocktell(x) x being the required HIGHEST level needed to whisper you unless your a friend. So /blocktell10, anyone not level 10 at least is unable to send a tell. As mentioned those level 50 blackmages are the ones doing the leg work on bringing in the gil, they won't risk having them send tells. When is the last time you got a friend invite or tell for gil from a level 50? Its always the level 1 in Ul'dah.

On Coeurl its basically 1-3 per hour.

[Drakeos]

Me and few people went to try FIND this person in Ul'dah yesterday and couldnt find him @ (hell using hacks to hide) which should be instant banhammer !!! NEED more active GM patrols in 3 major cities (able to catch those gil making bots)