Actions Taken Against In-Game RMT & Other Illicit Activities (May 12)

[MihaelB]

There is no spam filter, external or internal, that RMT will not eventually figure out how to bypass. Ever wonder why spam is riddled with odd symbols and characters? It's how they've evolved to get around spam filters. The fact that you see those symbols and characters at all is proof that SE IS screening tells for spam, and the fact that those symbols and characters change over time is proof that RMT is evolving to match.

It's even simpler than that, 'Select Tell' > 'Friends only' or a checklist for 'tell in area only' or by level only (the PF has this criteria) would suffice for majority of players. As you've surmised, SE does not have the manpower or capability to keep the current filters updated and as a result, it is not working.

[WeekendSoja]

What if SE are the RMT's and they are banning Gil buyers that buy from them...now how funny would that be lol

[Khalithar]

It's even simpler than that, 'Select Tell' > 'Friends only' or a checklist for 'tell in area only' or by level only (the PF has this criteria) would suffice for majority of players. As you've surmised, SE does not have the manpower or capability to keep the current filters updated and as a result, it is not working.

Adding more filters to our tells is the best solution. If I could set my tells to FC/Friend List/LS only I could actually turn my tells back on, as is I leave them off at all times because of all the RMT spam.

[Fived]

Honestly, I am not impressed by the numbers of accounts banned. Since April 21, there have been 2,593 accounts receiving discipline. There are 64 servers. So it basically works out to just under 2 RMT accounts a day per server. If you ever tried to blacklist RMT ads, you know that that is a weak countermeasure. I guess it is better than doing nothing, but is it? 1089 accounts banned last week alone. Only 1584 accounts from April 21 to May 6. Obviously it is not hampering the RMT ads any.