RMT Enforcement - Something Interesting is happeneing

[LineageRazor]

Curiously, I have noticed a potential pattern with these advertisements

While I have no idea whether it's true or not, here's a theory: RMT, now aware of the reporting function, now fields saybots in pairs. One of the bots does its /say spam while the other bot stays silent and listens. As soon as the active saybot becomes silent, the other bot knows that it has been silenced by player reports. When that happens, the silent bot starts speaking while the RMT computers retire the now-useless silenced bot and load a new bot into the game to take its place. The new bot stays silent and listens to the new active bot until IT becomes silenced, and so on and so forth.

This could explain why the text and timing remains the same while the actual bots speaking periodically change.

[Niwashi]

One thing I know for sure, in Malboro at least, I have not seen a single /tell or /shout. /says are still present however.

Same on Coeurl. I'm pretty sure that's because the new reporting/silencing feature is preventing individual spam bots from lasting very long. With a new, faster rate at which the RMT companies would need to keep replacing them, purchased accounts are no longer financially viable for spam. They've relegated the in-game advertising aspect to just their free-trial accounts, where they can afford to keep replacing them faster. Free trial accounts have access to /say, but not /tell or /shout.

Every so often, the character advertising in /say will rotate out with another one. I do not know the timing/duration, or even if this amount of time is consistent for that matter, but it sure feels pretty consistent. Despite being probably obvious, anyone care to confirm/actually time them?

That would fit the expected pattern. With the bots being silenced faster due to reporting, the RMT companies, wanting their spam to continue, would have to keep replacing them faster. I haven't timed how long individual ones last, though. Maybe I will this weekend if I don't get too busy.

[Zeonsilt]

Everyday i report from 5-7 to 15+ bots.
It's good to know that those reports are working.
p.s. Didn't received any /tell from bots on Cerberus too, after they implemented new report function.

[Paladinleeds]

They've changed strat on Odin. Now they're standing around the aetheryte doing nothing and saying nothing but have their gil selling website in the name. I just reported one now (had to report under Cheating)

[Kosmos992k]

They've changed strat on Odin. Now they're standing around the aetheryte doing nothing and saying nothing but have their gil selling website in the name. I just reported one now (had to report under Cheating)

That's a bit desperate of them. I wonder how long it will be before SE applies their RMT word filter to character names?

[Dustytome]

They've changed strat on Odin. Now they're standing around the aetheryte doing nothing and saying nothing but have their gil selling website in the name. I just reported one now (had to report under Cheating)

Same on Sargatanas, just reported one.

[JunseiKei]

They've changed strat on Odin. Now they're standing around the aetheryte doing nothing and saying nothing but have their gil selling website in the name. I just reported one now (had to report under Cheating)

Joke's on them for players like me that play with all player names turned off. :P Only friends show up.

That being said, it's so nice to play this game without using something to filter out keywords or phrases from being sent in /tell, or sitting on busy just so you don't get spammed. Whoever thought of this needs a raise. Seriously.

[Dustytome]

Great, now the advert named ones are inviting me to a party if I'm not in one.

[Kalinas]

Yeah...they are doing that now on Sargatanas as well. Was away from keyboard and came back to a party invite from a character with a seller website as their name. You can't even right click to report them this way. You have to go back and use the slow loading report window menus.

[Mature]

You have to report them for the system to work. Don't wait for someone to do it for you.

As soon as I see RMT I'm on it.

I haven't had a single tell since about 5 weeks?