Why can't they auto-block RMT posts?

[SamSmoot]

Seems that my main activity is reporting RMT spam when in main cities, and I constantly see the SAME text in them all the time, like "Gil & Eukera level & Gear 390"

Seems to me that Sq Enix could write software to monitor player reports, and once ten reports have been submitted on ads that contain the same text, start blocking all that contain that text.
Yes, the spammers will just change the text by one character, but they'll have to identify what part is triggering the block to change it, and eventually, they may run out of ways to get their message across.

[Hugowulf]

What’s to stop someone from abusing it and getting someone blocked for something frivolous?

[Blackbird1]

What’s to stop someone from abusing it and getting someone blocked for something frivolous?

exactly there are people who use shout and yell chat to advertise there crafter skills or items if they did that then they'd get banned for trying to make money the legit way

[MorbolvampireQueen6]

Seems that my main activity is reporting RMT spam when in main cities, and I constantly see the SAME text in them all the time, like "Gil & Eukera level & Gear 390"

Seems to me that Sq Enix could write software to monitor player reports, and once ten reports have been submitted on ads that contain the same text, start blocking all that contain that text.
Yes, the spammers will just change the text by one character, but they'll have to identify what part is triggering the block to change it, and eventually, they may run out of ways to get their message across.

since most rmts are china just ban all chinise mac address and no more rmts in game
proplem solved

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

since most rmts are china just ban all chinise mac address and no more rmts in game
proplem solved

Yes, because vpns are definitely not a thing they are using to get past the great firewall of China already, so why wouldn't they use one to bypass region blocks.

[Krojack]

since most rmts are china just ban all chinise mac address and no more rmts in game
proplem solved

You can spoof a MAC address easier than logging into a VPN these days.

Also there is no way to get a list of MAC addresses in China. You don't assign MAC address to a country like you do an IP address.

[Coatl]

since most rmts are china just ban all chinise mac address and no more rmts in game
proplem solved

Tbh this is what PSO2 did. Banned all of china, bots and actual players alike.

[Kaedan]

since most rmts are china just ban all chinise mac address and no more rmts in game
proplem solved

That is a common misconception. While the sites that people SELL the gil to are Chinese sites (and thus the accounts that trade the gil bought), the actual bots are run most commonly from American and Canadian accounts, usually the west coast.

[Bacent]

Seems that my main activity is reporting RMT spam when in main cities, and I constantly see the SAME text in them all the time, like "Gil & Eukera level & Gear 390"

Seems to me that Sq Enix could write software to monitor player reports, and once ten reports have been submitted on ads that contain the same text, start blocking all that contain that text.
Yes, the spammers will just change the text by one character, but they'll have to identify what part is triggering the block to change it, and eventually, they may run out of ways to get their message across.

Do you not see the weird characters they use in their posts? They could use anything from any language out there that remotely looks like a letter for their advertisements

Beta - β
Eta upper case/lower case - Η / η
Epsilon lower case - ε

What you're suggesting could only add problems to the game if they start using normal text players use all the time.

[hynaku]

I was on a mmo that they blocked all IPs from china and Russia. After that it wiped out 99% of the rmt bots. It was very rare every seen one spamming after it. Maybe they should do samething here. They can always trace your route.