Please stop the gold spam

[Lyet]

Today I have turned off the Yell and Shout channels. They are currently unusable as they create continuous fountains of text advertising gold at different rates. The block-listing system is both a little klunky as well as severely limited (31 max).

1) allow block-listing to block the account the user was blocked from after it was put in place - not just the character. These accounts get recreated enough that it is pointless to add to the block list.

2) Work on your tracking filter on chat logs to better identify these accounts (so they can be banned). All you have to do is have an account listening at the major cities, that should provide you enough data to work off of. While you may not be able to stop gold sellers, you can make the spam itself expensive by requiring those users to repurchase a license to play the game

[Lyet]

3) Datamine your blacklists. If a ton of people have the same account blacklisted, then that account should probably be investigated.

4) Add the ability to report gold spammer by clicking on the name in the chat window. Note: this action should also block that character's spam from reaching the account that reported the issue.

I like the game. I like the whole yell thing - it's how people chat out in the wild. I don't even mind spam occasionally - but this is ridiculous. It is a constant waterfall.

[monte91]

Can't even go into a capitol city to ask something since log is filled with spam that is too fast to block.

[Autarkis]

I will not be subscribing or giving any positive feedback to anyone about this game unless the gold seller SPAM is fixed.

[teadax]

I have to agree, chat has become completely useless to anyone not in a FC or shell aligned. I find it hard to believe that there are GM's currently in the game that would not have addressed this.