Quote Originally Posted by April_Fool View Post
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I have noticed zero of the 55+ bots and gil spammers on my list have been removed after weeks (for some) of being present. I have noticed the gil spammers continually create new characters to get around blacklists. The only way i see and end to this is if they do 4 things at once. First they need to identify as many as possible and lock out all the accounts in question. Second get rid of them all in one massive character wipe. (you do it one at a time and they will catch on to it and start finding ways around it)

Third they need to implement a system check that flags potential spammers and bots by monitoring activities that can be dealt with by support staff. (for example someone posts regularly or includes keywords such as gil, $, buy or regular strange text strings that may be an attempt to get around monitoring) Fourth they need authorities to get involved and trace it back to the source and deal with it. (which likely won't happen) As long as they are free to continue they will find a way around anything SE implements.