Hello,

Over the last few days I've started to get more and more /tell messages from users with random names whom are obviously bots trying to sell me gil, items, or power leveling services and other random crap I simply don't care about. I am on leviathan server but i'm sure this issue is affecting ALL players on all servers.

At one point, I zoned into Limsa lominsa lower deck and had to Blacklist not 1, not 2, but 3 user names who were literally flooding the /yell and /shout with repeated sales messages and I could not interact with anyone else until I blacklisted them.

While I understand that completely eliminating these malicious users is going to be quite a process, I also know that there are some effective ways that the issues can be subdued and alleviated.

I ask that this message be given some notice and that the developers please address this sooner rather than later before these malicious greedy users destroy the social / fantasy aspect of the game. I'm sure many users will support me on this.

I urge developers to implement text filters in the log to spot and eliminate spammers who shout as well as those who send large volumes of /tell messages as soon as possible. As an alternative (because i know customer support and schedules can be tight), I ask that you empower the player base to blacklist/report these spammers via a quick and simple right-clicking their names on the chat log.

Thanks.

~Danny