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Doc_Altruistic

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  1. Doc_Altruistic
    Theres a pair of them working the Freedom AH right now.
  2. Doc_Altruistic
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill View Post
    Solution:

    Don't play on Freedom.

    No, I'm not joking (much.) That's the only place I've seen gold spammers in WW. Pinn, Vict, Guardian, everywhere else - not a single one in sight. Hop on Freedom to pay for that base's rent and check the market - Inf spammer.
    The only problems with that are:
    - its not a solution, its avoiding the problem. Why should I avoid the server where my SG is located? Its an annoyance to me, not a fix.
    - the spammers will adapt and follow.

    Good idea, MB, but I'd like a magic bullet. (<--unlikely, but I can wish...)


    Here's my solution: once identified as a gold spammer and reported the devs route all tells from that toon to an unseen chat window. Basically it gets rerouted so they can see their own chat msgs, but it never makes it to the 'live' chat windows. They can advertise all they want, but no-one will see it.
    Evil, eh?
  3. Doc_Altruistic
    Gold Spammers make me nuts.

    Here's my 2 cents:
    1) /ignore doesn't work. The spammers change their names every day. I'll be darned if I am going to spend my time ignoring toons for behaviour that shouldn't be occurring in the first place. Its treating the symptom, not the disease.
    2) I don't hate the RMT's, just their constant spams IN THE GAME.
    3) They're targeting the new users in AP on the bigger servers.
    4) I've heard people defend them. Its not logical, but they do.
    5) They also advertise power levelling. This means they have lvl 50 toons out there and are using the trial accounts ONLY TO ADVERTISE. These people aren't 'playing' the game. They are exploiting it.
    6) I'm not sure what sort of turnaround time the Devs have, but EVERY SINGLE TIME I have logged on there is at least two, sometimes four spammers in the AP AH. This seems to indicate one of two things - the Devs are unwilling to put forth an effort to stamp these c0ckroaches out, or they are unable to do so. Either one is unpleasant.

    Regards,