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Ding Dong the Spam is Dead!

l0th4ri0l0th4ri0 Member Posts: 589 Arc User
edited August 2014 in General Discussion (PC)
So, yeah...

Log in after the patch today and PE is not filled with spambots anymore. People were saying that all the spambots were over level 15 and the new patch wouldn't fix anything, but I havent seen any spam at all.

Nice.

Thanks, Cryptic -- good job. (should have listened to us a year ago about chat restrictions, but better late than never, right?)
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  • rhoriangelusrhoriangelus Member Posts: 703 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    I just got whisper-spammed by a level 15 spambot. It might slow them down a bit, but by far, it's not solved.
  • charononuscharononus Member Posts: 5,715 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    l0th4ri0 wrote: »
    So, yeah...

    Log in after the patch today and PE is not filled with spambots anymore. People were saying that all the spambots were over level 15 and the new patch wouldn't fix anything, but I havent seen any spam at all.

    Nice.

    Thanks, Cryptic -- good job. (should have listened to us a year ago about chat restrictions, but better late than never, right?)

    They'll be back by this evening. It won't last. It's just a tiny bit harder on them, which is a good thing, but it won't fix anything.
  • l0th4ri0l0th4ri0 Member Posts: 589 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    rhoriangelus wrote: »
    I just got whisper-spammed by a level 15 spambot. It might slow them down a bit, but by far, it's not solved.

    I'm not going to see that as I am anonomyzed on the social tab.

    You know about doing that, right? Check the settings button in your social window, and you'll never see that again.
  • l0th4ri0l0th4ri0 Member Posts: 589 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    charononus wrote: »
    They'll be back by this evening. It won't last. It's just a tiny bit harder on them, which is a good thing, but it won't fix anything.

    I'm willing to go out on a limb and say it's going to fix it a lot better than you may think. Nothing's perfect, but this is going to be a million times better than it used to be. Wait and see. :)
  • rhoriangelusrhoriangelus Member Posts: 703 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    l0th4ri0 wrote: »
    I'm not going to see that as I am anonomyzed on the social tab.

    You know about doing that, right? Check the settings button in your social window, and you'll never see that again.

    The problem with this is that it makes it harder for me to party with people. Which means I am constantly having to switch back and forth, or I have to add people to my friends list who aren't really my friends just so they can invite me to parties. Also, I checked, and the guy WAS level 15. Which means he could've been spamming Zone and Trade, though he chose to whisper.

    Just because you can make yourself anonymous and get less spam doesn't mean that there aren't a ton of spammers out there.
  • nwnghostnwnghost Member, Moderators, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    When Auction House was made to require a lvl60 char on account to bypass the limits, gold sellers were offering to buy accounts with lvl60 chars.
    The problem is that some people are just too willing to do that for them, causing everyone else problems
  • gwassalorgwassalor Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 33
    edited August 2014
    Small moves. If it slows them down, then it slows them down, so it's good. I just don't understand what prevents them from spamming LFG channel, or did they block it too?
  • l0th4ri0l0th4ri0 Member Posts: 589 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    I think it was just Zone and Trade that got the restrictions. I would expect the spammers to set up in PE around mailboxes and spam "Says" as their next move. We'll see.
  • phr33d0m123phr33d0m123 Member Posts: 41 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    l0th4ri0 wrote: »
    So, yeah...

    Log in after the patch today and PE is not filled with spambots anymore. People were saying that all the spambots were over level 15 and the new patch wouldn't fix anything, but I havent seen any spam at all.

    Nice.

    Thanks, Cryptic -- good job. (should have listened to us a year ago about chat restrictions, but better late than never, right?)

    Not sure if serious.

    Since the patch I've gotten like 20-30 PMs from spammers. This is far worse IMHO, cuz if I'm in PE and the /zone & /lfg is getting spammed then 'mkay, but if I'm killing the old granny valindra and start getting pink msgs with "1M=$8 COME BUY NAO PLS KTHX BAI" all the time it annoys me.
  • mconosrepmconosrep Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    Maybe the spam is dead but I don't think taking down the Server was the best way to do this.....
  • l0th4ri0l0th4ri0 Member Posts: 589 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    Dude, change your social settings. There's a button on the social window to fix those PMs. :)
  • frishterfrishter Member Posts: 3,522 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    l0th4ri0 wrote: »
    I think it was just Zone and Trade that got the restrictions. I would expect the spammers to set up in PE around mailboxes and spam "Says" as their next move. We'll see.

    Saw them already. I think you're celebrating a little too early...
    mconosrep wrote: »
    Maybe the spam is dead but I don't think taking down the Server was the best way to do this.....
    LOL
  • webbigwebbig Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 30 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    If you want the spam to go away, why not just do the obvious ... turn off zone/trade chats. I rarely have this enabled, as 90% of the chat is dribble.
  • bluellbluell Member Posts: 88 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    l0th4ri0 wrote: »
    So, yeah...

    Log in after the patch today and PE is not filled with spambots anymore. People were saying that all the spambots were over level 15 and the new patch wouldn't fix anything, but I havent seen any spam at all.

    Nice.

    Thanks, Cryptic -- good job. (should have listened to us a year ago about chat restrictions, but better late than never, right?)

    no spam is still here in mail ,private whispers and they've done something that prevents you from ignore blocking them when they mail you the adds.
  • cookiecrisp15cookiecrisp15 Banned Users Posts: 532 Bounty Hunter
    edited August 2014
    mconosrep wrote: »
    Maybe the spam is dead but I don't think taking down the Server was the best way to do this.....
    lmao
    /10 char
  • bluellbluell Member Posts: 88 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    ya if you change that setting to where spam don't get in then you cant be invited to groups or anything that involves talking or interacting with players not on your friend list not a good option
  • buliloli0107buliloli0107 Member Posts: 90
    edited August 2014
    I had this problem a week ago.. IWas on Pvp.. And then a spam bot pmed me ad something something so right click and ignore... 2 sec s after anew bot did the samething and to amazement another new name whispered me...

    Adterthat day i never had a chance to like experience it again.... I just wonder how they do it....
  • gothashotgothashot Member Posts: 20 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    mark yourself as only visible to friends in preferences....problem solved long ago.
  • gothashotgothashot Member Posts: 20 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    webbig wrote: »
    If you want the spam to go away, why not just do the obvious ... turn off zone/trade chats. I rarely have this enabled, as 90% of the chat is dribble.

    also, this ^^ Very first thing I do upon starting any new MMO is turn off zone chat. There is nothing you're going to miss. I
    promise.
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  • l0th4ri0l0th4ri0 Member Posts: 589 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    magenubbie wrote: »
    Pff. It shouldn't be nessesary for players to go through lengths to keep that <font color="orange">HAMSTER</font> away. That's Cryptic's job, not ours. The whole person search page should be disabled from view/usage. Problem solved, no harm done to anyone.
    Nobody uses it and it only gives spammers free reign to spam from the starting zone. A completely pointless "feature" of the game. But it won't happen. Heaven forbid players are entitled to some privacy. You only get that when you break the ToS.

    LOL @ TOS swipe

    But seriously, magenubs is right about that person search page. I wouldn't miss it at all if it decided to get up and walk away forever. It makes a very effective tool for spammers to PM you, so I guess if we howl loud enough, it may be only a year or so from now when they decide to do away with the cursed thing.

    Until then... preferences settings.
  • wachumpongwachumpong Member Posts: 118 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    why not making zone/trade restrict to lvl 60 then to solve issue?
  • l0th4ri0l0th4ri0 Member Posts: 589 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    wachumpong wrote: »
    why not making zone/trade restrict to lvl 60 then to solve issue?

    Ummm.. because 15 is probably good enough? Or, were you making an argument out of absurdity? :)
  • hoofithoofit Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 122 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    The spammers will also sit near an entrance and get your id's as you pass and then spam you from a bot. Perhaps its a good thing to have a feature that allows you to only have pms from friends if you want and it will be easy to code cryptic.
    This may cost a bit but an employee who can sit and who's job it is to watch chat and ban ban ban as soon as a spammer appears as coding to do this job would be very complex given the ways you can write stuff to counter it.
    I for one don't think cryptic will beat them unless they take the fight to the spammers website as people will always find ways around defences.
    Well I hope they find a solution..
  • calvin1tagcalvin1tag Member Posts: 322 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    Great step I think they should honestly bump it up to level 30 as for most people that is a couple days playing and not a huge deal but for the gold sellers this would be kick in the junk to play 2 days for a blast of 3 messages then ban and redo. Good stuff
  • user4035user4035 Member Posts: 145 Bounty Hunter
    edited August 2014
    well, if thye just used my suggestion about making leveling slower the cap wouldn't have to be at 15.
  • zebularzebular Member, Neverwinter Moderator, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 15,270 Community Moderator
    edited August 2014
    Closing this down as it just opens the door to discuss bad behavior, which isn't allowed.
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