Signed up yesterday. Played for an hour this morning (6:30am GMT) and the chat was impossible. Spam, spam, spam, spam, unloverly spam.
Made the chat box completely useless.
I usually play LOTRO and have never once seen any spam on the Euro-servers.
Is this normal for STO?
Because if it is I'm afraid I'll have to think long and hard after 30 days.
You have to get friendly with the ignore button i'm afraid.......something we have all had to learn......but it does get easy to deal with after a minute or so of ignoring them
You have to get friendly with the ignore button i'm afraid.......something we have all had to learn......but it does get easy to deal with after a minute or so of ignoring them
I'll give it a go.
II don't suppose Option B: Cryptic actually addressing an issue Codemaster with LOTRO have solved has wings then.
use the 'report' button....... It will help devs ban these dinks, and then it automatically ignores them as well.
(( you will usually find it is one maybe two of these idiots doing it at any given time...so a report here, a report there...*meh ... it sux, but we can be proactive and try and cure this cancer ))
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use the 'report' button....... It will help devs ban these dinks, and then it automatically ignores them as well.
(( you will usually find it is one maybe two of these idiots doing it at any given time...so a report here, a report there...*meh ... it sux, but we can be proactive and try and cure this cancer ))
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Ah yes thanks go to the dude with the Comic book guy avatar.....how apt that it should be you to correct me lol But yes indeed report.......am spending far too much time in the forums instead of ingame
All the messages follow a few basic templates. I'm thinking chat blockers might be a good idea here.
I also reccomend turning off 'Zone' chat. It gets dicey there anyway, especially in the Sirius and Regulus blocks. Zone chat off = gold spammers gone.
Now, for those in the mailbox...
Something HAS to be done. I thought that once the pre-order grace periods were over that most of these guys would be gone. They have not. I guess the money they can make will pay for the 14.99/month subscription cost.
It is annoying. It does disrupt gameplay, and it does hurt community interaction. That is the biggest problem of it all.
i have to admit im not using the chat box for this reason which is sad im looking for a fleet but with all the spam i cant be botheredi report everything i guess one of the devolpers is still trying to find out who they are
You can report spam in the mail interface as well. I usually try to do it ASAP. to prevent them from getting everyone with it. Remember the faster you report spam the less other people have to deal with it.
The buddy key is the problem. Cryptic should have known better than to offer ANY free trials.
The problem is when you peopel report the spammers and then get a ban it is a BUDDY account that is getting banned NOT the actual account. SO basically Cryptic took a loaded weapon pointed it at their foot and fired.
Currency selelrs have ALWAYS used the the trial accounts exactly for such purpose.
Cryptic needs to sit back and rethink their position on free trials and what they are allowed to do in game.
The buddy key is the problem. Cryptic should have known better than to offer ANY free trials.
The problem is when you peopel report the spammers and then get a ban it is a BUDDY account that is getting banned NOT the actual account. SO basically Cryptic took a loaded weapon pointed it at their foot and fired.
Currency selelrs have ALWAYS used the the trial accounts exactly for such purpose.
Cryptic needs to sit back and rethink their position on free trials and what they are allowed to do in game.
Exactly my toughts, once they announced the buddy keys, i knew gold spammers would have a field day :-\
Buddy keys should only be allowed to PM people who PM them first and nothing else. No mail no chat. That way your friend can message you and you can message back. If you need help your friend should be helping you or asking questions on your behalf.
For those who think those restrictions are too limiting, sucks to be on a trial account. Maybe they would consider purchasing for full access?
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You have to get friendly with the ignore button i'm afraid.......something we have all had to learn......but it does get easy to deal with after a minute or so of ignoring them
I'll give it a go.
II don't suppose Option B: Cryptic actually addressing an issue Codemaster with LOTRO have solved has wings then.
not the 'ignore' button
use the 'report' button....... It will help devs ban these dinks, and then it automatically ignores them as well.
(( you will usually find it is one maybe two of these idiots doing it at any given time...so a report here, a report there...*meh ... it sux, but we can be proactive and try and cure this cancer ))
.
Ah yes thanks go to the dude with the Comic book guy avatar.....how apt that it should be you to correct me lol
I also reccomend turning off 'Zone' chat. It gets dicey there anyway, especially in the Sirius and Regulus blocks. Zone chat off = gold spammers gone.
Now, for those in the mailbox...
Something HAS to be done. I thought that once the pre-order grace periods were over that most of these guys would be gone. They have not. I guess the money they can make will pay for the 14.99/month subscription cost.
It is annoying. It does disrupt gameplay, and it does hurt community interaction. That is the biggest problem of it all.
You can report spam in the mail interface as well. I usually try to do it ASAP. to prevent them from getting everyone with it. Remember the faster you report spam the less other people have to deal with it.
The problem is when you peopel report the spammers and then get a ban it is a BUDDY account that is getting banned NOT the actual account. SO basically Cryptic took a loaded weapon pointed it at their foot and fired.
Currency selelrs have ALWAYS used the the trial accounts exactly for such purpose.
Cryptic needs to sit back and rethink their position on free trials and what they are allowed to do in game.
Exactly my toughts, once they announced the buddy keys, i knew gold spammers would have a field day :-\
For those who think those restrictions are too limiting, sucks to be on a trial account. Maybe they would consider purchasing for full access?
this is a recommendation for everybody, the less people use zone chat the less effect it will have so they will eventually leave