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rodney65
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since shard maint last week , been getting more and more spammers sending friend requests then pm with deals from another site then they remove friend request , hitting ignore don't do nothing and reporting to GM hasn't stopped them , instead they seem to increase, have cryptic and STO done any thing about these people ? it's anoying when you get them during mission battles
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I would like to see Cryptic put a stop to this as well. I haven't been getting any myself, but I know how frustrating it is for others.
Frankly, I don't see how they think this will bring them more business. IMO, it will result in less business for them for the simple fact that doing this is more annoying than simply spamming them into the general zone chat.
There are game settings that allow you to only receive PMs and other sorts of communications from friends, so use those. Don't accept friend requests unless you've just met the person in a PUG or you can confirm the person is a fleet member.
Reporting to GMs won't work because the spammers will just abandon the character or login and create another--welcome to the F2P World of Unintended Consequences. There's no way a GM or PWE or Cryptic could know a priori that a new login is simply created to spam the regular customers. To attempt to block spammers would be to block legitimate friend requests. If you don't mind having in-game friends, then just minimize chat and block all friend requests. It's that simple.
Otherwise, understand that this is just the cost of doing business in a modern MMORPG.
If people didn't use the services these goons offer, then these goons wouldn't offer their services. No game is immune. The local authorities aren't going to shut them down.
And there you are.
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Like a badass I shall make him look, and in the furnace of war I shall forge him.
he shall be of iron will and steely sinew.
In great armour I shall clad him and with the mightiest weapons he shall be armed.
He will be untouched by plague or disease; no sickness shall blight him.
He shall have such tactics, strategies and machines that no foe will best him in battle.
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Done that, They are still sending the requests to me. I don't get a pm though as I have the pm settings from friends only.
When I get the first one I hit decline. Second one pops up I go to my chat then ignore the user.
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