It is time to level-block mails and /tell's - Page 5

drychnath · 05-14-2007, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Snark

SOE needs to get creative with solutions that stop the problem before it happens. I know for a fact WoW has implemented solutions to curb these problems, why doesn't SOE?

Those solutions didn't work, you'll get 5 gold selling tells an hour on WoW if you log on today. Automated and programming solutions are not working.

Widem · 05-14-2007, 11:38 AM

snarks point is that it wont stop the plat sellers b/c people who want to buy plat will simply not ignore them so the solution will not work.

For the matter of annoying me in game i dont really understand how that gets under peoples skin so much. 60-69 chat is more annoying than the plat sellers giving me tells. Its like freaking out everytime an ambulance or police car whizzes by work/house whereever. Not really that big a deal.

Wump · 05-14-2007, 11:39 AM

How about making each mailing cost 5gold with 4 gold being given to the person receiving the mail?

I'd gladly accept all the spam mail the farmers want to send me if they did that.

Pinski · 05-14-2007, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Wump

How about making each mailing cost 5gold with 4 gold being given to the person receiving the mail?

I'd gladly accept all the spam mail the farmers want to send me if they did that.

And new people sending mail can't send any mail because they're out 5 gold.

Not to mention, I use the mail system to send stuff from my alts to my main so I can transmute it, grats on having mail now costing 1g. Basically making it inconvenient to use the mail system, and which means since there would be so few people using it at that cost, they would be better off removing it.

But for all those people who are using the mail system to spam people, are we not forgetting something? You currently still need money to spam people, so why aren't they banning the people giving the money to the spammers? Are they not looking into the way they are getting enough gold to spam all those people?

Illuminator · 05-14-2007, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Snark

Are you trying to stop the plat sellers from recruiting new buyers, or are you trying to stop the plat sellers from annoying you with their 5 tells a day schema.

Welcome to the program!

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Originally Posted by Snark

It's cumbersome, unimmersive, and brings the problem to the player. Many new to the game would ask, "Why would I want to block mail and tells, this makes no sense?".

The community window has a whole entire tab, complete with UI, dedicated to preventing a specific player from sending you tells. It's called the Ignore tab.

But this is uninventive! SOE should just know who the bad guys are and stop them from sending you tells. But OMG wait, that's just an /ignore feature in reverse!

Wouldn't it be more reliable if the player had the right tools to make these decisions instead of SOE?

And the people who choose not to use it, don't have to! They don't lose content, and the game mechanics don't change for them. Everybody gets what they want, except the level 1 faggots on Queen's Colony sending spam tells to all the non-participating "enlightened" players. Who will all start using the option themselves once they realize how straightforward and effective it is. Word gets around.

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Originally Posted by Snark

SOE needs to get creative with solutions that stop the problem before it happens. I know for a fact WoW has implemented solutions to curb these problems, why doesn't SOE?

List them. These solutions are so revolutionary to make this thread unnecessary, so surely you have them on the tip of your tongue.

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Originally Posted by Snark

Your proposal boils down to a lazy fix that really doesn't solve anything. For someone so adamant about stopping plat sellers themselves, and not just the occasional tell or mail, I'm surprised you would opt for the "cover my eyes and ears" technique. Get real.

There are two types of lazy people: lazy people who do nothing, and lazy people who do everything right the first time so they don't have to revisit it. Right now you're trying to fend me off with emotions rather than reasoning, not unlike a lot of liberals I know.

So let's hear your real reason. Do you like to roll level 1 characters and annoy people? Do you like to grabass with guildies every now and then with disposable characters named Ngaplz? What's your motive?

Snark · 05-14-2007, 12:19 PM

It's just blatantly lazy and poor design in the grand scheme of things. I don't have the revolutionary fix on the tip of my tongue, but neither do you. I've seen this idea proposed on SOE forums for over a year now, and its rightfully avoided for good reasons.

I challenge you to come up with a solution that stops plat tells before they reach potential buyers, otherwise this truly serves little purpose.

It is interesting to see your forum personality evolve to fill the gap that Gaige has left behind though. That's not a compliment.

Widem · 05-14-2007, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Snark

It's just blatantly lazy and poor design in the grand scheme of things. I don't have the revolutionary fix on the tip of my tongue, but neither do you. I've seen this idea proposed on SOE forums for over a year now, and its rightfully avoided for good reasons.

I challenge you to come up with a solution that stops plat tells before they reach potential buyers, otherwise this truly serves little purpose.

It is interesting to see your forum personality evolve to fill the gap that Gaige has left behind though. That's not a compliment.

wow snarks, thats really what i was thinking. I was lke why does illum even care that much? it reminds me of when gaige would just go post something comletely out of his gourd to get reactions outa people.

Snark · 05-14-2007, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Widem

snarks point is that it wont stop the plat sellers b/c people who want to buy plat will simply not ignore them so the solution will not work.

Exactly. This won't stop or slow down plat sellers in the slightest.

Widem · 05-14-2007, 12:31 PM

Illum i'm not trying to rip on you or anything. I mean its a good idea and im glad to know we have people constantly trying to find ways of fixing it, but in this instance i think that the solution neglects the problem at hand is all.

quamdar · 05-14-2007, 12:38 PM

i personally like the idea of being able to block all tells/mail from anyone under level 30 or whatever. don't see why it would be bad at all to give players the option to do so. i don't see any problem with giving people more control over the tells/mails they receive if they wish to take advantage of it.