So, one of my biggest concerns in MMO's is not being harassed by gold farmers. I'm sure we all can't stand them flooding the chat selling gold and spamming like mad.

Also they spam us in whispers that drives me insane.

I know it WILL happen but I am just hoping there are tools allowing us to deal with them.

Is our ignore list unlimited?
Is there some way to /ignore an ENTIRE account? (should be)
Can we right click them from chat and report them?
Can we right click their name from whispers and report them?
When we report them do they automatically go onto our ignore list?

Does the game track their names to their accounts? In one MMO I played, after talking to a GM. They told me that if they Delete their characters name that did the spamming there was no way for the company to track who's account it was so they couldn't take any action.

I am not going to tolerate someone named "easrdtgfhc" spamming me every 2 minutes with a different name and then the company saying there is nothing they can do about the account owner.

So what tools are there to lessen the irritation we will get from goldfarmers spamming us?

My goal when it launches, look for bots during my leveling and kill them. Assuming there will be any.

I know there is a report and block button; I used them a lot for the LFG chat :P

I don't think after reporting it goes straight to block; You may have to right click report then right click block.

Hopefully EME implements a report player button just for bots, because the gold farmers are unstoppable and they will come.
Just a method to destroy them would be enough.
Halt any means of them making money - they will be forced to stop!

Not sure how they will handle this, but Chronoscrolls look like they will help a lot.

Wow you people are angry. Bots are more helpful then hurtful ( in moderation) .. yes i agree bots are just wrong in so many ways BUT the keep Broker prices lower, mats and items stay pretty well stocked up on the broker... Gold spammers suck

I would really love a feature to block an entire account. I can't wait for the day that an MMO company adds in such a feature.

We won't have to worry about the same guy changing his name every 5 minutes and respamming. I think that would cut down on a lot of our annoyance.

Edit...
i am more Worried about a Auto aim hack coming out that will ruin this game..

Quote: Kreampie on 2012-02-13 22:25:58 UTC

Bots = automated 24/7 farming
automated 24/7 farming = lots of gold obtained unnaturally
bots with lots of gold = selling gold
selling gold = spamming chat and whispers every 5 seconds.

People buying gold = prices going up
People buying gold = more bots/spamming

I just want to be able to block/report these people so I don't have to have my chat flooded with them spamming.

Quote: Kreampie on 2012-02-13 22:25:58 UTC

you must be new to mmos? or dont know much about them maybe? bots destroy economies entirely causing major items to skyrocket in price