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[Proposal] A small change, a huge quality of life enhancement: LOCAL
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Viziam
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2014-06-02 21:54:02 UTC
The biggest meeting places ingame are the trade hubs Jita, Amarr, ... we all know em. Have you tried making a conversation in chat there? Than you know it's flooded with scammers and advertisement bots. Don't worry, I'm not going to plea to take action agaist these so called ISK doubling services, that would take too much moderation and debate what to allow and what not.

The easy solution, as suggested by many; rightclick -> block. I respectfully disagree because there is no end to it. Nearly all of the time, these spambots are freshly created alts (or perhaps even trial accounts) whom are only a few days old (read: disposable). So you can start over again each time you log in.

My solution is a generic one:
Once a system has over 500 locals in it: everyone is muted! (just making up a number, scale it as you want for all i care)
To unmute yourself, you need a certain character age. There problem solved! Wasn't that easy?
Quote:
IF locals > 500 AND character age<3 months THEN mute ELSE unmute


Considering everyone loves scaling these days and you want your developers to have a challange, add another line of code!
Quote:
IF locals > 1000 AND character age < 6 months THEN mute


You want to do it the EVE way? Add new skillbooks. There a new moneysink! Also discourages disposable characters due to training and cost. Example:
Quote:
No skill: allows you to chat where locals <= 50
Skill: Public speaking - allows you to chat where locals > 50 + level * 50
Skill: Public moderator - allows you to chat where locals > level * 400
Zol Interbottom
Blimp Requisition Services
#2 - 2014-06-02 23:26:46 UTC
I have 8 accounts with characters just sitting around maturing just in case this happens.


I HAVE ALREADY BEATEN YOUR CHANGES BEFORE THEY BEGAN.

"If you're quitting for the 3rd time you clearly ain't quitting" - Chribba
Careminer
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#3 - 2014-06-03 10:46:16 UTC
They told me I shouldn't feed the trolls. But I'm ignorant so I'll bite: True, but do want to pay for 3 accounts just for that reason? If not, they aren't disposable.
Zol Interbottom
Blimp Requisition Services
#4 - 2014-06-03 12:15:01 UTC
They do other things, like siphon goon moons in supercaps.

But if you have the alts lying around not doing anything why wouldn't you use them for a scam or 5.

"If you're quitting for the 3rd time you clearly ain't quitting" - Chribba