Spam in /ooc and /auction

[Rogean]

I was going to write a more sophisticated spam prevention, but as a quick fix, what do you guys think of.. chars under level 5, 3 messages per minute?

Discuss.

[President]

Originally Posted by Rogean [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I was going to write a more sophisticated spam prevention, but as a quick fix, what do you guys think of.. chars under level 5, 3 messages per minute?

Discuss.

Sounds about right, I like Spud's /auc /ooc once every 30 seconds idea under level 5. not much different than 3 a minute, but yea..

Personally I'd be pretty happy with 1 message in ooc every 30 seconds for EVERYONE.. It should be used as a utility for grouping/selling/porting/etc. due to low population, not drugs/religion/9/11/Rogean's mom.

[Rogean]

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Rogean's mom.

Easy killer

[President]

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[Skaff]

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Sounds about right, I like Spud's /auc /ooc once every 30 seconds idea under level 5. not much different than 3 a minute, but yea..

Personally I'd be pretty happy with 1 message in ooc every 30 seconds for EVERYONE.. It should be used as a utility for grouping/selling/porting/etc. due to low population, not drugs/religion/9/11/Rogean's mom.

I would have no issue with a rate limit with all people within OOC (and tougher restrictions below level 5). It would still allow auctions to take place (sorry 8 line auction spams), group finding, question answering and all sorts of fun stuff that the global ooc/auction is used for. It would cut down on the channel being used as a global social channel (I would welcome that).

One alternative system could include the limited chat rate with an exception if you have a character above XXX level on the account.

[L2Phantom]

Sounds good to me.

[hyzon]

I think that sounds like a good compromise. If a new person has questions, more than 3 per minute seems like a luxury more so than a necessity.

[Malrubius]

Originally Posted by Rogean [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I was going to write a more sophisticated spam prevention, but as a quick fix, what do you guys think of.. chars under level 5, 3 messages per minute?

Discuss.

Sounds perfect for a quick fix, which is what we desperately need.

We can then see how it flies, and discuss longer term measures as needed.

EDIT -> Of course, this would be needed for BOTH /ooc and /auction.

[Spud]

Originally Posted by Rogean [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I was going to write a more sophisticated spam prevention, but as a quick fix, what do you guys think of.. chars under level 5, 3 messages per minute?

Discuss.

Yea, 3 messages per minute should be plenty for someone to ask a question and then follow up with another question or a "thanks"... if not they can just wait another minute, or level up to 6...

This will instantly kill the spammer's effectivess.

I have rarely posted 3 messages inside a minute anyway. A larger rate limit on all players might not be a bad idea, it would stop people from having arguments and flamewars through /ooc, but then again it would hurt discussion for bored soloers and farmers.

[Lazortag]

The solution should be simple, not one of the convoluted solutions people have proposed (aka expanding banning powers to more people or creating restrictions on what names/accounts people can have). Being restricted in the amount of spam you can post until a certain level is the best idea, it clearly solves the problem and doesn't inconvenience anyone too much.