Murdura Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Hey folks, Over the past few months there have been many issues with Credit sellers and Advertisers. As you have noticed lately, we’re communicating more about what’s going on behind the scenes, so this is another area where we plan to keep you informed. Last week, we took action against an entire selling ring. Over multiple weeks, we investigated and compiled evidence about a large Credit selling ring which spanned across hundreds of accounts and a variety of servers. To help thwart any possible reactions from this group, we simultaneously actioned every account in this Credit selling ring. In total, we banned hundreds of accounts and removed over nine billion credits from those accounts. Thanks to all of you who have been diligently reporting those pesky spammers and other characters acting suspiciously anywhere throughout our game. They are very persistent, but we will continue to aggressively remove credit sellers and advertisers from our game! -eric Well done Bioware. This is really great news. Previously I questioned whether leadership had control. This action clearly speaks to me and reaffirms that leadership does indeed have control. Great job team, keep up the good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silko Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Tax refund anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exly Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Hey folks, Over the past few months there have been many issues with Credit sellers and Advertisers. As you have noticed lately, we’re communicating more about what’s going on behind the scenes, so this is another area where we plan to keep you informed. Last week, we took action against an entire selling ring. Over multiple weeks, we investigated and compiled evidence about a large Credit selling ring which spanned across hundreds of accounts and a variety of servers. To help thwart any possible reactions from this group, we simultaneously actioned every account in this Credit selling ring. In total, we banned hundreds of accounts and removed over nine billion credits from those accounts. Thanks to all of you who have been diligently reporting those pesky spammers and other characters acting suspiciously anywhere throughout our game. They are very persistent, but we will continue to aggressively remove credit sellers and advertisers from our game! -eric Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeuroniaSW Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Thank you Eric. There's not much more annoying (Looking at you, Republic Balmorra....) than logging into Fleet and being RMT-spammed. If this helps a bit then it has already done a ton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimG Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Good work......some sort of limit to how frequently F2P accounts under level 20 can post in general chat would be very helpful as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightSaberAddiCt Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 I never had to pay any of my rebates back. If you had to pay it back, you did it wrong. Try looking it up, it is very well documented. I know it involves that pesky thing like reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghisallo Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 (edited) Try looking it up, it is very well documented. I know it involves that pesky thing like reading. Then link this pesky source we should read. I did not recall paying any rebate back and spent the last 20 minutes trying to find anything documenting it had to be returned. Now it is well documented that people who screwed up in estimating their income for an ACA tax credit have had to pay back some or all of the subsidy... but the Bush rebate... not ringing a bell. Edited May 6, 2015 by Ghisallo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSeventhJedi Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Try looking it up, it is very well documented. I know it involves that pesky thing like reading. Yeah, I had to pay mine back. The worst part was, people who waited until the last second didn't have to. Still a little irritated by that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bencoola Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 About time they got rid of this garbage in our game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorBeckett Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 It lessened it, not totally gotten rid of. I just saw one on Fleet on Harbinger. Good work Bioware!! It's a start.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSitruc Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 uh oh. now we wait for the next attack by the spammers. they will rain hell fire missiles from the sky!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surgiac Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Nice job. BW May also want to start hanging out on the starting planets. I've seen a few botters just hanging around in the lower level areas spawn camping different mobs until they level to 10 so they can leave planet. Maybe if they made it so you can't leave unless you complete the class quests of the planet. Wouldn't stop things, but it would definitely slow them down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUXs Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 I'm just glad I bought all mine last week before this happened! (I KID!!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alec_Fortescue Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 (edited) So the contract between Bioware and credit sellers expired. Why not prolong it? ;] Although... Nine billion credits. Damn, I am sad.... I am only half-way to a billion myself :l Edited May 6, 2015 by Alec_Fortescue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vyerix Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Nice job. BW May also want to start hanging out on the starting planets. I've seen a few botters just hanging around in the lower level areas spawn camping different mobs until they level to 10 so they can leave planet. Maybe if they made it so you can't leave unless you complete the class quests of the planet. Wouldn't stop things, but it would definitely slow them down. This. So much this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercediz Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 The 2nd line of text I see when I log in, is a credit selling spam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilgrim_Recon Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 You guys did a good thing. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhesus_TOR Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Hey folks, Last week, we took action against an entire selling ring ... In total, we banned hundreds of accounts and removed over nine billion credits from those accounts. -eric Thanks for the update! They're back like nobody's business on Jedi Covenant though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorldSmasher Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 (edited) I'm sure there is probably more than one credit ring, so they'll keep at it, but it's good to here that BW IS actually doing something about it. Hopefully, this action will not be the end of BW's efforts to fight the blight that is credit spammers. I've said this before, and I'll say it again, BW needs to cut the credit sellers off at the knees by providing a credit for sale option in the CM. Perhaps with each Cartel Package that a player buys, there could be a guaranteed drop of a briefcase full of credits, or something along those lines.... EDITED: Removed irrelevant comparison. Selling game time for in-game currency and stopping credit spammers is apples and oranges. Edited May 6, 2015 by WorldSmasher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koichi Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 hey folks, over the past few months there have been many issues with credit sellers and advertisers. As you have noticed lately, we’re communicating more about what’s going on behind the scenes, so this is another area where we plan to keep you informed. Last week, we took action against an entire selling ring. Over multiple weeks, we investigated and compiled evidence about a large credit selling ring which spanned across hundreds of accounts and a variety of servers. To help thwart any possible reactions from this group, we simultaneously actioned every account in this credit selling ring. In total, we banned hundreds of accounts and removed over nine billion credits from those accounts. Thanks to all of you who have been diligently reporting those pesky spammers and other characters acting suspiciously anywhere throughout our game. They are very persistent, but we will continue to aggressively remove credit sellers and advertisers from our game! -eric huzzah!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transcendent Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Thanks to all of you who have been diligently reporting those pesky spammers and other characters acting suspiciously anywhere throughout our game. They are very persistent, but we will continue to aggressively remove credit sellers and advertisers from our game! -eric Thanks for getting rid of them. Quick question, when you remove those accounts, do they also get removed from our ignore lists? Just a curiousity question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koichi Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 "I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened." - This. So much THIS! XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flintfire Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 I was wondering what was taking so long, but if it was for one big bust to prevent a resurgence of spammers, then it makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir-steve Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 1) Glad you took action, that's awesome to hear and some impressive numbers - well done! 2) Disappointed I didn't get to execute my vigilante justice plan of tricking them into making my new alt called 'Gamer-Easy' their guild leader and sending me all their creds.....on that note, I better go make sure I can still log in and didn't get banned by name association! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJOhio Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Finally all my 100s of spam reports worked Thanks Bioware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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