Dropped from server because of message rate limit

manukartofanu · January 22

I was just kicked from the server with this error.

How does this even work or how is it supposed to work? I didn’t send a single message to anyone. All I was doing was collecting purchases (which, of course, are sent to my mail). Yes, there were many, but what’s the logic behind kicking someone for reading and deleting incoming messages?

Is this really how it’s supposed to work, or is it some kind of bug?

fizl101 · January 22

its usually a network issue, so message packets not typed messages most of the time. You get a network blip along the line and it sends all the packets at once then you get this message

Quackery · January 22

It happened to me several times until I realised that it was Lazy Writ Crafter that got stuck on auto-loot and delete messages in inbox.

aleksandr_ESO · January 22

Network packets between clients and the server are called messages. This is some kind of addon that makes multiple requests to the server when loading a character.

freespirit · January 22

If you hit "E" too many times in quick succession this error can appear.

Unloading a full mail box can definitely be a trigger, I find handing in multiple Master Writs too fast also can cause this.

As mentioned above if there is any kind of blip between you and the server, those key strokes can hit all at once and the server says "nope not having this" and kicks you for spam!

Mik195 · January 22

I got it when my character was falling through the world. It seems to be a default message for too much stuff happening.