I last night in prime time Australia I spent many hours in Stormhaven questing and the like, occasionally had a few spammers in zone chat and that was it and saw about six farmers hanging out in a dungeon where the boss spawns. Yet when I went across to my baby EP toon in Davons Watch briefly, to shuffle my bank (maybe five minutes) I had five guild requests from gold sellers. I received two emails. And the zone chat didnt just have spam it was truly infested to a point where it was completely over run by at least 50 messages a minute. IN FIVE MINUTES.
I am too much of a realist and old hand at MMO's to believe that you can ever truly get rid of these horrible people, yet it is clear to many of us not enough is being done in the game mechanics to overcome such exploitation.
I cant believe I have get an unofficial addon to try and stop SOME of the spam. If amateur mod maker can invent something like this why cant the devs?
yes in some senses they will always find a way, but at least fill the gaps and make it harder for them.