This occurs and in fact happens again and again when your char changes channels.
This is NOT a Bot sending pm/whisper after copying your name…lelz.
If you get the same issue and confirm that the pm number increases as you change channel, please confirm it by replying below.
anyway, there you go… now… can we please have a FIX for this issue?
@STAFF_Ethan @STAFF_Ines @STAFF_Amy @STAFF_John @STAFF_Max
Thanks
We are currently investigating the Self-Whisper problem. We will get to the bottom of it.
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Self-whisper sounds like conspiracy stuff.
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Yesterday, just as any day, the noname bots spams in whispers, i had 86 “not read messages” from myself, reading that chat was all spam from a noname bot.
Ive had my own name x2 in that list, i can screenshot/put it here once it happens again.
Initiate “Operation: Self-Whisper.”
it is bot related,
spammer, most of those start as a visit to town… then you get a nameless spam and block it…
but the whisper stay there and you leave… then it pop again but there is no message cause you blocked the sender…
then after some time the sender becomes you…
you just forgot the first steps and consider it a bug…
It didn’t happen from a bot whisper for me, I was partying last night and after an issue where I couldn’t move my character after a cutscene I started having the self-whisper issue.
Self whisper doesnt have to be a bot issue only, there could be a several reasos why self whisper happens.
One thing i can think of right now is that self whisper happens when chat history is missing a name.
B Whispers A
A’s Computer forgot it was B
A’s Computer sets whisper name to A Resulting with a “self whisper”
And since the bot spamming us is a “No Name” the chat history has no player to relate to, which results with a self whisper.
@STAFF_John
It’s not only self whispers, half the time my whispers aren’t getting through to the right recipients. Instead, you get a stupid red exclamation mark next to your message. And conversations and trade negotiations get halted all of a sudden.
This has been going on since Day 1, but hasnt been fixed?! This is literally the only MMO I’ve ever played that can’t get their whispers right.
I know this because I often send whispers to my brother in-game and his screen shows that he’s replied to me but messages simply aren’t getting through.
I mean, come on… even ICQ 50 years ago didn’t have this problem…