For standard users, is this KYC still needed? I havent played on the site for a while but im much aware on that rain feature that they do have.
KYC isn't mandatory for the standard users. The process is optional, but verified users were receiving extra bonuses from so long. Now the account verification is also required to receive the chat rain.
~snip~ but I also not a player who want to do KYC just for rain. Anyway, it is good step from Stake to minimize the number of rain abusers but I'm starting to worry as the same requirement might be implemented for all the available bonus such as pre/post monthly, weekly and monthly bonus.
The situation is same here. I don't like to verify my identity for those extra bonuses. I have created my account at Stake 4 years ago. Still I haven't gone through any step of the identity verification process. I have no complain as long as they are giving the regular bonuses (weekly, monthly etc) to the unverified users. Probably they will not make the verification mandatory for the players to be eligible for the bonuses.
Perhaps, the new rain requirements isn't going to reduce the spam from the chat. But it is a significant steps to prevent the rain abusers.