The fact that "scamming" has remained allowed for so long in this game is astounding. It's such a detrimental thing for MMOs. There's no good reason for it to not be against the rules and it should most certainly be punishable with bans and even better the return of stolen goods.
Now when I say scam I don't mean like "this guy gave me a bad offer and I accepted it now I'm full of regret" I mean things like "hey man can I borrow/hold that" then never returning it, or "we'll trade I'll give you these 5 first and then the other 5 after" and running off after the first half.
Excuses we've seen before are "well we can't moderate every trade" but that's bullshit. Trades already are moderated, I've seen enough Real World Trading bans to know that. And even sillier shit like account sharing is moderated.
We've also got the "but there's so many things put in place to help people not get scammed" yeah, great, that means less things to fall through the cracks that actually need punishment making it even easier to moderate. Just because scamming is mostly avoidable doesn't mean it doesn't happen. And people who do manage to still trick people shouldn't be protected the way they are, they should be punished.
If a report is made by a player with enough evidence to show a blatant scam, something should be done about it.
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The fact that "scamming" has remained allowed for so long in this game is astounding. It's such a detrimental thing for MMOs. There's no good reason for it to not be against the rules and it should most certainly be punishable with bans and even better the return of stolen goods.
Edited by RigamortyNow when I say scam I don't mean like "this guy gave me a bad offer and I accepted it now I'm full of regret" I mean things like "hey man can I borrow/hold that" then never returning it, or "we'll trade I'll give you these 5 first and then the other 5 after" and running off after the first half.
Excuses we've seen before are "well we can't moderate every trade" but that's bullshit. Trades already are moderated, I've seen enough Real World Trading bans to know that. And even sillier shit like account sharing is moderated.
We've also got the "but there's so many things put in place to help people not get scammed" yeah, great, that means less things to fall through the cracks that actually need punishment making it even easier to moderate. Just because scamming is mostly avoidable doesn't mean it doesn't happen. And people who do manage to still trick people shouldn't be protected the way they are, they should be punished.
If a report is made by a player with enough evidence to show a blatant scam, something should be done about it.
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