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Former Ruling · Sep 29, 2006, 05:43 PM // 17:43

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Originally Posted by cataphract

Get off your high horse, please. I was just making point about his "not expirienced" argument.

You seem to not understand the concept of a pissing contest. It always starts with one guy just needing to pee.

Next he'll come back in and say " well mine has 7mil", and then you or someone else will come in and say "mine has FoW, noob" and so on and so on, all it needs to start is 1 good statement like you made and it grows by itself.

Scavenger Rage · Sep 29, 2006, 05:49 PM // 17:49

kkk...I always let them die on the graps when I see no SB ^^

It is pretty funny when they even try to speak some english (barely

) and try to call me names and stuff...

The alternative is just run whith them....I usualy get whith me Distortion for hard rezes, SO it is a breeze to rush trought 2 or 3 axtaxess...

The problem is that when we actualy make past them...the monk will simply leave ;D

Latter.

Spydergst1 · Sep 29, 2006, 09:02 PM // 21:02

The best way to stop the UW scam and other scams is for Anet to change the drop assignment. If you don't pick it up no one gets it! It should stay assigned to the person it dropped for. That would put a stop to the farmer/scammers for good.

sunsmoon · Sep 29, 2006, 10:00 PM // 22:00

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Originally Posted by HawkofStorms

Agreed. This running off to the smites thing has happened several times for me. One thing to help id the non english speaking monks are....

1) blind invites
2) they say nothing once you are in the party and instantly open the trade window
3) tatoo armor, MOST causal farmers/actual players don't like the looks of tatoo armor and have since bought factions in order to get new monk armor with +energy that is more asceticly pleasing.

People who still have tatoo armor are either
a) people who don't own factions
b) people who are poor
c) people who like the tatoos
d) sweatshop farmers who don't care about character customization, but about profit

A) and B) are also generally bad signs. I'd perfer a 55er who is as obessed with this game as I am and thus owns both campaigns. Also, a 55er who is poor obviously hasnt' been 55ing for long... So A and B are more inexperience indications then anything else.

Ignore this kid

I still use my tats because I've had 'em for forever. Hell, I have TWO pairs of tats (15k black and 1.5k) and 15k judges, 2.8m (so low

but I stopped playing for ~6mo), and 23 ectos, 16 shards, and 30k in the bank. And that's just my monk, I've got a deleted ele that had 2 sets of 15k, 2 necros in 15k (one for me, one for my brother), a warrior in 15k, and a mesmer in 15k and partial fow. :P Each character has atleast on sup vigor, and the warrior got his sup absorb back when they were at the cash cap. :P Definately not a noob monk here

ectospasm · Sep 30, 2006, 12:49 AM // 00:49

if you see the monk cast zealots and not SB run up and aggro the aataxes and nightmares drag them to his sorry ass and watch him die from confusion and anxiety

Franco · Sep 30, 2006, 12:59 AM // 00:59

Dont forget Necros - Evil , Monks - Wannabe evil :P.

gasmaskman · Sep 30, 2006, 01:01 AM // 01:01

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Originally Posted by ectospasm

if you see the monk cast zealots and not SB run up and aggro the aataxes and nightmares drag them to his sorry ass and watch him die from confusion and anxiety

Or just leave?

500g is not really that much....unless you keep getting those foreign monks, which should be rare (well, for me at least, I always leave the guy who's trying to get 50 N/Me's

)

Franco · Sep 30, 2006, 01:04 AM // 01:04

lol nah its those that do.

adds you*
open trade*
Hi
50/50
pay me

^^ Bot

Kcp · Sep 30, 2006, 01:13 AM // 01:13

It's funny whenever I'm in ToA's and you get the scammer random invite from a mo/w. Sometime's I'll party with them and of course they try to get ya killed but little do they know im already geared up to solo uw myself as a necro

.

It's funny when they run off after the first chamber is cleared and I follow them, let them get a bunch of smites together then kill the scammer monk with a smite hex spike from the smites

Makes me roll out my chair. Payback sucks and you know they gotta be mad that the necro killed him in the end after repeated failed attempts. I had one go back and get the 2 aatxe and bring them back into smite area while we had aggrod everything in the first area. The monk caught a few maelstorms and died and I finished the run after killing off the cows and coldfires he tried to kill me with.

Franco · Sep 30, 2006, 01:29 AM // 01:29

lol Solo Necro ftw

IrishCatholicNewYorker · Sep 30, 2006, 01:38 AM // 01:38

what exactly is the UW scam??? Im new to FoW and UW and want to be on the lookout for these scams.

Divinus Stella · Sep 30, 2006, 02:00 AM // 02:00

You should go Nec/Ranger and take NR/Tranq/Symb/Fert, should lead to some entertainment.

HawkofStorms · Sep 30, 2006, 02:51 AM // 02:51

About the tatoo comment I made earlier.

Many good honest farmers use tats. Many good honest farmers do not.

ALL sweatshop farming monks use tats. I have yet to meet one who does not.

I'm not saying I reject a group invite from a guy wearing tats, I'm just saying I'm less nervious about running into a scammer when he's not (because like I said, every single sweatshop farmer will care about efficeintcy and profit, not how cool their character looks).

And all the people who are on the defensive, THAT IS WHY YOU FIT INTO CATAGORY C

Jesus christ. Go to Drok's international district and look at all the sweatshop farmers wearing the exact same thing. They wear tats and its a good identifier.

Faer · Sep 30, 2006, 02:55 AM // 02:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Divinus Stella

You should go Nec/Ranger and take NR/Tranq/Symb/Fert, should lead to some entertainment.

I did that to a friend once...

Venom4112 · Sep 30, 2006, 03:24 AM // 03:24

I dont get why these chinese farmers dont make a SS, its easier for them and for us.

badfish34668 · Sep 30, 2006, 04:12 AM // 04:12

heres some tips:

advertise for a 55 monk that speaks english, and has spellbreaker.

watch him as he enchants up, at the beginning. if you see zealots fire, grab the quest, and lead everything to him.....let him die.

carry distortion on your bar. it will save your ass, when an ecto drops for you, and the 55 bot tries to break aggro, and get you killed. [also helps with legit 55 monk, if you need to rez them when smites are all over you]

and yes, the "hiding behind the ghost dude trick" still works.....use it.

xiao1985 · Sep 30, 2006, 05:39 AM // 05:39

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Originally Posted by lyra_song

Play with your friends ^_^

friends?! what's friends?!

jkz

but it pains me to see such scams happening... and it pains me even more to see most of it is been attributed to the country of my origin... not a pleasant thing...

but please note that there are always good players and bad players... just that those who try to scam usually spread out alot more to maximise their profit...

please be careful of scams and ... please don't form prejudice from the incidences =]

Franco · Sep 30, 2006, 10:22 AM // 10:22

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I dont get why these chinese farmers dont make a SS, its easier for them and for us.

So they can farm trolls when whatever place they live doesnt have favor :P

Lavindathar · Sep 30, 2006, 10:50 AM // 10:50

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Originally Posted by Franco

So they can farm trolls when whatever place they live doesnt have favor :P

Erm, not really.

My SS Necro can farm Hydras and Trolls and Ettins all day long.

Just seconday monk, use the 55 monk build with SS and Suffering (or another of your choice).

ectospasm · Sep 30, 2006, 05:24 PM // 17:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by ectospasm

if you see the monk cast zealots and not SB run up and aggro the aataxes and nightmares drag them to his sorry ass and watch him die from confusion and anxiety

i guess i shoulda said. if they cast SOJ instead of SB along with zealots.
but sometimes ive brought SOJ by accident with no divine favor and full smite from a previous solo run somewhere, forgetting to change back to the duo build