Curse

HawkofStorms · Jan 24, 2008, 09:35 PM // 21:35

Hello all. Now, as you know with the /report feature, you can ONLY report somebody if they are in the same town and district as you are. Now, this was probablly put in to prevent abuse and reporting random people, but it does have a few problems. Most notiably, gold sellers

Gold spamming bots in Great Temple of Bathazar for example have changed their behavior due to /report. They now go into a district, spam their one line of "buy gold for $20 at randomwebsite.com" and change districts immidately, to spam it in another language/district. This makes it almost impossible to report gold sellers, as by the time you have typed in their name they have already changed districts, and you get an error message poping up that the person you are trying to report isn't in the town. The only way to report them is to sit in the district and wait ~2-3 miniutes to report them for the 10-15 second window that they reappear in the district.

My suggestion... Allow players to /report people in game even if they aren't in the same district as you. Although it would open up abuse, since all /reports are manually checked by a.net anyway, it shouldn't be a problem.

[Morkai] · Jan 24, 2008, 10:53 PM // 22:53

OR you could stop Gold-Seller hunting and play the game? Unless the reason you bought it is to be a self-proclaimed mercenary for Anet.

MithranArkanere · Jan 24, 2008, 11:17 PM // 23:17

There should be at least a leeway time to report someone after they leave.

HawkofStorms · Jan 25, 2008, 02:17 AM // 02:17

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Originally Posted by Berek

OR you could stop Gold-Seller hunting and play the game? Unless the reason you bought it is to be a self-proclaimed mercenary for Anet.

Hey, if they PM me as soon as I enter the town, I have a right to be ticked that they waste my time and hassle me.

Shayne Hawke · Jan 25, 2008, 02:23 AM // 02:23

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Originally Posted by MithranArkanere

There should be at least a leeway time to report someone after they leave.

/signed for this. Fifteen to twenty seconds sounds reasonable to me, and it should probably start from when the person last has activity in the district. Having it unrestricted for time gives too much room for being exploited. If it were a situation in which I had some time to report the person after their wrongdoing and they had left the place, I think this would be very useful.

This might also open up another reason for people to be banned: avoiding a report.

hallomik · Jan 25, 2008, 11:51 AM // 11:51

This is a good idea.

I've seen the same issue with griefers. They make their vile/racist statements and then skip town before the /report can register.

If Anet does this, they should do it quietly. That way, all the people exploiting this won't see the hammer coming.

Alex Morningstar · Jan 25, 2008, 01:26 PM // 13:26

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Originally Posted by HawkofStorms

Quote:

Originally Posted by Berek

OR you could stop Gold-Seller hunting and play the game? Unless the reason you bought it is to be a self-proclaimed mercenary for Anet.

Hey, if they PM me as soon as I enter the town, I have a right to be ticked that they waste my time and hassle me.

QFT. Seriously, if I'm getting whispered with that bullshit, it's annoying. It isn't trolling for Gold Sellers to want to nail someone for spamming your screen. I'd rather not be associated with sellers at all, even if it's just them whispering me. That's a chat log of them and me I rather not exist.

Josh · Jan 25, 2008, 01:31 PM // 13:31

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Originally Posted by MithranArkanere

There should be at least a leeway time to report someone after they leave.

Better idea, why not?

/signed