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Darriths Novastar · Mar 15, 2007, 08:45 PM // 20:45

I'm sure this has annoyed many people with its near constant spam. Ferrying to LA and people charging for it. I suggest a few changes in order to prevent this scam from continuing.

First make the canthan abassador options separate your group so no one can ferry people over that way

second for the terror in tyria quest only allow people with the quest or have completed the quest to travel along.

so many people think that it is mandatory for someone to have the quest in order to travel to tyria the first time and many many newbies are being taken advantage of.

arcanemacabre · Mar 15, 2007, 09:57 PM // 21:57

I'm still not sure how this works. I've been ferried there, which was advertised as "free", and the person got us to the gate, and mapped out. We couldn't get in to LA. What's the deal with this? Is it possible to ferry or not?

Darriths Novastar · Mar 15, 2007, 10:59 PM // 22:59

Exactly my point.

As long as you have prophecies, you can go, yourself, to the canthan ambassador in Kamadan.(he is near the Churrizick fields entrance) talk to him and ask to go to any of the islands, warriors isle is shortest. once there you can go to the canthan ferry man and ask to "return to lions arch". anyone can do this and it is free, but many people charge a fee to run people there. It is possible to be ferried, but people charging for this is wrong. and i believe things should be done to prevent it.

Strange Guy · Mar 15, 2007, 11:08 PM // 23:08

Uhmm maybe but not a very good idea! If someone is trying to get ferried which is "illegal" in term of story line then being scamed is deservable! No complain! Zat's my opinion!

nbajammer · Mar 15, 2007, 11:08 PM // 23:08

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Originally Posted by arcanemacabre

I'm still not sure how this works. I've been ferried there, which was advertised as "free", and the person got us to the gate, and mapped out. We couldn't get in to LA. What's the deal with this? Is it possible to ferry or not?

I believe it is, but what I think happened was he was the only one eligible to enter LA, and when he mapped, that removed the only one and so you couldn't get in. He should have stayed til you got in, then left.

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Originally Posted by Darriths Novastar

It is possible to be ferried, but people charging for this is wrong. and i believe things should be done to prevent it.

I agree that people charging for it is wrong, but the only thing that can be done about it is to stop the ability to ferry at all. This would probably also disallow ferrying to Urgoz's Warren and The Deep. I'm not sure that's the viable answer to the problem.

Darko_UK · Mar 15, 2007, 11:36 PM // 23:36

Explain how it is a scam exactly, They say they help you go to somwhere, They help you go somwhere, You pay them - No scam

Darriths Novastar · Mar 15, 2007, 11:42 PM // 23:42

if you can get to Urgoz's warren or the deep yourself, then theyre on the same page, people charging for stuff you can do with your own character with no practice or skill involved.

The problem lies in the ignorance of many players and the ability to group into the guild hall "showrooms"
Ignorance is hard to combat because casual players dont always take the time to troll the forums for how to get to tyria nad just take the first available ferry they see.

but if anet takes away the ability to group into the showrooms and requires the quest to take mehnlow's "ferry" to tyria it would effectively stop this scam.

Darriths Novastar · Mar 15, 2007, 11:43 PM // 23:43

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Originally Posted by Darko_UK

Explain how it is a scam exactly, They say they help you go to somwhere, They help you go somwhere, You pay them - No scam

Because anyone can do it regardless of lvl skills class or any other qualifiers.

Meat Axe · Mar 15, 2007, 11:49 PM // 23:49

It's not a scam. Just because someone can do it themselves doesn't make it a scam. It would be a scam if they were paid up front and then just left. People can farm ectos themselves, but they still pay for them. You know why? Because they'd rather not spend time themselves when there's a readily available service that they can afford.

Darriths Novastar · Mar 15, 2007, 11:53 PM // 23:53

It takes the same amount of time to do it yourself as it does for someone else to do it. <sigh> i give up. im going to go make money ferrying people to tyria although they can do it themselves in the same amount of time wheee.

Arkantos · Mar 16, 2007, 12:22 AM // 00:22

Umm, if you haven't beaten the 2 missions on Istan and you're an Elonian character, you can't take the quests to go to LA/Kaineng iirc. So it's no scam.

Lothlorian Sassun · Mar 16, 2007, 03:07 AM // 03:07

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Originally Posted by Arkantos

Umm, if you haven't beaten the 2 missions on Istan and you're an Elonian character, you can't take the quests to go to LA/Kaineng iirc. So it's no scam.

Yep your are correct. You can't go to Lions Arch or Kaineng Center if you have not finished all of the Primary quests and Missions on Istan. Sure any Elonian Born Char can finish all these missions and get to the consulate docks, Tyria, then Cantha on there own but it is going to take alot longer. Thus the Ferrys do have a purpose and it is not a scam.

Arkantos · Mar 16, 2007, 03:17 AM // 03:17

No scam here then. So this suggestion isn't much needed anymore.