Hey, i dont know how you did but i noticed few things. If i run around heaven in my usuall stuff i get trade spammed by beggars and they go ask for money or anything.
Some say that i could wear poor stuff so they wont notice im player with some experience. But on the other hand when i run around in proto stuff and i try to sell some stuff i get attacked by other kind of people
- scammers - they of course use standard tricks like cancel trade 3-4 times, or put too low crowns hoping ill click confirm by mistake, some even try stuff like "click confirm first"
- cheaters - standard, give me items/crowns/anything and ill make it double
- pro-noob - usually well equipped players, they are either trying to convice me that they bought item i sell for 1/2 price i want for it. If they sell stuff and i tell them "lol, you give too low for it, see avarge AH prices" they say some blablabla and when i give them arguments they just end up calling me a noob instead of tell something constructive and try to negotiate.
Of course if they will say it straight, and i have chat proof complain goes right away, but unfortunatly i think it will be just a log-out warrning..
What do you think about those situation? Do you notice them too? How often? Did it started just recently of was here always?
IMO things like that are very bad for game, for attracting new players. How would you feel, you started new game and first thing happen to you you get scammed or used up by someone.
I see stuff like this all the time.
Sometimes I get sick of all the trade/friend/guild requests and just stick to wearing my cyclops cap and fencing jacket. [Stealth mode!]
I've had the "I'll double whatever you give me" line once in this game, but I've heard it a bunch in other games as well.
The worst part about these scams is you can be guaranteed that some people are falling for it. Pretty sad. All you can really do is register complaints against them.
There's another kind of "scamming" you didn't mention, which I'll call Noob Disguise!
A high level player equips Proto or other low-grade equips, then proceeds to go around pretending to be a down-on-his-luck but hopeful noob and cons wealthy/helpful players into giving him free stuff.
Someone in my last guild did this, and said he was making way more cash doing that than running clockworks. He even accidentally sent to guild chat a line that went something like "thanks you're so awesome" followed by "oops that was meant for him. I just keep telling him crap and he keeps giving me stuff. lol"
To make things worse, his usual equips were Shadow Lair stuff, Snarbolax coat, etc. He was all decked out in 5* gear and was one of the more talkative people in the guild. Apparently just had no sense of morality whatsoever.