Recently I've noticed several users (xXEvericeXx, Coffrey, Kolllu, Brisque, others...) either venturing into GW to kill guests or tricking people (again mostly guests) into warping to remote locations with the promise of gold/items and then instead killing them.
I'm putting this on the forums because honestly, I'm unclear exactly what the rules of the server are regarding this. Sure these are PVP areas but this group is intentionally targeting players who are not familiar with the game or server and repeatedly harassing them.
So, you make a noob mad -- we all enjoy messing with people from time to time, but here's why I believe this is a bigger problem then it may first appear:
1) Guests are our future users - again I don't have the facts but I would guess that new user donations, and the subsequent donations they make, are what keep this place alive and growing. If we allow our less mature users to consistently harass guests and new members, it will simply drive people away -- I have no doubt of this.
2) The chat explodes everytime this happens. Person A kills Person B. Person B complains that they want <item> back. Person A kills Person B again. A mod/admin gets called in. Commence twenty minutes of bickering over who did what to who and whether it was allowed or not.
This annoys everyone on the server and yet again makes us all look terrible to incoming users who join just in time to see one of these little outbursts. I love it on this server but if the first time I joined was earlier today when the bickering was at full throttle, I doubt very much that I would have sought to become a full member.
So that's my piece. I'd be extremely interested to hear what you guys think about this, I know we have rules about harassment and such but they're not 100% clear to me and it seems like they may not be clear to other users either.
Thanks guys.
-Proton
I'm putting this on the forums because honestly, I'm unclear exactly what the rules of the server are regarding this. Sure these are PVP areas but this group is intentionally targeting players who are not familiar with the game or server and repeatedly harassing them.
So, you make a noob mad -- we all enjoy messing with people from time to time, but here's why I believe this is a bigger problem then it may first appear:
1) Guests are our future users - again I don't have the facts but I would guess that new user donations, and the subsequent donations they make, are what keep this place alive and growing. If we allow our less mature users to consistently harass guests and new members, it will simply drive people away -- I have no doubt of this.
2) The chat explodes everytime this happens. Person A kills Person B. Person B complains that they want <item> back. Person A kills Person B again. A mod/admin gets called in. Commence twenty minutes of bickering over who did what to who and whether it was allowed or not.
This annoys everyone on the server and yet again makes us all look terrible to incoming users who join just in time to see one of these little outbursts. I love it on this server but if the first time I joined was earlier today when the bickering was at full throttle, I doubt very much that I would have sought to become a full member.
So that's my piece. I'd be extremely interested to hear what you guys think about this, I know we have rules about harassment and such but they're not 100% clear to me and it seems like they may not be clear to other users either.
Thanks guys.
-Proton