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Nadarius Chrome
Celestial Industrial Alliance
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Posted - 2009.01.29 03:15:00 -
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I quickly hit the 80 limit on my contracts blocklist too. Every few weeks I'll purge the list and start filling it again, assuming that a lot of the scam alts I've blocked have been biomassed in the mean time.
Usually the only people who end up on that blocklist are people (or corps) who have lowball offers for items that I'm searching for. EG I look for an item worth 800m and I'll block all the "WTB offer" contracts offering 900k, 910k, 950k pretending it's millions.
Even then, the blocklist functionality is very limited due to its tiny size. |
Nadarius Chrome
Celestial Industrial Alliance
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Posted - 2009.01.31 00:59:00 -
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 Originally by: flakeys
Originally by: nether void
Scams, on the other hand, really don't have a mechanic for fighting back.
Yes you do , it's actually reading the contract and viewing content.If you invest in an ipo and loose isk too bad you knew the risk there was.If you get scammed in eve with the 'f am leaving eve , send me your isk and i'll double it' or navy ravens wich are just ravens then again it is your own fault , bad luck.The difference is here you fight them off BEFORE they get you , in pvp it's the other way around.
It's part of the game and i love it for that allthough i understand why a lot of people want it changed.
I think you miss his point. You can avoid falling victim, but you can't fight back. There is no way to find out who the scam alt belongs to and make their main pay. You can't win against scammers, you can only break even. |
Nadarius Chrome
Celestial Industrial Alliance
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Posted - 2009.01.31 01:47:00 -
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Quick example. I just cleared my contract block list, then searched for the following items, blocking buyers listing for less than 10% of the "real" item price.
PLEX codes
Machariel
Nightmare
Vindicator
Bhaalgorn
Kronos
Vargur
Paladin
Raven navy issue
Tempest Fleet Issue
Navy Apoc
Navy Mega
My blocklist is now full again. Yay.  |
Nadarius Chrome
Celestial Industrial Alliance
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Posted - 2009.02.01 10:30:00 -
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Originally by: flakeys
I don't miss the point  .Hence why i said opposite of pvp you counter the revenge IN ADVANCE.If no one falls for it then there will be no more of these.So counter it with actually reading the contract etc like i said before.
So, to beat the scammers you have to educate every 'tard in Jita? Pass. 
I'm not saying scam contracts shouldn't be allowed, but it would be nice to be able to target scammers somehow. I don't see an answer myself. |
Nadarius Chrome
Celestial Industrial Alliance
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Posted - 2009.02.01 21:20:00 -
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Then add things to the game instead of removing them. Add the ability to pay tracking agents to hunt down "associates" of the person who's scamming (EG their main). Pay the corp whose station they inhabit to reveal who their ISK flows to. That kind of thing. You can't take revenge on a character that never undocks and sits in 4-4 for their entire lifespan, eventually getting biomassed when the scams don't work anymore. |
Nadarius Chrome
Celestial Industrial Alliance
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Posted - 2009.02.02 21:18:00 -
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Originally by: Tyranthin
Frankly, I hate the fact that people are trying to make EVE a "friendlier" game. Cold, harsh and brutal are the cornerstones of the game. Can we please keep it that way?
Why should the game not get a little colder and harder for scammers then? Serious question, why should scammers have it so easy? |
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