Player Reputation Feature
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With the amount of scams I have been a victim of I was thinking that maybe an account can be tied to some type of reputation that shows in the players portrait instead of the "thread vouching" process. Should work pretty simple, you scam someone through currency swapping etc, you get bad reputation. You keep your trades and your word on your services good you get good reputation.
I just want a good experience playing this game. This is not the first time i got scammed but I can take a 3ex scam this league since currency is easy, but during leagues where I find it hard to get currency, getting scammed 3ex in a trade just takes the fun out of it. Last bumped on May 21, 2020, 7:33:03 AM
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This would be gamed faster than you can say 'scam!'...
It would make it easier to scam, not harder... |
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" This. It's a free to play game, which means anyone can make unlimited accounts. |
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hmmm sounds to me like an auction house is needed :>
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Yeah but problem it would be abused ... its not a bad idea but see there already thread on the forum and they are barely effective (because you can remove negativ comment).
In either way it can be abused to give false positive advertisement ; or even worse 2 group of "crafter/challenge carry" will try to lower other reputation by making multiple account false negative review and so on. Best you can do right now is look at achievement of the player you trade with , its elitist but its one of the best way along with take your time when you trade big item. Last edited by Sky7a#7814 on May 7, 2020, 5:40:48 PM
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Yup, people would abuse it exactly like this:
Bots/flippers would buy up all the "insert item here", negative feedback ALL the people they traded with, then get a buddy and trade back and forth for an hour, gaining HUGE false rep. Then you'd search for "x" item, find that one person has all of them with TONS of positive rep, and over time, all the normal players would have negative rep and not be trusted to trade anything. Yikes. |
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" I dont see this as making the game easier to scam. First, the reputation should only be available to players who have done trades with people - only two options. Sellers and buyers would both have an option to rate. Was the trade good? Seller says Yes? - Good Reputation is awarded to the Buyer. Seller says No? - Bad Reputation is awarded to the Buyer. Seller lies with the rating will of course give false negatives or positives but in order for a false negative affect an account, multiple trades reported as bad would have to happen, I doubt people in this game have that time to invest in targeting a person just to give them false negative rating. Same goes for the buyers, they would get these same options to rate people selling them the right things. There are way too many Scummy sellers out there that posts an Item A then when trading Sells you the same looking but different item. If that issue happens and you realized you are being sold the wrong same looking item then you dont get to Rate the seller, which is good in a way because the seller does not get any Good repuation (or bad reputation) and once this reputation system becomes a thing it would serve as a flag for traders to watch out - Does this guys have no, good, or bad reputation? Then proceed with the right attention to give that player during the trade. If someone was to build an account (note: account, not another character) to just to scam people they would have 0 reputation in the beginning which In my eyes would tell me that trading with someone with 0 reputation, I have to pay extra attention to. Remember, the reputation would be account tied. Not character tied so if ever someone was to build an account and rack up good reputation only to scam people at the end then they wasted their time building reputation. |
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" Reputation would be hard to build up. So someone is intending to scam people by building a new account, they would have 0 reputation, which means - risky trades with the person. In this system, the reputation will serve as a precaution that indicates what level of attention you need to give when trading with someone. low Reputation - Be very cautious with trades Bad Reputation - Be Extra Cautious with trades, heck, I would just leave. Good Reputation - Safe trades. Think about it as a Credit Score. |
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" These are good points. Again, for me, If there was a reputation system in place where it shows players estimated credibility when trading it will (i think) help me have the proper assessment whether to treat the trade as safe or with caution. If ever there was an instance where a long standing account with good reputation decides to scam someone with legacy item, then give them a bad reputation. Thats all you can do at that point as opposed to not having any option to do something about it. But honestly, I believe in human behavior patterns so I doubt that long standing accounts with good reputation would scam people that one time - unless the account got hacked or sold and conversely a scammer will always have that need to scam so scammer accounts would totally have negative reputation or very low reputation because they will have to keep making accounts to avoid total negative reps. Unfortunately, new players will also have low reputation, but if they are Exiles with good intentions, they can build their reputation up over time. And in terms of Trade bots. How can a Bot Scam you? I dont know how they work but wouldnt they be programmed to sell and buy at the price posted? Im sure they wouldnt be able to put 10ex for that 9.5 ex item youre selling, then you cancel and they say "i want .5 ex change pls" then you get the chaos and they put 1ex after cancelling that initial trade window. I mean that would be a damn awesome program. Illegal and scummy, but damn impressive. Last edited by pattycak3#2890 on May 8, 2020, 5:10:23 PM
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Would be funny to see what people really think of the moderation with it
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