/Reporting From Different Districts

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HawkofStorms
HawkofStorms
Hall Hero
#1
Hello all. Now, as you know with the /report feature, you can ONLY report somebody if they are in the same town and district as you are. Now, this was probablly put in to prevent abuse and reporting random people, but it does have a few problems. Most notiably, gold sellers

Gold spamming bots in Great Temple of Bathazar for example have changed their behavior due to /report. They now go into a district, spam their one line of "buy gold for $20 at randomwebsite.com" and change districts immidately, to spam it in another language/district. This makes it almost impossible to report gold sellers, as by the time you have typed in their name they have already changed districts, and you get an error message poping up that the person you are trying to report isn't in the town. The only way to report them is to sit in the district and wait ~2-3 miniutes to report them for the 10-15 second window that they reappear in the district.

My suggestion... Allow players to /report people in game even if they aren't in the same district as you. Although it would open up abuse, since all /reports are manually checked by a.net anyway, it shouldn't be a problem.
[Morkai]
[Morkai]
Jungle Guide
#2
OR you could stop Gold-Seller hunting and play the game? Unless the reason you bought it is to be a self-proclaimed mercenary for Anet.
MithranArkanere
MithranArkanere
Underworld Spelunker
#3
There should be at least a leeway time to report someone after they leave.
HawkofStorms
HawkofStorms
Hall Hero
#4
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Originally Posted by Berek
OR you could stop Gold-Seller hunting and play the game? Unless the reason you bought it is to be a self-proclaimed mercenary for Anet.
Hey, if they PM me as soon as I enter the town, I have a right to be ticked that they waste my time and hassle me.
Shayne Hawke
Shayne Hawke
Departed from Tyria
#5
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Originally Posted by MithranArkanere
There should be at least a leeway time to report someone after they leave.
/signed for this. Fifteen to twenty seconds sounds reasonable to me, and it should probably start from when the person last has activity in the district. Having it unrestricted for time gives too much room for being exploited. If it were a situation in which I had some time to report the person after their wrongdoing and they had left the place, I think this would be very useful.

This might also open up another reason for people to be banned: avoiding a report.
hallomik
hallomik
Krytan Explorer
#6
This is a good idea.

I've seen the same issue with griefers. They make their vile/racist statements and then skip town before the /report can register.

If Anet does this, they should do it quietly. That way, all the people exploiting this won't see the hammer coming.
Alex Morningstar
Alex Morningstar
Krytan Explorer
#7
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Originally Posted by HawkofStorms
Quote:
Originally Posted by Berek
OR you could stop Gold-Seller hunting and play the game? Unless the reason you bought it is to be a self-proclaimed mercenary for Anet.
Hey, if they PM me as soon as I enter the town, I have a right to be ticked that they waste my time and hassle me.
QFT. Seriously, if I'm getting whispered with that bullshit, it's annoying. It isn't trolling for Gold Sellers to want to nail someone for spamming your screen. I'd rather not be associated with sellers at all, even if it's just them whispering me. That's a chat log of them and me I rather not exist.
Josh
Josh
Desert Nomad
#8
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Originally Posted by MithranArkanere
There should be at least a leeway time to report someone after they leave.
Better idea, why not?

/signed