So i was running a party through Cathedral of Flames (for 2k each) with my hero smiter.....
On the very last part (the boss before final boss, on the hill where you get boss key) some guy suicides after i get the key. He just runs in there and lets himself die. Then he says don't worry about ressing me, i'll just res when you guys leave..... He says this in very broken english, coupled with the fact that this means he is going to pay me in town *AFTER* i know this guy is a scammer.
Anyway, i was about to call it a night so i decided just to leave GW running in the backround on my comp while i slept. I did watch it for about 30 minutes and he hadn't left. He also came out and said basically that he can outwait me and as soon as i do leave, he's golden. Anyway, i came back this afternoon and he was gone.
I win.
Pwned.
Burned me a scammer
Dr Dimento
Brianna
Interesting.
Had someone who wouldn't pay me at the last room some months ago, they tried aggroing the nearby skeleton mobs and wiping us - didn't work.
I refused to continue and met the rest of my team back up and re-ran them, got some tips from that too.
Had someone who wouldn't pay me at the last room some months ago, they tried aggroing the nearby skeleton mobs and wiping us - didn't work.
I refused to continue and met the rest of my team back up and re-ran them, got some tips from that too.
Tatile
Dimento, for all the lazy-malice in that story, I am highly amused. No one can out wait the sleeper!
Good to know the scammers are being player-dealt with in this way (better than trying to compile a list).
Good to know the scammers are being player-dealt with in this way (better than trying to compile a list).
Dr Dimento
Well, he stayed dead in that room because i was the only one alive. Only way for him to res and get the chest was for me to either leave, or die.... so i just sat there for about 12 hours while i slept/watched the new indiana jones flick, hehehe.
Big_Daddy
Not to be a bit picky, but..: is 2K Too much to pay? Why do people actually do this?
GaaaaaH
Nice work! at the very least you stoped him from scamming for 30 minutes
Dr Dimento
Yea, that's how i look at it too, though i'm pretty sure he was on there for a few hours at least. From the sound of it he was planning on waiting me out and was pretty convinced he could. Whatever part of the world he was in, it probably wasn't sleeping time yet though 
Courage!
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Originally Posted by Big_Daddy
Not to be a bit picky, but..: is 2K Too much to pay? Why do people actually do this?
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Dr Dimento
Considering you make 1.5k from the reward, and a MINIMUM of 500g from all the treasure..........it's pretty much free for the people being run, plus they get the end chest items and pretty decent drops.
enter_the_zone
The funniest part is, the scammer was such a moron he didn't just leave and go scam about 10 more people in the time he was waiting for you to leave.
I know scammers are idiots but that's just some kind of peak for stupidity.
I know scammers are idiots but that's just some kind of peak for stupidity.
Arduin
People scam because they can, and because there are virtually no repurcussions for their actions.
So anyone attempting to annoy a scammer gets a cookie from me.
Cookie for you, Dr Dimento.
So anyone attempting to annoy a scammer gets a cookie from me.
Cookie for you, Dr Dimento.
Kikuta
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Not to be a bit picky, but..: is 2K Too much to pay? Why do people actually do this?
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The fact that the CoF runners have the cheek to charge a fee for a run that they cannot complete without the assistance of the people they're running is utterly outrageous. If the smiter can't heal their self, they will die eventually along the course of the run. I've argued many times that if the smiter requires a heal the price of the run should be significantly reduced (1k instead of 2k), due to the fact that the people being run are directly contributing to the runs success. It's like a Droks runner asking for the people they're running to bring Charge and run alongside them so they don't die.
If I ever start doing these runs, I'll be making sure I/my smiter has a self heal, else I'll be doing the runs for free.
Dr Dimento
I use a hero, and it doesn't require heals. I actually advertise
"Running CoF HM, 2k, Bring LoD, no heals necessary"
My hero is a Mesmer, and it uses Signet of Illusions for self healing....which works great. I regularly run it solo just for the chest drops.
The only way i die is if one of the guys i'm running has an ego problem and takes aggro...... or the occasional time when my hero does exactly the opposite of what i tell it to do (as in i move it closer to me and it walks away, causing me to lose bonds) but that's few and far between.
"Running CoF HM, 2k, Bring LoD, no heals necessary"
My hero is a Mesmer, and it uses Signet of Illusions for self healing....which works great. I regularly run it solo just for the chest drops.
The only way i die is if one of the guys i'm running has an ego problem and takes aggro...... or the occasional time when my hero does exactly the opposite of what i tell it to do (as in i move it closer to me and it walks away, causing me to lose bonds) but that's few and far between.
RahlMyron
All that to save himself 2k..
How sad
How sad
Squishy ftw
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Originally Posted by Kikuta
I'm happy paying 2k if the smiter has a self heal. If I see "bring heals for smiter plz", or "Running CoF 2k - must have LoD and heals" I leave immediately, or rage at the person making the ad in local chat.
The fact that the CoF runners have the cheek to charge a fee for a run that they cannot complete without the assistance of the people they're running is utterly outrageous. If the smiter can't heal their self, they will die eventually along the course of the run. I've argued many times that if the smiter requires a heal the price of the run should be significantly reduced (1k instead of 2k), due to the fact that the people being run are directly contributing to the runs success. It's like a Droks runner asking for the people they're running to bring Charge and run alongside them so they don't die. If I ever start doing these runs, I'll be making sure I/my smiter has a self heal, else I'll be doing the runs for free. |
I feel the exact same way about that. How hard is it to just make the smiter /w with healsig.
mystical nessAL
Loled, nice one. 
N1ghtstalker
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Not to be a bit picky, but..: is 2K Too much to pay? Why do people actually do this?
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you gotta be seriously dumb to just do this for the 500g that you'll easily win with hidden treasures
phan
So higher eletricity bill < getting 2k ?
Me thinks you pwnd yerself
Me thinks you pwnd yerself
Dr Dimento
I leave my computer on anyway....and yea......still worth it easy even if that weren't the case.
N E D M
i used to join party with spambots in droks, then run outside and inside over and over, trapping them as i loaded faster and they were unable to map out
sibelang
lol nice story for my children b4 sleep xD
Taisayacho
Scammers = the height of stupidity, good job
jinzo7
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Originally Posted by enter_the_zone
The funniest part is, the scammer was such a moron he didn't just leave and go scam about 10 more people in the time he was waiting for you to leave.
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mystical nessAL
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The funniest part is, the runner was such a moron he didn't just leave and go run about 10 more people in the time he was waiting for the scammer to leave.
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Malice Black
You offer a service that requires for people to pay after, this will happen. Suck it up.
crazybanshee
I lol'd. Can't be a very good scammer if he's cheating people out of 2k. That's chump change in the scammer world. Not even good enough for the "I dupplicate itemz u dropp now?"
LifesRestorer
normally when this happens, i turn off all hero skills, 60DP them and then leave. see them beat the boss now.
DarkGanni
Scammers during CoF are common, something that happens to most runners. Nothing we didn't hear before.
- Ganni
- Ganni
Stolen Souls
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The funniest part is, the runner was such a moron he didn't just leave and go run about 10 more people in the time he was waiting for the scammer to leave.
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Anyway, i was about to call it a night so i decided just to leave GW running in the backround on my comp while i slept.
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Read before replying? lol
Anyways, good job. Always a good feeling to beat or outwit a scammer...though that's not exactly a hard thing to do, as most scammers are among the most dim-witted beings in existance.
EPO Bot
Who the hell leaves his computer on wile he sleeps? That's awfully wastefull.
kobey
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Who the hell leaves his computer on wile he sleeps? That's awfully wastefull.
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R.Shayne
Or you can stop running people and just farm CoF, if you have two accounts you don't need anyone else and make just as much money as I would running. Another bonus is you don't have to deal with people like scammers and ursan blessing idiots (always was fun to see some ursan run pass me to try out his skills then run to the smite with a mob behind him).
Kusandaa
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Originally Posted by Dr Dimento
So i was running a party through Cathedral of Flames (for 2k each) with my hero smiter.....
On the very last part (the boss before final boss, on the hill where you get boss key) some guy suicides after i get the key. He just runs in there and lets himself die. Then he says don't worry about ressing me, i'll just res when you guys leave..... He says this in very broken english, coupled with the fact that this means he is going to pay me in town *AFTER* i know this guy is a scammer. Anyway, i was about to call it a night so i decided just to leave GW running in the backround on my comp while i slept. I did watch it for about 30 minutes and he hadn't left. He also came out and said basically that he can outwait me and as soon as i do leave, he's golden. Anyway, i came back this afternoon and he was gone. I win. Pwned. |
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Who the hell leaves his computer on wile he sleeps? That's awfully wastefull.
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Originally Posted by Kikuta
I'm happy paying 2k if the smiter has a self heal. If I see "bring heals for smiter plz", or "Running CoF 2k - must have LoD and heals" I leave immediately, or rage at the person making the ad in local chat.
The fact that the CoF runners have the cheek to charge a fee for a run that they cannot complete without the assistance of the people they're running is utterly outrageous. If the smiter can't heal their self, they will die eventually along the course of the run. |
sibelang
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oh well... no good story for my children then.. doh! ><
kobey
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omg, i just noticed this... ppl in afrika still need electricity and irak burn out and u sleep?
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But as for story for children, this part should probably be omitted.
1 up and 2 down
Hehe, nice one!
Dante the Warlord
The CoF CR is way overrated anyways. i think that anyone who stays one that long for a measly 2k fails at life. You could either make your own monk and do it or find free ones (the golds that drop are terrible). I find it hilarious how many people gang up on you after you say running for tips. The real winners are the people actually running, who can make around 20k per run. I am thinking of starting my own monk and doing this, but a 1 hour to 90 minute commitment is very hard to do...
Skyy High
Am I correct in thinking that the OP left his entire party hanging, 5 other paying people, because this one guy refused to pay?
Masseur
I was in a run where 2 of the same guild were scamming at the beginning of the 3rd level. Just went afk and didn't talk. After we got a little ways into the 3rd level, I went back and aggro'd the mob by the beginning that no one kills into them and we finished the run. I had things to do, so I thanked the runners and let them know I'd be staying. Those 2 BEGGED to be rez'd for a while, drawing on the screen since I didn't answer chat. I'll give you 3K if you rez me, they said. Funny thing is, as soon as the end chest was reached and people were picking up their drops and left, after there was no more chat going on, they started talking, asking to be rez'd.
Anyways, they finally left after about 2 hours (I would come by the computer every once in a while to check on them).
Anyways, they finally left after about 2 hours (I would come by the computer every once in a while to check on them).
Antheus
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Originally Posted by Dr Dimento
so i just sat there for about 12 hours while i slept/watched the new indiana jones flick, hehehe.
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