Official GW Scams Thread (no posting names)

Yeah scammer will be very common in guildwars soon. They were everywhere in Lineage2 and GW is hosted internationally by NCSoft who seem to have a knack for attracting these poeple.

I just hope they can avoid the hacks and botters that ruined Lineage2 it really was a great game, and I am dreading seeing that happen again in GW (

Surprised you only lost 200g, do you mean 2000? Lowest I saw scammers sell it was 2P. Either way I think they fixed this scam, the quest doesn't give you ashes at the end anymore I don't think.

I'm not sure if you'd count this a scam but it has come to my attention that people are selling items given out by collectors later in the game to less knowledgeable players for exhorbitant prices.

One of those items being a
11-22 fire staff
20% faster cast 20% faster recharge both for fire skills
+10 energy (req. 9 fire magic)

If people are willing to pay 5k or 9k for it fine, but none of the sellers I've seen thus far have had the courtesy to inform bidders that upgrades used on the staff will have no chance at possible re-salvages.

Another item that's been making the rounds is a divine idol, +8 energy, +15 more energy, +30 health, requires 9 divine prayers (if I recall correctly).

If anyone has more collector given out items to add to the list for reference that would be much appreciated.

From the GW site, check this out:
Yay!!! So freakin' sick of their shouted advertisements!

I was broadcasting for a party for the ashes quest last night, and someone whispered me saying he had the ashes to sell for 1p. I declined as I don't have that kind of money and would prefer to do the quest for myself. Anyway, after doing the quest, I still had the urn in my inventory, now when I completed the quest I was rushing the altar and clicking like mental on it before I died (and got the ashes) Now I had wondered whether I had somehow got two due to a bug and whether it was possible to give the spare one to someone else to complete the quest. I'm glad I asked first as I wouldn't want to have inadvertently scammed anyone.

Could this be a potential scam. I joined a group going into the Fissure. Group was all in place, so the leader started collecting 125g from each player. He annouced he was 500g short. A few minutes later he left thge group AND the game. I tried hours later to contact him, but to no avail. What gives! Thank God it wasn't the whole 1p that I had given him.

Probably a scam, but could have been bad internet-connection day. My buddy was having one of those yesterday, which really sucked because we were trying to get him through Thirsty River.

Is it true? I have 2 belt pouches (apart from the one i fill) and have tried to sell them for 50g (think its fair, they sell for 100g) but noone ever wanted it so I've never traded them

if u have a free key i would love to have one plz send it to [email protected]

Um... about the above post...

Moderators, please, if you will...?

14 purple items and one yellow in ONE RUN?

I barely see a purple item every three days. Where are you guys hunting for this stuff???

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Is there a thread, or better yet a web page or maybe spreadsheet download, that lists what items can be traded or used at collectors, and what you can get for them. Seems like there are a few popular collector items, and dozens of unpopular ones, and it would be great to know when you get a drop what it might be used for.

Try this thread http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...ead.php?t=9187

have you ever heard of a game that replaces items if you say you lost them cause someone cheated you?

No offense. but there is nothing they can do about it. if people are stupid enough to get scammed. they deserve it. we all know people are out there scamming people for a living. which is why you allways check what items you re recieving. and what items you are giving. do not trust anybody you don't know. they might be good 99.9% of the time. but what if you encounter an evil person that one time where you're buying your uber pwning long sword of doom and you get a worthless 2-3 damage starters sword?

"don't trust anybody" sounds harsh. but it is the only way to be sure!.. usually i trust the ones i'm dealing with. but thats mainly because its guildmates 99% of the time. or people form other guilds who happens to be on the same vent server as i am.. and if their scamming. people will know.. anyway.. don't trust people. allways check what you're getting in return

If you have not already checked the update, this had to be my favorite one

Removed the "/roll" command from towns and outposts.

The casions are effectively dead.

Yay for NCsoft!

i'd agree the casions were geting very OLD. i played a few times, but that was with my friend and i. so no thieft going on :-D. well i'm out like a light in the ghetto.. yeah bye

THE BLACK DYE SCAM

the thread got closed and I just wanted to say that I saw someone selling black dyes, 10 for 1k each as well, I was mithering him to sell them me but he just ignored me I presume he'd sold them, sounds like the black dye scam man could be true, although i saw and heard nothing of any real value... I still have his name on my friends list though, because you cant delete people, another oversight, anyway there you go.

Although its nice to be nice, surely giving stuff away to new players cant be good for the economy, imagine if everyone started it.....







go on, imagine

Garias, you can delete people off of you friends list. Click on the Profile or Face to the left of their name and then click on the option to remove from your friends list.

At the black dye scam area once a player gave me a black dye and a few days later it dissapeared! Thank god the player didnt make me pay for it