well i was thinking the other day about how to trade in a way that makes it hard to be scammed (ie have ur stuff taken unfairly)

first off i think the obvious answer is to trade in an instance while the person is in ur party (having the 2 ppl tradeing being the ONLY ppl in the party)

secondly clearly establish what u are tradeing for, make sure both ppl agree and unstand exactly what each other wants

now the above is givin here is my twist (havnt tested yet)...do this in the practice arena on the pvp server...y?

-lots of room
-no clearing
-plenty of walls and obsticles

the way i see it is if u had 1 person in 1 corner and 1 person in the other corner u could drop the items to be traded, u could use alt to see what was dropped to make sure its what u want, then both ppl run to the other spot and pick up items for the trade....

if some 1 dropped the wrong item or tries something sneaky u should be far enuff away to pickup ur item and either leave or try again (sometimes ppl make honest mistakes).

as an added measure (fr those worried about the faster run self buff or teleport) make the person remove all thier skills from thier bar once u enter (thier name changes to like monster fodder or something goofy)

as for speed differences fighters or rangers without +move speed gear should prob just go naked, even agaisnt a mage at that distance i cant see them making it to ur items and back b4 u get to thier items

well thats pretty much the idea hope it was clear.

**NOTE: soon we wont have to worry about it as there will be a trade system added :P **

^_^ Hi there!

This thought has already been had - you really should look at the threads that are already "Stickied" to the top of the forum. Like this thread, authored by me, which describes a process that is almost guaranteed, except in very unusual circumstances, to prevent either party from being scammed (and prevents any "accidental" scamming whatsoever).

This wouldnt work because of 2 reasons: 1. when you went to oppisit corners you wouldnt be able to make sure they didnt but +speed stuff back on and skills 2. since you are in party they can still rightclick your name and go to and outrun you to your item then

srry pax i chked out ur post and dunt see u mention the pvp practice arena in it...the focus of my post was not safe tradeing in general but the concept of using the area (practice arena) to facilitate tradeing...and poseing my idea in more of a heres my idea lets talk about it kinda way, as opposed to it being a real guide

however it has come to my attention that u can use goto in practice arena which i didnt consider, so my idea doesnt really matter

Edited by Pewpu (09/19/07 05:03 PM)