Death by Trade Window!

[Tolmos]

So I experienced something new today, and thought I would share for those poor souls who may experience it in the future. /busy is your friend.

I was on my relic quest to kill x number of a few different types of mobs. Saspa Spawning Point mobs or something. Anyhow, when I arrived the area was pretty empty, though many of the mobs were dead; you could tell someone had been there recently. I took to killing the NPCs in the only camp where I could see they spawned.

Eventually these 2 whms come along and start AOEing EVERYTHING (I only only been there about 2-3 minutes at this point). I immediately asked if they wanted to group up, and one replied "after you leave sure". I said alright and warned them that I would be there for a little bit. They polished off the last of the mobs I needed and back they went to wherever they came from.


So this time I got smart- hopped into the middle of the camp and pew pewed away. The number of mobs I needed started to tick down, when suddenly they arrived again. This time, one ran right up to me and opened trade. Odd... I closed it. I began casting a spell again... trade. 0_o Spell... trade. Spell... trade. I couldn't cast. I couldn't heal. I really couldn't do much of anything except die, and die I did. In hindsight, of course, there are a few things I could have done to live, but I was so shocked at what was happening that I just sort of fell over.

Luckily, I have a supportive guild who suggested using /busy to put a stop to that. So I return to the spot to get the last 5-6 mobs I need, and here they return. Immediately a trade window opens, and immediately I type /busy. They stood there for a second, obviously stumped on what to do next, and then say "lol /busy! Only botters use /busy! Reported for botting! 2 times!" (since there are 2 of them) and ran off.

I soon after got the mobs I needed and went on my way. I put in a ticket, reporting them for harassment.

Remember folks- if someone trade windows you to death, use /busy to save yourself!

[Titor]

You could definitely report them for harassment

[Kewitt]

Harassment, Also Blist prevents interactions so I believe, so they wouldn't be able to trade with you.

[Tolmos]

Harassment, Also Blist prevents interactions so I believe, so they wouldn't be able to trade with you.

Aha! Excellent advice. Up until now, I haven't run into anyone who I've felt the need to blist, so I kinda forgot that option was even there. lol. I'll keep that in mind for the future!

[Kyros]

Definitely report them for harassment. That is a text-book example of it.

[Antonio_Xul]

We'll that kind of sucks. What would be the point of those 2 stopping Gana Gati from killing the mobs he needs? Farming?

[Malzian]

We'll that kind of sucks. What would be the point of those 2 stopping Gana Gati from killing the mobs he needs? Farming?

Spite, perhaps?

[Brine_Gildchaff]

We'll that kind of sucks. What would be the point of those 2 stopping Gana Gati from killing the mobs he needs? Farming?

Ordinarily I'd think that (I had a few run-ins with some rather inconsiderate people hogging karakul when I was trying to level weaver in 2.0), except... it's Sapsa. The sahaguin and elbst don't drop anything, and the relic quest doesn't tell you to kill axolotl so they can't have been trying to farm eft tails for culinarian...

[Tiraelina]

These are the problems that crop up when you lock up everything else while interacting with anything. I already ran into someone who thought it would be funny to keep opening trade every time I tried to teleport.

[Yshnal]

I hope they get banned for good, without warnings. They knew fully well what they were doing, and they just wanted to screw the OP. Not only that, but they apparently sent a false report, knowingly.