Abusing the Trade feature to interrupt, etc

[HeroSamson]

Argyle that's not your place to say, if a person is being a douche, I seen my fair share in FFXI who have been banned for stupid things like this.

Even banned for spamming examining on people also spamming checking their bazaar over and over on purpose.

I believe they had something similar to the trade thing on FFXI also, they patched it cause it was getting in the way of their game play.

If a person tells you to stop and you don't on the first time he asked, its clearly he won't listen and if he gets punished that's on his head, should of stopped when asked the first time.

Just like sexual harassment, if a woman is touched by you and she says stop, do you believe you should be fired from your job if you did it a second time?

[Najara]

If you're trying to imply that's what I did, you're wrong. I've been getting interrupted doing various things and the like, but mostly during Hunts when I'm trying to teleport.

You're fine with this happening from one singular person, but if it's consistently happening from a multitude of people then action is required and a fix needs to happen. In my opinion you simply don't know what the hell you're talking about. Over-reaction? Get real.

It sounds to me you just don't want to lose your precious troll macro.

[Lovescake]

i got traded during a Mysterious map...

now should i lighten up cause i lost an alexandrite and take it on the shoulder?....

[Elim]

They do it once? Suspend them for a week or two. They do it more than once or do it after the suspension? Permanent ban. That or SE could just fix the issue by not allowing trades during teleports, battle leves, chests, etc.

[Niwashi]

This issue can easily be fixed by changing so when people initiate trade it pops up a window in bottom right corner that u must open and accept before the trade can begin.

Could be fixed even quicker by simply not allowing people to trade when you are teleporting. Give them a big fat red error with "You cannot currently do that" or something. It's well within SE's power to do this, and it's a meaninglessly simple change.

That may (or may not) be quicker, but it would solve just one particular example of the problem, whereas Devils_Lawyer's suggestion solves a wider range of problems.

Just in this thread alone, we've seen complaints of the Trade window interrupting teleports, spell-casting, and gathering, and all of those can cause real problems. It may also interrupt other things as well.

And there can be more minor issues with it too (where it's merely an annoyance rather than a real problem, but if the same solution can fix those annoyances as well, all the better). For instance, I know it interrupts typing in the chat window, and that one can cause problems even on legitimate trades. I was offered some gear an FC-mate had crafted, and as I was typing out something to the effect of "Yes, thanks, that'd be great," the Trade window popped up taking keyboard focus so that my chat text cancelled the very trade I was trying to thank him for.

The notification window already exists and is used for everything from FC invites to loot drops. An icon pops up in the corner telling you some loot dropped, or that someone invited you to their FC, or that giving commendations is available, or whatever; then when you're ready to deal with it you click the icon to bring up the corresponding window. Trades could work the same way, and then they wouldn't interrupt anything, while still being just as convenient (or more so) for those trying to use it legitimately.

[Yumi_umi]

Eh, maybe not banned but GM jail (does xiv have a GM jail?) would be nice.

They do lol

[SummonerSenah]

I think this is one of those situations where you can say, if you're not doing anything wrong then you have nothing to worry about. And if you are, is any form of punishment too harsh considering that you could easily just choose not to troll in the first place? If people want to troll that's on them, but don't be surprised when there are consequences.

[Ghishlain]

Just use /busy. At this point there's really no excuse not to. If you can't be bothered to recieve a trade that interrupts you or you're really in a rush then just switch yourself to busy and problem solved. Complaining about something that can be fixed is stupid honestly.

All it takes for someone to trade you while you're try to doan Alex map at the right time and you'll die.

Why should I have /busy up all the time in fear of an "eventual" trade harassment?

[YmirEsc]

All it takes for someone to trade you while you're try to doan Alex map at the right time and you'll die.

Why should I have /busy up all the time in fear of an "eventual" trade harassment?

I'm not saying 24/7, I'm saying when you're doing something important. If setting yourself to /busy while you're doing something important is too much work for you, good luck being taken seriously.

[Ghishlain]

I'm not saying 24/7, I'm saying when you're doing something important. If setting yourself to /busy while you're doing something important is too much work for you, good luck being taken seriously.

The point of the matter is I shouldn't need to do this if proper etiquette and decorum of the online community is followed.

Why should I expect to be harassed while out on the field minding my own business. Apparently the onus is on me to prevent someone else's indiscretion? No. Someone willing chose to harass me. The onus is on them to hold their itchy grief finger. If not, they risk the punishment, whatever it may be.