Abusing the Trade feature to interrupt, etc

[SoloKing]

Honestly I don't see the harm with trade interrupts, I mean if someone's done it to you over three times in a row then yeah it just becomes annoying, but you can just set yourself to Busy status. You can't help some people amusing themselves.

It adds a bit more to the way we can interact at least. In DCUO (forgive me for the reference to this...ahem...'game') you have a Trinket that could turn you into a Gorilla and throw barrels at people, which would actually knock people around, send them flying or a way to push people who are AFK into another area. Just engage in general jappery.

[Vivi_Bushido]

Look, there should be a punishment for trade interruptions, but a permanent ban is far to harsh. That's like... me getting the death penalty for poking my sister and not stopping when she cries, "Quit touching me".

[Moonleg]

While there are workarounds with Busy, I would like to offer a different point of view.

As someone who was bullied a lot in school, having teleports interrupted multiple times in a row give very, VERY uncomfortable flashbacks to feelings of being unable to escape someone who wishes you harm.

A single interrupt just to be teasing? I'll shrug it off. Having someone effectively lock me down (I didn't KNOW Busy would stop trades and let me teleport in peace) made me log out of the game and not come back for three hours thanks to a panic attack.

If you weren't bullied in school, or if this doesn't affect you, good for you. For others it brings up very bad memories, so please keep that in mind. Having trade not stop a teleport does nothing to make your experience in the game any worse - unless you're the kind of person who only has fun by taking away fun from others, I guess.

[Bladeglory]

those that are trolled have more power to stop it then they realize. Why not use it?

You answered your own question. If somebody doesn't know that /busy or /blist <t> will help, they essentially can't use it to prevent trade harassment.

I like both methods too, but I think that mpk via trade-spam is more reprehensible than ignorance of features. Punish the trolls, educate the player. Add a third to the mix, too: improve the system where possible. It's our one advantage over the physical world!