Quote Originally Posted by Argyle_Darkheart View Post
Sure, it's annoying, but it's really a bit much to want them banned for it.
Considering people have been banned for less, such as /tell harassment, emote spamming etc, I wouldn't be surprised about temporary bans for Trade harassment.

Especially since it's NOT just an annoyance.

Trade interruption can also interrupt casting. I've seen it happen, and reported the person who did it. One poor soul was doing a levequest, and probably mistimed a dodge or somewhat (things happen) and was on low HP. She sprinted a distance away, and was casting Cure. Some fool saw, and went and traded her, interrupting her cast. Suffice to say, she ended up dying when the mob caught up to her. The person who traded just /laughed and went away.

That was just for a levequest, which is repeatable. Imagine if people did this to a person doing their Alexandrite maps. Or trying to get their mobs for logs/animus books/quests. Imagine if that get happening to you while fighting a hunt mob. Of course, if you go a melee/archer discipline, this is a non-issue, but as a caster, it's more than just an annoyance, its detrimental.

Of course, you could always argue that people can just set /busy. But they SHOULDN'T. They shouldn't expect to be harassed like this, just as you don't expect to get hot water flung in your face every time you sit down in a restaurant. I may be taking an aggressive stance on this, but being a WHM/SCH main, I wouldn't want this to happen to me at all.