bad behavior of players

[Kinseykinz]

Was the group followed from 1coffer in zaharak to another? or was it a port to an entirely different area?

There are a thousand possibilities of why the party moved, and more than half of them could have been attributed to coincidence, not stalking.

What it comes down to is:

Well which is why I said 'depending on how they were followed...'

Outclaim them and they move on to another chest in same area you follow and outclaim them there= stalking/harassment

Outclaim them and they move to a completely different area and you follow again?= Well if you didn't know they were there dumb luck ...if you did stalking/harassment.

Do you need to be 'nice' in the game? No.
Does it serve even 'hardcore' players/linkshells better to be polite/nice? Yes

People will respect the polite and helpful linkshells and players WAYYY more than the jerks. It's up to us all who we would like to be associated with and how we'd like to be known on our server.

Again at OP, I'm sorry this happened to you. But if it ever happens again, try to find something else fun to do, talk to the leaders of that ls, find others to support you (like other ls's people in game) OR if they are doing something that actually can be easily proven to be in-game bullying, report them.