Trade Window Scams
Players are being scammed for 100s of millions in gold, not because they don't pay attention, but because the Enhanced Client allows for instant unaccepting-swapping sum-accepting. So even a player who carefully reads the sum, has the buyer accept first, reads the sum again, then proceeds to accept and everything is order, can be duped because the buyer can swap it in an instant. Pinco confirmed this can even be automated, executed with a single click. This means the buyer can don this a fraction of a second before the seller clicks accept, at the point of no return. A scam very close to exploit territory.
I've tested this running both clients, and the EC has a bizarre advantage. On the CC you can't select the full sum, delete it instantly, or replace it instantly. On the EC you can, so on the CC's side all you see, if you're lucky to catch it, is a flash of the tick box. The sum usually missing only one zero, you will barely notice or not at all as you're about to hit accept, since your buyer put in the correct sum and already accepted.
The whole trade window design is a recipe for a cat and mouse game and is in dire need of a fix. I also think with this design, players deserve reimbursement from BS. I was messaged by a GM that it's a breach of trust, but it hardly is. One cannot expect players to play some cat and mouse game while trading. It's one thing to be scammed, because someone put in a sum and you didn't pay attention. That's foolish and your own fault. It's a whole other thing when the other player can instantly swap up the sum, making it possible to time it right before they guess you'll click, making it impossible to defend against.
Of course if you do know about how this works, know that even if you see the correct sum and your buyer has accepted, they can swap out any time before you hit accept.
I've tested this running both clients, and the EC has a bizarre advantage. On the CC you can't select the full sum, delete it instantly, or replace it instantly. On the EC you can, so on the CC's side all you see, if you're lucky to catch it, is a flash of the tick box. The sum usually missing only one zero, you will barely notice or not at all as you're about to hit accept, since your buyer put in the correct sum and already accepted.
The whole trade window design is a recipe for a cat and mouse game and is in dire need of a fix. I also think with this design, players deserve reimbursement from BS. I was messaged by a GM that it's a breach of trust, but it hardly is. One cannot expect players to play some cat and mouse game while trading. It's one thing to be scammed, because someone put in a sum and you didn't pay attention. That's foolish and your own fault. It's a whole other thing when the other player can instantly swap up the sum, making it possible to time it right before they guess you'll click, making it impossible to defend against.
Of course if you do know about how this works, know that even if you see the correct sum and your buyer has accepted, they can swap out any time before you hit accept.
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