The Art of Not Trusting Anyone

[Serancha]

We have always had a policy of no lending / borrowing gold or gear in the guild. The one and only time we ever had a problem was 2 years ago (almost exactly) when somebody decided to disregard that policy. When scammers know your guild disallows behaviours that enables them, they go elsewhere.

Maintaining certain standards for recruiting helps filter out those who are not into earning stuff for themselves also, but it is being careful who you invite to your home that is key. That and having officers who are willing and able to enforce rules as needed.

[Zylx]

Most relationships in the game are anonymous. Your friends are faceless, except for the rare circumstance that you have interacted with them irl. In the game, no one is to be 100% trusted. People are more susceptible to bad behavior when they can be anonymous.
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[Imsofancy]

Trust but verify.

[Imsofancy]

Most relationships in the game are anonymous. Your friends are faceless, except for the rare circumstance that you have interacted with them irl. In the game, no one is to be 100% trusted. People are more susceptible to bad behavior when they can be anonymous.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Gyges

Even them old Plato knew that the best people would do cruel things when they knew they would not get in trouble for it.

[Magemagix]

In the last guild I was in, an officer tried to scam my arcane ring. Pretended to be an alt of the GM and tried to guilt/harass me into 'lending' it. The amount of scamming and attempted scamming in this game really shocked me when I first started playing. So yes, it pays not to trust people. (this isn't to say that genuine friendships can't develop, of course- but a real friend would never ask to borrow somethin that would put you in the position of risking being scammed).

Sad to hear officers do this, they r the once the members look to seek help nd advice :/

[Kinhdoanh]

Totally agree, there r still some ppl in your friend list that you can trust, and your job here is identifying who they r, lol

[codered]

I hv a friend, we met a year ago in game,,,he borrowed gold from me. Ever since i lend him my gold he wasnt ol for 3 months,,but after 3 months he came ol just to give my gold back and went off till now ,,,

[Vvildfire]

I hv a friend, we met a year ago in game,,,he borrowed gold from me. Ever since i lend him my gold he wasnt ol for 3 months,,but after 3 months he came ol just to give my gold back and went off till now ,,,

That was very nice of him
I wish I could say the same. I'm trying to follow the "Don't lend gold or gear to anyone" rule since some bad experiences.

[Befs]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Gyges

Even them old Plato knew that the best people would do cruel things when they knew they would not get in trouble for it.

Polybius also said similar things a bit later dumbed down for the average intelligence of man, except from the standpoint of government.

For example if, in governments, for example an Aristocracy (could be kingship, monarchy, etc.), if that ruling body had absolute power, they would give in to their own wants and put themselves above the law because what can anyone do about it? (actually tho in the end they get overthrown and a new government takes place (democracy, then chaos, then monarchy, then kingship, then tyranny, then Aristocracy, then Oligarchy and repeat.

Wow I'm a nerd

[Iamsenpi]

So few people to trust I used to trust easy and then friends took a lot from me but I never give anything that would hurt me if I don't get back I think you need to build up a foundation thou before u just give your stuff away all willy nilly like a lot of people do

[nelson131]

Well...theres always a few ppl i will trust in this game....and no guildies have been scammed by guildmates yet....i even let an officer craft my nerko lol....our officers have now crafted like 30+ of our guild's nekros

[Graovans]

It's true that many ppl are not scammers, yet you can never spot for sure who could possibly scam you and who isn't. People always consider guild officers as very honest and trustable, but you can't never really know that for sure: as someone mentioned here already, an officer from our guild scammed a member by saying he would craft a nekro for him. Therefore, I personally think it's better not to trust anyone when it comes to lending items or things like that. I mean, after all it's our own choice whether if to trust someone or not.

[Xdumbx]

Scamming is popular now because there aren't many options of making money in game.In my guild an officer (yes you heared that right, a dang officer) scammed someone with a nekro.

You must be in HS.

[Chronexia]

I hv a friend, we met a year ago in game,,,he borrowed gold from me. Ever since i lend him my gold he wasnt ol for 3 months,,but after 3 months he came ol just to give my gold back and went off till now ,,,

Those kinds of AL players are very rare now. Salute.