Prevent Scamming: A final solution (proposal)

[Fatcowdee]

I know STS has a simple policy that if you gift stuff, it doesn’t fall under the ambit of scamming. However, there are a lot of trusting, gullible people prone to getting scammed through the gifting mechanic. I think it’s high time the devs address this issue.

I propose a loan mechanic through an NPC / trading hub where two private parties can enter into a loan arrangement for gear or essentially anything tradable in game for a specified number of days 1/3/5/7 max. The borrower can pay the Fee to the NPC, whatever STS determines to be suitable. The lent items are automatically marked with a ‘heart’ that cannot be altered by the borrower (hence cannot be traded and/or deleted). After the time period expires, the items are automatically returned to the NPC and the lender can collect them.

This could be a final measure, after which STS can truly say it has done all to prevent scamming.