Post by Admin on Jan 25, 2016 11:48:02 GMT
Because players who are killed in the Wilderness drop all their items upon death, it is common for scammers to attempt to lure unsuspecting victims into the Wilderness, wherein they can be killed by the scammers. Scammers may also trick a player into thinking that their item(s) are safe in the Wilderness, when they are actually lost upon death for one reason or another.
Note that these scams may also apply to the dangerous Free-For-All Clan Wars battlefield, wherein no items are kept on death except one item if Protect Item is activated.
Red portal scam
Clan Wars, specifically Red Portal luring, is one of the most popular methods of scamming. It is a lure having to do with the dangerous portal at Clan Wars. The lure involves a victim, the lurer or talker, and the killer; a second lurer is sometimes involved thus making a victim, two lurers, and the killer. A player with no armour (the lurer) asks someone with relatively expensive armour (the victim) to come into the dangerous portal to kill them. After the lurer says that to the soon-to-be victim, he private messages the killer that the victim is attacking them. Then, the killer rushes in and freezes the victim with ice spells followed by various stunning abilities like Impact and Destroy to finish the victim off. The lurer and killer then grab the victim's armour and carried items. Legitimate players won't ask to be killed in the dangerous Red Portal.
Also in the dangerous Red Portal, lurers can lure players by persuading the victim and trading the victim some Telegrab runes and drop an amount of money, which is usually around 10,000 since it looks like millions when dropped, in the dangerous zone. First, the lurer shows that it is safe to obtain the money by dropping a low amount of coins or a cheap item there and lets the victim tele-grab it, or said lurer has the victim demonstrate this in the safe White Portal. Afterwards, the lurer claims that he or she will drop a large amount of money or an item with high value. Instead of dropping the money or item near the portal, however, the lurer drops it behind a tree at the edge of the arena on the east or west side. Next, the unsuspecting victim tele-grabs the money or item, but because it's behind the tree, he or she will automatically run into the dangerous zone, tele-grab and get killed upon entering the dangerous zone. The killer typically uses magic after the victim is frozen or stunned. Therefore, the player would lose all of his carried items and armour upon death.
After an update, examining a stack of coins on the ground will show the exact number of coins there are, diminishing the effectiveness of the scam.
Note that these scams may also apply to the dangerous Free-For-All Clan Wars battlefield, wherein no items are kept on death except one item if Protect Item is activated.
Red portal scam
Clan Wars, specifically Red Portal luring, is one of the most popular methods of scamming. It is a lure having to do with the dangerous portal at Clan Wars. The lure involves a victim, the lurer or talker, and the killer; a second lurer is sometimes involved thus making a victim, two lurers, and the killer. A player with no armour (the lurer) asks someone with relatively expensive armour (the victim) to come into the dangerous portal to kill them. After the lurer says that to the soon-to-be victim, he private messages the killer that the victim is attacking them. Then, the killer rushes in and freezes the victim with ice spells followed by various stunning abilities like Impact and Destroy to finish the victim off. The lurer and killer then grab the victim's armour and carried items. Legitimate players won't ask to be killed in the dangerous Red Portal.
Also in the dangerous Red Portal, lurers can lure players by persuading the victim and trading the victim some Telegrab runes and drop an amount of money, which is usually around 10,000 since it looks like millions when dropped, in the dangerous zone. First, the lurer shows that it is safe to obtain the money by dropping a low amount of coins or a cheap item there and lets the victim tele-grab it, or said lurer has the victim demonstrate this in the safe White Portal. Afterwards, the lurer claims that he or she will drop a large amount of money or an item with high value. Instead of dropping the money or item near the portal, however, the lurer drops it behind a tree at the edge of the arena on the east or west side. Next, the unsuspecting victim tele-grabs the money or item, but because it's behind the tree, he or she will automatically run into the dangerous zone, tele-grab and get killed upon entering the dangerous zone. The killer typically uses magic after the victim is frozen or stunned. Therefore, the player would lose all of his carried items and armour upon death.
After an update, examining a stack of coins on the ground will show the exact number of coins there are, diminishing the effectiveness of the scam.