08-09-2004, 09:58 PM
In lower levels and especially in beta with people rerolling a lot of alts and without established guilds the "society" aspect of morps doesnt kick in.
It will at high levels. I suspect server sizes in WoW wont be much bigger than DAoC. In DAoC you find that a server with 3000 people playing at peak time is a pretty small society.
People may scam at low levels, but at high levels its not worth the trouble. Sure a few people will make a point of being famous for acting like an ass, but they will be noted and avoided.
-Guilds in particular have a big impact. Guild leaders dont like scammers giving the guild a bad name ussually. If they dont mind then the guild becomes a pariah.
-Server boards help. Its not like the tattle tale board. Instead you have a will have board where people know each other well, and when someone is scammed they shared it pretty quickly.
Its not valid to compare to D2. In D2 I could get to level 80 in 4 real life days, so a name meant nothing, so a scammer can start over fast. Also the community was actually much larger than the community on 1 server, you had ~half of all US players with you in east or west.
Over all all I wouldnt worry about it, although Im sure Blizz can make a few changes to help stop scammers.
It will at high levels. I suspect server sizes in WoW wont be much bigger than DAoC. In DAoC you find that a server with 3000 people playing at peak time is a pretty small society.
People may scam at low levels, but at high levels its not worth the trouble. Sure a few people will make a point of being famous for acting like an ass, but they will be noted and avoided.
-Guilds in particular have a big impact. Guild leaders dont like scammers giving the guild a bad name ussually. If they dont mind then the guild becomes a pariah.
-Server boards help. Its not like the tattle tale board. Instead you have a will have board where people know each other well, and when someone is scammed they shared it pretty quickly.
Its not valid to compare to D2. In D2 I could get to level 80 in 4 real life days, so a name meant nothing, so a scammer can start over fast. Also the community was actually much larger than the community on 1 server, you had ~half of all US players with you in east or west.
Over all all I wouldnt worry about it, although Im sure Blizz can make a few changes to help stop scammers.