Gem thieves

[Rakel]

Something needs to be done about people who run up beside you and steal your gem.  I have on many occasion been in the process of picking up a gem, just to have someone run up and steal it.  I sometimes suffer from lag online, and am not as quick to get a pick up response when trying to click on the gem or the pick up icon.  Since there seems to be no honor in this game, there needs to be GM intervention, or a syntax which allows that once a gem is clicked on, none other can click on it too.  Or, if this is impossible, then a reporting method of these individuals with a consequence.  It is not fair to those of us with either technical problems, or skill mechanics still in developement to suffer at the hands of these thieves that have no honor.  I purpose we start a black ball list of these individuals if nothing else, so that maybe if, with the cooperation of all other players, they find life in PS not so friendly.

[Xalthar]

And just how, if I may be as bold as to ask, will you prove that he actually \"stole\" the crystal from you once you\'ve reported it?

Furthermore, he didn\'t actually steal it, he was just faster than you. It is arguable that it isn\'t a nice thing to do, but that\'s human nature for you, quit whining..

[Rakel]

Case and point is this response....I was standing on top of the crystal when he arrived....he was faster, yes, I have lag....so all is well, I\'ll stop whining, but remember, turn around is fair play, and if is the case of honor code (that there is none) so be it.  This has now become a whole new arena.......

[Karyuu]

First of all, Psybur got to the ruby first. It\'s amazingly childish of you to come to the forums and whine about crystal thieves when we\'ve had peope who do so much more. Yeah, I\'ve actually had people running behind me take a crystal I\'ve stopped to pick up. You know what? Tough luck! I wasn\'t fast enough, but oh well - there are many more. So just keep running.

I know Psybur. We\'re in the same guild. He\'s not one to steal crystals in front of others.

Sometimes the game lags and you find that someone else takes the crystal you were hoping to get. Again - tough luck. There have been instances where I\'ve picked up a crystal and someone sends me a /tell saying it\'s theirs. I haven\'t seen them anywhere near the crystal, because they had lag, and I\'m not about to give away what I find every time someone whines. I give away plenty as it is, and tons of people here in PS do too.

You\'re a new player, and it may be hard to adjust. But this is the way things are.


Welcome to Planeshift.

[Rakel]

Funny, but I didnt see you anywhere near when this happened Karyuu, so, I guess you are relying on the word of a guild mate...isnt this convenient...get a guild, and get back up to a lie....and just for the record, I\'m not a new player, just a new name....and sick of it happening all the time, but as you said, tough luck...so be it....I\'ve stopped whining...*grins evilly*....

[Mordaan]

Yeah, being \"pick-pocketed\" can be annoying but its all part of the game.  If its a ruby, its just not worth getting upset over.  If its an emmy or dia, just greet it first.  At least then for stating your case, you have your chat log as proof (or is that something that was added with Aineko\'s mods?, I forget - in which case you might want to get those if you don\'t already have them).

If your literally standing over it and get picked, yeah, I would think that\'s bad form.  But sometimes its hard to tell whether a player is lagging or just afk.

When I am in the dungeon and spot a crystal, I still have \"Zetsumei fear\".  

[DepthBlade]

Bah if we were allowed to come on here everytime someone came and grabbed a crystal before we got it then this forum would be filled with complaints, heck I could make atleast 5 from one day! Its just crystals not that big of a thing!

[Keung Darosyl]

I\'m confused.  Are the crystals going to be transferred to CB or not?  Because I was under the impression that any items/crystals we had now would just be reset.... :?

[Skizzik]

Originally posted by Rakel
 or a syntax which allows that once a gem is clicked on, none other can click on it too.  

I have thought about this as well, but there\'s one big problem with this: a player could click all the crystals without picking them up and nobody could pick up any crystals anymore since new ones wouldn\'t spawn.

Originally posted by Keung Darosyl
I\'m confused. Are the crystals going to be transferred to CB or not? Because I was under the impression that any items/crystals we had now would just be reset.... :?

Weapons will not be transfered (they can be sold) and crystals will be converted to tria (money).

[Moogie]

Crystal spawns will be a thing of the past in the next release anyway, so there\'s no point in trying to do something about it. Just move on. There\'s plenty more crystals in Hydlaa for you to find at the moment.

[Draklar]

Originally posted by Mogura
There\'s plenty more crystals in Hydlaa for you to find at the moment.

Didn\'t crystal hunt lately, eh Mogs?
Plenty isn\'t good word for it at all

[Moogie]

Well, plenty or not, the point is, it won\'t matter soon. Although if you want, you could probably ask Aineko to code something to prevent \'CS\'ing (crystal stealing) from happening.

[Fenrison]

Theres a couple of different reasons someone ends up taking a crystal you were about to pick up. Could have been lag, theres also a bug that occasionaly renders another player invisible(yes, it has happened to me) or the other player might just not care that your trying to pick it up. I think everyone has had a crystal picked up when they were about to grab it. You just have to keep on running and decide if your going to be one of the crystal stealers yourself, or if your going to try and avoid picking up others crystals. Its a bit annoying at times but there isnt really anything that can be done about it. Psyburs a bit crazy, but not one to steal crystals as someones trying to pick them up. if you were both running, and he was in front of you, well then its his. Anyways, \"soon\" crystal hunting will be just a memory....soon.

[Marlow]

Recently, I had experienced a similar gem incident. I was mildly angry about it, not because someone took a ruby which I was picking up, but because I think that?s slightly disrespectful. That?s the reason why I do not approach a player who is picking up a crystal, or if a player is running in front of me headed for a crystal, I back off. I think this is sort of default respect which should be lent to everyone. A problem similar to this one will persist through out PS, probably for a long time (e.g. slain monster drops items and player scramble to pick them up). That?s precisely the reason why I?d love to see PvP in CB, so that players can duel out their disputes. I know its not a civilized way to handle disagreements, but it would work.

[Harwen]

Uh...its just a pointless, repetative task which has really nothing to do with what the game will be, its just a stroke of bad luck thats all.

 I\'m SURE.....the devs won\'t allow such things when you\'re actually fighting those scary monsters in the video...that would just suck.

In the mean time, just as around for Harwen, I\'ll give you a few crystals, if you\'re really into getting bugged about it though I can\'t remember exactly how much I have, or the last time I\'ve seen one, but hey one less pointless post.