Guild Wars 2

I logged into the game this evening to find a mail message from somebody who was trying to sell gold. I used the report feature of the mail system, but was confronted with a warning message which said that I might be banned for abusing the report system and that ‘chat logs would be checked’ for the purpose of checking my report.

This makes me somewhat nervous as it wasn’t clear whether or not the mail message would be reported along with the person’s name, and there would be no chat log to check as it wasn’t a chat message, it was a mail message.

As there was a ‘selling gold’ category in the report dialog’s combo box, I felt that sending the report was the correct thing to do, so I did so. I’d like some clarification as to whether the mail message is sent along with the person’s name, i.e. is mail checked along with chat messages? For now, I’ve kept the mail in case I need it to validate the report. I did not reply to the sender.

I was quite surprised as to the amount the person was charging, it was $44 for 100 gold!

It’s basically saying “don’t report people just because you don’t like them”, or “don’t make a false report about people”, or stuff like that. Reporting a gold seller via the mail interface is not only acceptable, but highly encouraged.

Thanks for the quick reply :-)

I think that the in-game warning message could perhaps be made a little clearer. Regarding the subject at hand, suffice to say my money is quite safe ;-)

If someone breaks the rules, report them, always. Don’t hesitate.