Scamming, Drop Parties, and Clans

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ITEM SCAMMING

Like many other economies, RuneScape suffers from scamms. There are many types of scams. One example of scamming involves quickly changing bid amounts for items, so a hasty seller does not notice the switch and ends up selling items for lower than their market value.

Another example of scamming requires two or more players to participate. A party will attempt to entice a player into making a trade in order to take advantage of arbitrage. After the lone player makes the initial (unfair) trade, the other players will quickly leave, such that the player is left having paid more for an item than its market value.

RuneScape has an in-game reporting system which will alert Jagex to the last minute of activity of a particular player. Sometimes, scams such as the latter can proceed unnoticed because the scam takes longer than a minute to execute.

DROP PARTIES

Occasionally, players host drop parties. A drop party is where a player or group of players drop items they would otherwise keep, thus allowing nearby players to pick up their dropped belongings. Parties are sometimes advertised on forums so that more people attend. However, sometimes other players will host fake drop parties where the activity is not mutually beneficial. To remedy this, Jagex installed a party room in which all items are in plain sight beforehand. This party room is located in the town known as "Seer's Village" and is only accessible to paying members.

CLANS

Clans are groups of players that are commonly formed because the group shares similar interests or combat levels. Many clans venture into the largest player versus player (PvP) area in RuneScape, known as "The Wilderness". These clans hope to find and eliminate other clans or players in support of the clan by taking the dead players' leftover items. The size of clans varies, as clans can be very large and powerful, or just a small group of friends. Clans are also found participating in events such as monster killing, drop parties, mini-games, and multi-quests.