Wilderness Trade Lure Scam

The runescape wilderness has had a ditch added to its edge. Jagex introduced the wilderness ditch to overcome the problem suffered by many players - the wilderness trade lure scam.

The Scam:
Player A would approach Player B in a bank (normally Edgeville bank) or some location relatively close to the wilderness. Player A would trade with Player B and then go into the wilderness. Player B would follow them to trade with them and once Player B entered the wild, they would get attacked and normally lose most of their inventory and items they were wearing.

This runescape scam caused many players to lose large amounts of items of considerable virtual wealth. In some cases it was the final straw for players who have consequently quit runescape. Jagex felt they had to act and the wilderness ditch was their reaction - although it is not known whether it is a permanent fixture yet. Perhaps Jagex are working on a better solution that will be unveiled at a later date.

The scam prevention:
Since the wilderness ditch has now been added to runescape, any player trying to scam another person using the trade lure scam, will find that they can no longer dupe a player into unwillingly entering the wilderness. The ditch causes players to have to manually hop over the ditch to enter the wild and has a safe spot right beside it.

Runescape Players Reaction:
Obviously many runescape players are in favour of this - especially if they have been a victim to this type of scam. However, for the players who love pking, it has become a contentious issue with many people wanting it to revert back to how it used to be.

Jagex will have the final say and all I can add is that it is a step in the right direction. It makes sure people willingly enter into the wilderness and that they can not be duped again.

My Suggestion:
The ditch itself does help prevent this runescape scam from happening, although regular pkers are against it. I would suggest that Jagex keep the ditch but make an auto-hop feature which can be selected by players - similar to the accept aid feature. Players would therefore be able to automatically hop over the ditch (and not interfere with their clue hunting or pking runs) if they had selected the ability to auto-hop.

Meanwhile, any player who had not selected the autohop feature would be safe from this trade lure scam as they would have to manually hop over if they wanted to enter the wilderness. This is a compromise on the solution implemented by Jagex and the deseire of the honest pking players. It retains the ability to prevent this scam but does not hinder the gameplay in any way.