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Kilani · 01/28/08, 2:31 PM

This very question was just brought up on my Realm's forums. There's been a recent scam going around where a number of guilds have been affected by it. This guy (or group of people) will use the Armory to find a particular guilds officers. He'll make a level one alt with that officers name and "bank" added to the end. Then he finds a time when that officer isn't online and ask another in the guild to invite him. Once he gets promoted he'll empty out what he can from the guild bank and delete the toon.

Now for me, I don't just blindly invite alts to my guild. I'll ask a few questions that anyone in the guild can answer fairly easily. A few are somewhere along the lines of "What's my real name", "What are my main alts", "Who are all the officers in the guild" and stuff like that. I know it's not a sure fire way to do things, but it's kept my bank in one piece so far. Also, I don't know how others run their bank tabs, but my first 2 tabs are for junk. Everyone in the guild has access to them, but they are limited to 1 withdrawl per day and cannot withdraw any money. The 3rd tab is for members, but they also can only withdraw 1 stack per day and 0 gold. I don't find this unrealistic because at least for mu guild, there's not much in there where someone would need to pull out 10 stacks. If they have a reason to need more, then all they have to do is ask and an officer will do it for them. The last 3 tabs are officer only and that's where we keep the good stuff. All the enchanting mats, patterns, herbs, spare pots and such are kept there and only given out by the officers. Now this doesn't fix the problem if an officer get's hacked... but with only 5 of us able to access the tabs fully it gives us a better chance of escaping the problem.

To sum it all up, I think the only realistic way to protect your bank the best you can is to micromanage everything about it. Reduce access, restrict withdrawl's, and police it as much as possible. Make a tab for the GM only and keep the most important stuff in there so you're limited to only 1 account with access to it.

01/28/08, 2:31 PM	#54 (permalink)
Kilani Glass Joe Kilani Human Paladin <Karma> Uther	This very question was just brought up on my Realm's forums. There's been a recent scam going around where a number of guilds have been affected by it. This guy (or group of people) will use the Armory to find a particular guilds officers. He'll make a level one alt with that officers name and "bank" added to the end. Then he finds a time when that officer isn't online and ask another in the guild to invite him. Once he gets promoted he'll empty out what he can from the guild bank and delete the toon. Now for me, I don't just blindly invite alts to my guild. I'll ask a few questions that anyone in the guild can answer fairly easily. A few are somewhere along the lines of "What's my real name", "What are my main alts", "Who are all the officers in the guild" and stuff like that. I know it's not a sure fire way to do things, but it's kept my bank in one piece so far. Also, I don't know how others run their bank tabs, but my first 2 tabs are for junk. Everyone in the guild has access to them, but they are limited to 1 withdrawl per day and cannot withdraw any money. The 3rd tab is for members, but they also can only withdraw 1 stack per day and 0 gold. I don't find this unrealistic because at least for mu guild, there's not much in there where someone would need to pull out 10 stacks. If they have a reason to need more, then all they have to do is ask and an officer will do it for them. The last 3 tabs are officer only and that's where we keep the good stuff. All the enchanting mats, patterns, herbs, spare pots and such are kept there and only given out by the officers. Now this doesn't fix the problem if an officer get's hacked... but with only 5 of us able to access the tabs fully it gives us a better chance of escaping the problem. To sum it all up, I think the only realistic way to protect your bank the best you can is to micromanage everything about it. Reduce access, restrict withdrawl's, and police it as much as possible. Make a tab for the GM only and keep the most important stuff in there so you're limited to only 1 account with access to it.