Diablo II vs World of Warcraft

[lemekim]

I don't see the difference still in reputation argument, sorry. Whats stopping a scammer from creating low level alts for scams? You cannot trace them to the other person, you can mail items between each other, and you can even sell items anonymously via auction. Hell, just yesterday I've been witness to a scam, where a person sold already opened and looted lockboxes as locked (since you cannot tell from the auction display), and you did not even know who sold them. Whenever there is a loophole, people will scam, one way or another.

Bad publicity will not stop some guilds - for you assumed that all guildmasters are trying to be best guild they can be, cleanest place on the block, yessir. Some guilds like shady reputation, and even Blizzard cannot stop that. To me, the difference between the two doesn't seem to be reputation, but rather what Pete said:

"Of course, the big difference between a group game (like D2) and a MMOG is that you can't keep the griefers and bad players out of "your game" because there is no "your game" in a MMOG. And since people not in your group can (and thus will) mess you up, either on purpose or by accident, ultimately the only solution is to accept it or quit."

In Diablo, you are in control of the game, but in WoW you are just part of the world.