Passengers disregarded the prey that was about to fall into the trap.
Some platforms could trade player identities precisely because they had intentionally attracted some players who were tracking tasks outside.
Those players would step into traps designed for them without any clue.
Whether they became mere tools or were trafficked for their player identities was entirely at the mercy of others.
This is what's called fishing.
Of course, if they were unlucky and the bait hooked a shark, it was possible to be annihilated and counter-killed by the group.
There had been a post on the forum revealing that a player organization of moderate size had used a distress signal to randomly attract a pursuing player.
That player strode carelessly into the encirclement, then unfolded his pair of pitch-black wings and roared as he swung his black longsword.
In a single night, he killed eight players from the organization and over a dozen non-player members.
