Empress killable legitimately

Does seem ridiculous. Weren't the dupe hackers selling fully scrolled and cubed empress weapons for not much more than that a few weeks back? I can't imagine myself paying that much to a hacker for the slight chance that he would follow through on the deal and actually give me the weapon and not just scam me. I believe they all demand prepayment in Nx or paypal (as opposed to trading for stacks of white scrolls or other commodities), so there is no way to avoid setting yourself up to be scammed.

As far as I know, there is no current way to dupe (or if there is, it's extremely private). So those weapons were easier to come by back when dupe was out.
In no way am I supporting buying items from a hacker, but think about it...you scam someone $150, word spreads fast that you're a scammer...Why scam and get $150, when you can not scam and make more money?

Or the fact that ANYONE will pay that much for a weapon to feel "awesome".
Had a run in with a 146 DrK who bought the Empress Spear and was doing 50k hits, but because he has an empress weapon, he acted like he was "the pomegranate". It disgusts me.

>implying that hitting 50ks are good? o_o that's just sad =[