Rules Change Discussion 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4

[Wesker]

It's a long standing policy that hostile factions are not permitted to group up - yes

No it isn't. It's never been enforced

It got me banned homie hahahahahaha.


Reading through this discussion it pretty much reminds me of a post I made in an earlier thread regarding a rule change. The more you amend the rules to nitpick scenarios and keep people on their toes, the worse the outcome, and the more instances the instances of lobbying to get a point across or a "desicion" made.

The best you can do in regards to the topic of "don't be an asshole" (which to me is what this thread ultimately summarizes) is to interpret this yourselves as admins on a report by report basis. You're working with human beings, let players behave like human beings, if they need to be reminded not to be an ass - it should be pretty black and white. Throughout the lifetime of this mod instances of people behaving like dicks (subtley or otherwise) has been very very blatant to everyone. There are pvpers who (occasionally or frequently) need to pull back on the throttle and quit baiting fights, sieging pobs, overwhelming others, etc. But there are ALSO the roleplay oriented players who need to take a breath, realize not everything is personal, and acknowledge that pvp is an integral part of the game (and that it might even help to practice and learn yourself). The two aspects of the game have to coexist for the game to exist, putting out more rules like this draws a much more definitive line between the two which I think wont be healthy for the game in the long term.

Piracy reduced to zero when piracy rules were put in place to draw lines, the more you wander down this path, the greater the consequences imo. I understand you all mean well, but please take this task upon yourselves on a case by case basis and don't constantly rewrite the standard. Sometimes taking a step BACKWARDS is helpful in the long term to solve the underlying issue(s).

Hope everything goes over well.

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