WAR!

SERVER RULES
Follow the rules


-----Chat Rules-----

No spamming global.

Be respectful.

Act mature; don't whine or call names

Racist or hateful speech and slurs are not tolerated.

Do not antagonize other players.



-----Character Naming Rules-----

No impersonating others.

No addition of any variant of 'GM' in your character's name, which may cause others to think you are a GM. First offense is punishable by a lifetime ban.



-----Building Rules-----

No building of objects that defy gravity/physics. No floating objects.

All objects must be supported. No arcing ladders. Decorative ladder component must be supported from underneath by another component or be otherwise given the OK by a GM. For raiding specifics see COMBAT RULES.

No deconstruction of anyone else's placed objects.

Do not steal anyone else's placed monument by finishing the build.

Tree walls that encompass more than 33% of a base's perimeter are not allowed.

All bases must be accessible by foot in at least 1 spot. All walls fully enclosing an area must have a gate or opening.

The fashioning of a base in such a manner that the only way to reach it is teleportation is forbidden.



-----Combat Rules-----

Killing someone on sight is allowed, and is not inherently considered griefing.

Killing fresh spawns or anyone just logging in is not permitted. If you see someone logging in, you must give them a one minute buffer or wait for them to advance on you to engage.

If you yield to an attacker, you may not attack them for at least ten minutes.

Logging out during combat to avoid death or looting is forbidden.

Do not attack the GM while he is wearing his GM tag.

Killing the same person more than twice in thirty minutes without them trespassing or provoking you is considered griefing, unless during a raid.

Jumping on other players or horses in order to jump over walls is forbidden. This is considered an exploit.

Dropping dirt on another party's CLAIM is illegal unless during JH when other forms of terraforming are allowed in enemy claims. No more spindles of dirt to jump walls.

Your GROUP may raid or attack each person / guild / claim / settlement outside of judgement hour once every 6 hours. These are SET timeframes based on Eastern time. 00:00 - 6:00, 6:00 - 12:00, 12:00 to 18:00, and 18:00-24:00 . Making alts to get around this will result in a Steam ID ban as it is considered griefing.

If you raid another group outside of Judgement Hour, you can wreak havoc for a maximum of 15 minutes against a group without walls and 30 against a group that has walls. After that, it is considered camping and is subject to punishment based on the offense.

The raid timer begins the instant the first person steps foot on the raided group's glaim or base.

One person attacking a group counts for their entire group. For instance, if XxGIMLI 420xX is part of the PVP_TOKERS guild, and he attacks Captain Noob of the NOOBIEPANTS guild while he is in his claim, once the raid timer expires, no one from PVP_TOKERS may engage anyone from NOOBIEPANTS inside their claim for the rest of that 6 hour period. This includes camping just outside their claim or firing in arrows from outside the claim radius.

No attacking through walls. (If you don't have screenshots, don't report it.)

No attacking through walls or buildings.

During a raid, if someone yields, they may not be killed. You may however knock them out and take their stuff. While I understand that this hurts RP a little bit, it also keeps players from hemorrhaging skillpoints.

If you yield to an attacker during a raid, you may NOT engage in combat with that group for the remainder of the raid.



-----Judgement Hour-----

Crate and furniture ladders are allowed during JH. Log ramps / ladders must be in a pyramid or hashtag configuration to be legal. See these images for clarification. http://imgur.com/a/jolvL Anything you use to hop the walls must be supported from underneath and look reasonably structurally sound. If you aren't sure, ask the GM or don't do it.

Tunneling under walls is allowed, during JH only. The tunnel may not be started any sooner than JH. Breaching tunnels are not allowed to be reinforced, and must be able to collapse naturally within the 2 in game day time frame.

The only structures allowed to be destroyed during JH are Walls (wooden,stone,castle) and Gates (wooden, stone, castle) unless a formal war has been declared.
No razing of monument unless a formal war declaration has been made.



-----Declaring War-----

Guilds must declare war upon each other in order to raze buildings and monuments.

Only the guild leader may declare war or negotiate.

War declarations must be made publicly, via these forums.

Sufficient reason shall be given for a war declaration. This is potentially a very permanent outcome, and we will not condone destruction for the sake of destruction. The losing group is probably leaving the server.

Once a war declaration is made, the defender shall have 3 days to respond publicly.
Defender may accept the war, declare war mutually, or refuse. Accepting the war results in a 7 day war. Mutual war results in a 14 day war. Refusing a war will result in tribute negotiation.

GM will announce the war, and the war will be live for 7 or 14 days from the time of the announcement, depending on the defender's choice.

Declining a war shall cost a tribute, which the attacker then has 48 hours to demand. Tribute shall be something reasonably attainable, given the size of the defender's guild. If the GM feels the tribute is reasonable, the defender shall have 5 days to deliver the tribute to the attacker. If tribute is not delivered, the GM will validate the war for 7 or 14 days (attacker's choice) and the attacker can proceed.

An attacker who would claim that tribute was not delivered and proved to be lying shall be subject to disciplinary action.

Both attacker and defender may have 1 ally during the war.

Allied attackers must be declared at the time of war declaration, and support must be publicly made by allies in the same post.

Allied defenders must be declared at decision time, within 3 days of the war declaration.
Guilds must wait 7 days after a war to declare war on the same guild again.

Defenders may not avoid war by changing guild leaders, claim names, or any other such shenanigans.

Judgement Hour during wartime shall be supervised by a GM. Anyone violating the rules of engagement (specifically during JH) during a war will be instantly kicked.

Bold or stupid guild leaders may declare war simultaneously on as many guilds as they wish. If the attacker has an ally for any war, the ally must be the same ally for any simultaneous wars.

During wartime JH, the only players allowed in the conflict are the conflicting guilds and their announced allies, if any.

During war time, certain combat rules are altered between the two guilds. For instance, the twice-per-day raid limit no longer exists. Raids will happen with no limit on frequency or time. Combat logging rule is suspended for the sanity of the GM. There is no limit on how often you may kill a player.