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New Rules (Player Feedback)

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New Rules (Player Feedback)

Post#1 » Tue May 30, 2017 10:57 pm

Rules Covering ALL Servers
Please make sure you read and fully understand the rules before playing as ignorance is not an excuse.

No cheating: This includes hacks, map glitches or bots (macros are okay).

Accounts: Only one forum/game account per user. No offensive names. Players cannot "impersonate" other tribes or players, if there is confusion its up to the player to publicly correct the problem in game chat.

Tribe Names:
  • You shall not change your tribe name more than once within a 30day period, if you require the name to be changed you are required to get approval from the admin, due to raiders changing their names while raiding to hide who was causing it, any unauthorised changes will result in a permaban!
  • Your tribe name cannot be offensive, contain advertising or include swear/vulgar words, this is a game (with kids who play) and those who dont take it seriously should go elsewhere,
    if you are unsure on the classification of your tribe name, contact DrunkMunki.

Player Names:
  • Your player name cannot be something with derogatory terms, swear words ... this indicates you dont take this game seriously and are just here to troll ... if the admin feels the name is offensive it will be changed.
  • Players shall not advertise using their player name or tribe name; this includes YouTube or Twitch addresses (your welcome to advertise it on the forum, just don’t spam it).

Tribe Limits:
  • You must not use alliances to skirt the Tribe max...
    e.g build your bases all together in 1 big compound, and must act independently, e.g 1 tribe leader telling the other tribe what to do..

Volcano/Mountain: (TheIsland Map)
  • Volcano at 42 (lat) / 39 (long) crater is off-limits for building.
  • PVP is not permitted inside the crater.
  • You can build anything on the sides.
  • Dinos cannot be left alone at the volcano crater for no longer than an hour, if you need to use a lot of dinos use the Transporter.

Obelisk/Caves:
  • Building on obelisks or their respective craters is not allowed.
  • Building in caves (land or underwater) are permitted so long as they do not prevent access to any unique resources such as artifacts or drops (caves without unique resources can be used).

General:
  • Placing foundations/pillars to claim land or to block mass amount of resource spawns is also disallowed and may result in your structure being removed or entire tribe’s structures wiped (if excessive).
  • Structures that are abandoned or made demolish-able will be auto-demolished by the server.

Pub Rules:
  • Pub is a PvP/Raid free zone designated as a safe place for trade and socialising, this means no Hitting/Punching/Shooting players
  • Dinos are not to be left unattended
  • Return BP’s once you have finished crafting with them
  • No damage to any pub structure, accidental damage will result in that tribe paying for damages.
  • Everything at the pub is free to anyone, don’t be greedy

Blackmail: If a player violates the rules against you or your tribe and it isn’t reported the moment you find out, or you choose to delay the report, you accept your report may be voided due to time factors; e.g if you are raided or your dinos are killed, you negotiate with the offenders (e.g a replacement dino) and for some reason they pissed you off and you report it, this will void the report as you accepted compensation.

Advertising: Players shall not advertise other servers, YouTube or Twitch addresses in game, if you need to share a TS that is fine as long as its related to general chat requests... advertising will result in an immediate ban.

Remember, this is a SURVIVAL GAME, shit will happen, things will be said ... at the end of the day its just a game.

These rules are specifically designed for this community, it may not be reproduced without written approval from DrunkMunki, consider this information copyrighted. 

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PvPvE Server Rules (whitelisted server)
These Rules currently apply to the following servers:
[The Island Server here]
[The Centre Server here]
[Scorched Earth Server here]

PvP:
  • PvP is 24/7 on this server, structure protection is enabled to prevent raiding.
  • Players may attack other players over the level 30 unless the low level player initiated PvP and you can kill any level sleeping player.
  • If a player is being hostile with a dino towards you, you have every right to defend yourself and kill that player and dino.

PvE:
  • Raiding bases is prohibited and prevented with no structure damage.
  • Dinos can still be killed during PvP but must not be touched when idle or at a base.

Passive Dinos:
  • You may not pick up any other tribes dinos and place them in a position to be killed.
  • You may not drop wild dinos into a tribe’s base.
  • You may tranq/knock out dinos to loot/raid, but must NOT kill them (this also means putting the unconscious dino in a position where wild animals can kill it)
  • Dinos left on their own are not to be touched unless aggressive.

Harassment/Griefing Rules:
  • You must not repeatedly target a single player when they respawn, e.g camping at their front door and killing them repeatedly as soon as they come out or exit the boundaries of their base.
  • Griefing is considered repeatedly harassing/killing someone over a 1 hour period and preventing them from playing.

Hostages:
Definition: someone who is restricted on leaving area (Cage, weight...)
  • Hostages are not to be tranq'd more than 50% (max 1hr) of the time.
  • A hostage is to be only taken for up-to 2 hours, then must be released once the 2 hours has expired.
  • You are not permitted to take the same player hostage for at-least 48 hours (but can be killed).
  • If the tribe who detained the prisoner all log off, they must release/kill the player.
  • Once you have a hostage, you are required to announce "_____ is now a hostage".. for example DrunkMunki is now a hostage..... this creates a public record of when the timer starts, failure to do this can result in a player choosing any of your dinos as compensation if the timer goes beyond 2hrs (proof required by prisoner).
  • Handcuffs have been removed from the game.
  • Players below level 30 cannot be caged.

General:
  • Due to structure protection; you must clean up after yourself, e.g removing spikes and taming pens no longer in use, this prevents others from using the land as they cannot remove the items themselves.
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PvE Cluster Server Rules
These Rules currently apply to the following servers:
[The Island Server here]
[The Centre Server here]
[Scorched Earth Server here]

Passive Dinos:
  • You may not pick up any other tribes dinos and place them in a position to be killed.
  • You may not drop wild dinos into a tribe’s base.
  • You may tranq/knock out dinos to loot/raid, but must NOT kill them (this also means putting the unconscious dino in a position where wild animals can kill it)

Hostages:
Definition: someone who is restricted on leaving area (Cage, weight...)
  • Hostages are not to be tranq'd more than 50% (max 1hr) of the time.
  • A hostage is to be only taken for up-to 2 hours, then must be released once the 2 hours has expired.
  • You are not permitted to take the same player hostage for at-least 48 hours (but can be killed).
  • If the tribe who detained the prisoner all log off, they must release/kill the player.
  • Once you have a hostage, you are required to announce "_____ is now a hostage".. for example DrunkMunki is now a hostage..... this creates a public record of when the timer starts, failure to do this can result in a player choosing any of your dinos as compensation if the timer goes beyond 2hrs (proof required by prisoner).
  • Handcuffs have been removed from the game.
  • Players below level 30 cannot be caged.

General:
  • Due to structure protection; you must clean up after yourself, e.g removing spikes and taming pens no longer in use, this prevents others from using the land as they cannot remove the items themselves.

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PvP Cluster Server Rules
These Rules currently apply to the following servers:
[The Island Server here]
[The Centre Server here]

PvP:
  • PvP is 24/7 on this server
  • Players may not attack other players under the level 30 unless the low level player initiated PvP (to give the new players a chance)
  • You can kill any level sleeping player.
  • If a player is being hostile with a dino towards you, you have every right to defend yourself and kill that player and dino.

Excessive Damage:
Definition: If a large portion of you base structure has been damaged; this varies from type of material (thatch, stone, metal) as stone bases will have more splash damage than metal, this definition will refer to metal bases as wood/stone bases require minimal effort to gain entry..
  • Excessive damage is based on your base design, don’t build everything so compact people need to destroy your whole base to get into something, excessive damage won’t be applicable if your base is small, very cramped and contained.
  • Excessive damage may be considered if 50% or more of a single structure is destroyed (if raiding screenshots may be required).
  • Excessive damage is for building structures only, does not include S+ tools such as smithy's, forges, storage (which auto lock).... recommended you keep them away from your main base as they can be destroyed.
  • Boats and Tree Platforms have no protection under excessive damage and can be destroyed.

Passive Dinos: (if they are passive they are no threat to you)
  • You may not pick up any other tribes dinos and place them in a position to be killed.
  • You may not drop wild dinos into a tribe’s base.
  • You may tranq/knock out dinos to loot/raid, but must NOT kill them (this also means putting the unconscious dino in a position where wild animals can kill it)
  • Dinos left alone or not near any tribes structures may be killed. (as base may have auto wiped)

Harassment/Griefing Rules:
  • You must not repeatedly target a single player when they respawn, e.g camping at their front door and killing them repeatedly as soon as they come out or exit the boundaries of their base.
  • Griefing is considered repeatedly harassing/killing someone over a 1 hour period and preventing them from playing.

Hostages:
Definition: someone who is restricted on leaving area (Cage, weight...)
  • Hostages are not to be tranq'd more than 50% (max 2hr) of the time.
  • A hostage is to be only taken for up-to 4 hours, then must be released once the 4 hours has expired.
  • You are not permitted to take the same player hostage for at-least 72 hours (but can be killed).
  • If the tribe who detained the prisoner all log off, they must release/kill the player.
  • Once you have a hostage, you are required to announce "_____ is now a hostage".. for example DrunkMunki is now a hostage..... this creates a public record of when the timer starts, failure to do this can result in a player choosing any of your dinos as compensation if the timer goes beyond 4hrs (proof required by prisoner).
  • Handcuffs have been removed from the game.
  • Players below level 30 cannot be caged.

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Re: New Rules (Player Feedback)

Post#2 » Tue May 30, 2017 10:58 pm

Please post your comments, thoughts on what needs changing.
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Re: New Rules (Player Feedback)

Post#3 » Wed May 31, 2017 7:03 am

Seems good to me :) Though there is nothing about how many people you can have a in a tribe though? Is it going to be 6 or?

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Re: New Rules (Player Feedback)

Post#4 » Wed May 31, 2017 7:47 am

So ok.

the PVP server went from no holds bar get wiped PVP to this. Ok.

Well I like it anyway.

edit: and what milhouse said, no tribe limit issued just says cant get around the max. MAKE IT 4 LOL!

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Re: New Rules (Player Feedback)

Post#5 » Wed May 31, 2017 7:55 am

Milhouse wrote:Seems good to me :) Though there is nothing about how many people you can have a in a tribe though? Is it going to be 6 or?


Tribe limits are server specific, i suggest you read the server stats post
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Re: New Rules (Player Feedback)

Post#6 » Wed May 31, 2017 8:21 am

Good work Munki - I can't think of anything that is missing! Looks good to me! :D
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Re: New Rules (Player Feedback)

Post#7 » Wed May 31, 2017 7:28 pm

The PvP Server sounds unreal, I can't wait!

Any thoughts on a newby area (like Herbi Island in the last one)? I think it's good for the server health to leave a little area like that for new players to get used to the server, commit, and level up enough to compete. It also lessens the chance of accidentally killing someone under 30 that you weren't able to spyglass.

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Re: New Rules (Player Feedback)

Post#8 » Wed May 31, 2017 9:35 pm

Vbanger wrote:The PvP Server sounds unreal, I can't wait!

Any thoughts on a newby area (like Herbi Island in the last one)? I think it's good for the server health to leave a little area like that for new players to get used to the server, commit, and level up enough to compete. It also lessens the chance of accidentally killing someone under 30 that you weren't able to spyglass.
Please do not do this. Herb island was one of the best pvp base locations on the map if not the best (not as much after tek it's very hard to defend now) however to give herb island to new players that will be over level 30 in an hour with 4 times player xp is a massive waste of an excellent spot.

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Re: New Rules (Player Feedback)

Post#9 » Wed May 31, 2017 9:50 pm

Ragnarok wrote:
Vbanger wrote:The PvP Server sounds unreal, I can't wait!

Any thoughts on a newby area (like Herbi Island in the last one)? I think it's good for the server health to leave a little area like that for new players to get used to the server, commit, and level up enough to compete. It also lessens the chance of accidentally killing someone under 30 that you weren't able to spyglass.
Please do not do this. Herb island was one of the best pvp base locations on the map if not the best (not as much after tek it's very hard to defend now) however to give herb island to new players that will be over level 30 in an hour with 4 times player xp is a massive waste of an excellent spot.



OK i will play it by ear, see how it goes, if i see new players having a hard time i will designate an area
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Re: New Rules (Player Feedback)

Post#10 » Fri Jun 02, 2017 6:26 pm

What are ppl's thoughts on the handcuff ban? :/

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