Pvp flag (PvP Help)

The administration has long felt that a problem exists in the game: that some players may be bullied by others via the combat system, with the result being either death, merciful, or blessing. Regardless of the result, this bullying has had the result of directing some players away from the game. We have defined the problem in the following manner:

• Players are forced into the Player vs Player Combat system without their consent.

While it can be argued that this is the way the game is played, this administration believes that the game may be played in other ways.

We've tried to resolve this particular problem in the history through various ways: we've deleted repeat offenders and those who sought to drive other players away through their combative actions. In more recent history, we've instituted the Blessing of Mandos in hopes of preventing these problems from occurring. Sadly, none of these implementations have had the desired effect of providing a safe and consensual environment away from the problems of real life. This is, and always shall be a fantasy world free from the trappings of the mundane; to that effect, we believe that our players should not be required to participate in fatal interpersonal strife against their will.

In order to resolve this problem, we have decided to change the manner in which Player vs Player Combat is initiated:

An opt-in two-state PvP flag has been created. The states are 'on', and 'merciful'. A third 'off' setting was previously available but has since been removed, leaving the prior two settings. The PvP flag affects gameplay in the following ways:

Combat:

• A player with their flag set to 'merciful' cannot die from combat with another player. Instead, they will be knocked unconscious as if the killer were 'merciful' towards them. While in this case the killer cannot be fined for murder, they are still responsible for the attempt.
• A player with their flag set to 'merciful' cannot kill another player. Instead, the victim will always be only knocked unconscious as in the above case.

Theft:

• A player cannot steal from another player unless the thief has the flag set to 'on'.

Contracts:

• A player cannot be contracted unless the victim has the flag set to 'on'.
• A player cannot place a contract unless the contractor has the flag set to 'on'.

These are the conditions which must be met in order to change the flag status to 'less dangerous' (ie. on->merciful):

• At least 24 hours of AGE must have passed since the flag was last changed.
• Player must not be in combat (i.e. all parties must 'stop').
• Player must not be in a lawless land.
• Player must not be wanted, or in some other lawless state (such as a punishment).
• Player must be in a courthouse.
• At least 7 days (of realtime) have passed since the player's last lawsys crime.
• Player must not have any pending lawsys fines or subpoenas.
• Player must not be contracted.

These are the conditions which must be met in order to change the flag status to 'more dangerous' (ie. merciful->on):

• At least 24 hours of AGE must have passed since the flag was last changed.
• Player must not be in combat (i.e. all parties must 'stop').
• Player must not be in a lawless land.
• Player must not be wanted, or in some other lawless state (such as a punishment).
• Player must be in a courthouse.

Exceptions to the flag (these will make the flag count as 'on', but will not turn it on per-se):

• A player in a lawless land will be killable by anyone.
• A participant in a mutual guild war will be killable by the enemy guild members.

Regardless of the flag's status, you will be unable to engage in PvP- related activity with other players until you have been online for at least 10 minutes. These restrictions do not take effect until 3 hours after each reboot. They are:

• Player may not initiate combat with other players.
• Player may not hunt other players.
• Player may not steal from other players.
• Player may only Find or Sense mutual friends, guildmates, clanmates, or a member of their party. Newbie helpers may always Find or Sense any player who is under level 10.

See also: topics, pvp system, pvp, lawsys, playerkilling, playerstealing, contracts, wanted, reboots, guilds, clans, friend, helpers