Suggestion for thought and comment on Guild Rules of Conduct

[Pestalence]

Suggestions for AoC rules of conduct to be posted on the main web site :

Guild Rules

In Say chat and emotes on screen and what your character does on screen is always in character. We are an RP guild first.

Rules of Conduct :

1. We so not support Ganking (gang killing) or Zerging (wiping a map en-mass).

2. We do not ressurectuion point camp for PVP.

3. We support Open world PVP on a fair basis.
a. No killing of low levels- killing will be done to people who are of similar level (+ / - 3 lvls) unless we are attacked first.

b. No 2v1 or 3v1 killing, fights must be 1v1, 2v2, 3v3 (unless we are attacked first) and all being attacked characters must comply with rule 3a.

c. When engaging in open world pvp combat, there should be some letimate RP reason for doing so. Saying "I feel murderous today" or "I'm RPing a murderer" will not cut it. You must RP the same persona at all times. Sure you will have good and bad days personally as will your character, however that does not excuse killing without a just cause.

d. It is permissable to seek revenge against someone who killed you within 24 hours as "Revenge" for an RP excuse, as long as Revenge has not been sought previously.
a) Your vengance can only be equal to the number of times that they killed you.

e. We support open world PVP against those acting evil towards other players or yourself as long as it meets all criteria of rule 3.

4. No killing those on our friends / allied list.
a. It is your responsibility to check our Friends / allies list and our KOS list prior to logging in to AoC. Also It is your responsibility to get on Teamspeak to communicate with other guild members who may at any time be in negotiations with another guild for friendship or alliance.

b. It is your responsibility to have Guild tags and Player names enabled in your GUI so that you can instantly recognize a friendly or allied guild member. Accidental killing of allies / friends is not permissable.

5. If you are going to help an allie, you will do so without expecting compensation for your services, afterall that is what an allie does.

6. If you are going to help a friend, it is up to you to RP your character and negotiate compensation. Same goes for Open World Adventurers looking for help in groups.

7. If a person on the server is not guilded, be respectful of them and do not hassle them or engage in PVP unless they attack you first.

8. Dueling is acceptable PVP as is going to Borderkingdoms or doing Minigames.. all of these are designed to be consentual PVP items in game.

9. If members of a Guild continually stalk / kill a guild member and our guildie asks for help, you are to go to their assistance regardless of the situation you are in.. Exceptions are if you are in a Raid or Group instance and your PoA or ToO is on cooldown, or you are close to or currently fighting the last boss of the the instance.

10. If a particular guild constantly harrasses members of our guild, this guild should be mentioned to our Officers for consideration of being placed on our KOS list.

Gameplay :

Our Guild RP is that we defend Hyboria from the evils of the world. Defending weak characters from gankers (such as if odds are 2v1 or 3v1), destroying the spawns of Hades, etc. You are expected to RP your characters and their common traits to the best of your ability.. As such, playing as a barbarian, you should not trust magic users and are leery of them in battle. You believe that the worth of a person is how well they can wield a sword and coming out of battle victorious as well as their performance in battle. However your characters attitude while playing this mindset is completely up to you, however remember we are attempting to build a good reputation on the server as the heroic defenders and as an elite branch of King Conan's Black Dragon Warriors who have been given permission (due to trust of the King) to operate within our own authority without having to constantly report to King Conan and as such, as long as we stay true to this, King Conan has no need to give orders to us.

We can play Solo or in groups, when many Corps of Xeno are online, we usually group up to accomplish character quests together to help each others characters to lvl up. If quests are too high of lvl or characters are too low of lvl for some instances, the group may disband 1 or 2 members for the purpose of gaining XP.. the members who left group may stand by to help out if things get too tough or they can go adventure on their own.. however it is best to stay by your guildies as many of them are playing their first characters or maybe an alt character whos combat style is alien to them or feated incorrectly.

How your character acts in RP : To Best to describe this section is as an example :

If you bunny hop your character during battles and when restless, you are expected to continue that RP even when just sitting idle or RPing with other players on the server. As such, Bunny hopping might be something that you want to stray away from since you are suppose to be In Character at all times on the server and you may wear out your spacebar on your keyboard since you would have to bunny hop everything you are doing.. including combo's and spells. What you do with your character is "In Real Life" in game. If your have a nervous hopping habbit, then that needs to be your continous RP for the life of the character, unless pending a couple months RPing medatation or therapy to overcome the nervous habbit.



Just some thoughts.. Any comments?