All the best, mate. Hope to see you around in-game soon. We'll miss you.

happy birthday Weltall!  

No fish sticks today!

There's a huge difference between being evil IC and being a jerk.

GMs can step in whenever there are issues between players, whether they are due to someone breaking the rules or to simple misunderstandings. For more information about the game policies I suggest you read this. If you find yourself in a situation in which you feel you're being disrespected, do not hesitate to come to us.

Now, regarding your specific example: mixing IC and OOC as something that has to roleplayed is always messy. If we encounter this situation ingame, we'll probably check trade logs and inspect both characters to determine what was exchanged and have a word with both parties. If the first player was "RPing" a scam, they should give the other player a chance to get back at them IC. This does not mean they are allowed to harass them. Not at all. They just deserve a fair chance at recovering their money, the same way it would happen IRL. Using game mechanics and noobness to take advantage of others and then claiming it's RP is not gonna fly. So if you're really interested in RP, make sure everyone gets a fair chance at winning and that they enjoy your plot.

This isn't a bug but something yet to be developed so it will be implemented eventually.

I think it's time everyone takes a chill pill and enjoy the wonders of RL for a minute. The only thing you're accomplishing here is making the moderator's pile of work grow.

Enough with the he said/she said already and I sure hope this pointless arguing does not translate ingame in any way.

And you too LigH! Happy birthday!

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So going by your own words, from my point of view you started the whole thing.
The player was reacting to your intrusion, I do not blame them for that, also you hint at dagger, yes it is faster, a good way to beat someone and tick them off, as you butted in on his fun, As for calling his Guild mates, do not blame him, give you a bit of your own medicine.

The only thing I disprove of is their challenge and claim  [a comon unwritten rule that if someone else was in the pit noone else should be there ]

But we all must remember there is two sides to a story, so do not make a decision based on solely one side.

Yes, there's always two sides to a story and we try to listen to both in every case but let's make one thing absolutely clear here: there was no intrusion here. Players do not have to ask for permission to attack a free mob and a free mob is any mob that is not already engaged in combat with another player.

It is polite to do that. It is appreciated and it really does make the game atmosphere better, but nobody owns spawns and there is no validity in said "unspoken rule". It can be considered rude to take a mob someone else is waiting for without asking to share, but if that happens, nobody has the right to resort to harassment. Likewise, if you are fighting a mob with lvl0 melee or in fully defensive mode just to make the other players wait forever you are harassing them.

Be mature about it and if you don't want to share or compete for the kill, go find another mob. It is a good idea to talk to the person and offer to share, if they are jerks about it you always have the option to call a GM, file a petition and /report. It's your choice to stay or leave but you should not get into a pissing contest or else you'll be the one breaking the rules and getting punished for it.

We GMs will be glad to step in and help but it is the players' responsibility to know the game policies and rules so not knowing them is no excuse. They are available for anyone to see so don't go around making up new ones and for God's sake don't call your guildmates to gang up on other players! That will only get them in trouble too.

Each situation is different so we observe. If we determine that the competition is only there to ruin the other player's fun it's harassment.

If you are just minding your business and sharing the mobs, it's ok.

If you are even competing for the fun of it, it's ok too.

If you are doing it so they get bored and leave, it's really not ok.