[Halius]

Originally Posted by fastboy21 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

• Am I required to tell player X who the next player Y in line is?
  
  According to the GMs yes. As stated in this post: 2) The person holding the camp cannot mislead you, or change his mind after telling you who is next. Something that no one ever does (and I will never understand why) is to specifically address the camp holder, asking who is next or if you can be next. The camp holder does need to reveal to you who the next intended camp holder is - if he doesn't, you may ask to be next and your claim will be valid unless he reveals the next person immediately.
  
  
• Does there even have to be a player Y? Is it enough, according to the rules, to simply tell him that he is not next in line.
  
  Also according to the GMs post, no it is not enough. You must reveal who the camp holder is so that you cannot change it on the fly. If that person did not actually ask you who is next, then yes you can give it to whoever you want. But if they ask then you must tell them who is next otherwise the "next" person has no valid claim. From the post: This person cannot change after the camp holder has "revealed" the next person to take the camp to you. It is an automatic forfeit if this occurs.
  
  
• If I am holding the camp looking for a lore item am I obligated to give up the camp when the item drops? I.E. Can I hold the camp until player Y arrives? Or, can I corpse the lore item and continue doing the camp?
  
  From the GM post: If you are solo camping, once you attain the item you were waiting for (an AC ring, for example) you are done camping that mob. The person coming to take the camp had better be prepared at this point in order to come eliminate the very next placeholder spawn in order to "stake his claim" on the mob. You cannot work wacky corpse lines on lore items in order to grab multiple items in the same "camp session" if there are others waiting to take the camp. Please be aware that we reserve the right to apply this same ruling to any camp if we deem it necessary, including camps with multiple players.
  
  And technically you CAN hold the camp until player Y arrives, but player Y has to arrive around the time that the placeholder spawns. Which I suppose the amount of time allowed is up for debate but I always assumed it was 2-5 minutes. From GM post: 1) The player being handed the camp must be present around the time the first placeholder spawns after the last holder of the camp has gotten his or her item in hand. The person handing off the camp must stay at the spawn until the next person in line arrives, if that person is on their way to take the camp. There is a little leeway here, and we refuse to set an exact timer on how long the placeholder can be up before the camp is forfeited, but in general it should never be for more than a couple minutes or so.
  
  
• Can I hand the camp to a guildmate who hasn't been in zone despite the fact that player X (I never told him he was next when he asked) is sitting in the room?
  
  See above, you HAVE to reveal who the next person is if they ask. If your guildmate was who you revealed that is fine, however, if you told the person someone else and then the guildmate shows up, they have no claim and it is FTE.
  
  
• If I had told player X or Y that he was next in line, can I change my mind and give the camp to someone else?

Again, see above. You can't change who it is after you have revealed it.

Now obviously I have not been in these situations as I am only level 35 so take my opinion for what you will, but the GM post seems pretty clear cut to me, don't understand how it can be misinterpreted.