Looking for staff clarification on rules about camping

[DiogenesThaDogg]

Is it allowed for a camp (for example the named orc camp in highpass aka the shiny brass idol camp) to be indefinitely occupied? Is it allowed for guild members to pass the camp off in an unbroken chain of succession? In the Play Nice Policy,

In general, if the placeholder or placeholders for a spawn are being killed, that 'camp' can be considered held by the player doing the killing so long as they are keeping the placeholders (or the room if there are no placeholders) cleared, within the same zone, do not die or log off.

the rules talk about a camp being held by a player, not a guild, and it doesn't seem like the rules make any provision for a camp being passed off from one person to another regardless of their affiliation.

[DMN]

This will probably alleviate some confusion:
https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...19&postcount=9

So, ya, it wouldn't be terribly difficult for a decent sized guild to lock down a campable spawn/mob.

[CityofChamps09]

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

This will probably alleviate some confusion:
https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...19&postcount=9

So, ya, it wouldn't be terribly difficult for a decent sized guild to lock down a campable spawn/mob.

That is a name that I haven't seen in a long long time.. what happened to Derubel?

[Teppler]

Lists and hand offs can go on forever.

[Grail3r]

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

Lists and hand offs can go on forever.

Just get your name put on the list . Simple really. The list might be long but there is an end to the list .

[loramin]

Originally Posted by Grail3r [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Just get your name put on the list . Simple really. The list might be long but there is an end to the list .

No one is obligated to offer a list. Once they do they have to follow it (although it's not at all clear that the person who takes over has to), but by the server rules you can keep passing camps to your friends without a list ... which, right there, seems to be the entire crux of the problem.

If the staff just added a single rule, something to the effect of "everyone must maintain a list of people who want their camp if they want to hold a camp, and when they are done they must pass the camp to the first person on the list still present" it would completely eliminate lockdowns.

The fact that the staff hasn't created such a rule yet implies that they somehow think that rule would be worse (possibly for them, from a CS perspective) than camp locks.

[Dithien]

Yeah it’s very annoying but completely allowed on P99.

[feniin]

You can continue to camp a single spawn point for as long as you want and give it to whomever you wish when you're done.

[Jimjam]

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

You can continue to camp a single spawn point for as long as you want and give it to whomever you wish when you're done.

I believe there was a King Tranix or Ancient Cyclops ruling that once you get the item you are camping you have to hand off the camp if someone else wants it.

[kaluppo]

The amount of effort involved with holding down a camp 24/7 strikes me as incredible. 3 am? 4 am? I found the best way to get a camp I want is show up there about 2 am CST and wait. By 4 am the camp is usually mine. Now I have only done this for things like AC camp or the sisters camp in Lfay or an epic mob for my Druid. I have never tried to camp fungi tunics or anything like that.

Remember if they die or log off then the camp is vacated and can be claimed by anyone that is around. Not saying I would wish anyone to die but if they go LD and don't come back by the next spawn pop then you would be FTE. It's all about being in the right place at the right time.