Why is PoM part of a raid ban?

[Asele]

Q23: What exactly is off limits during a Raid Suspension?
A: Anything that has an FTE message and/or is considered more than one group content is a no (except Guardian Kozzalym, Master Yael, Verina Tomb, Vessel Drozlin, Lodizal, and Ragefire), no planes, no VP, no ToV, no ST, no Ringwar.

People are bound in PoM. People solo or single group all the content. There are no raid targets. There really needs to be an exception for PoM like there is for Guardian Kozzalym, Master Yael, Verina Tomb, Vessel Drozlin, Lodizal, and Ragefire.

[Dogma]

Because people get CotH'd to PoM thru ToV. The inclusion is to prevent people from loitering, tracking or interfering in ToV under pretense that they were waiting for CotH up to PoM.

[Baler]

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

Because people get CotH'd to PoM thru ToV. The inclusion is to prevent people from loitering, tracking or interfering in ToV under pretense that they were waiting for CotH up to PoM.

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[Asele]

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

Because people get CotH'd to PoM thru ToV. The inclusion is to prevent people from loitering, tracking or interfering in ToV under pretense that they were waiting for CotH up to PoM.

I'm not sure how that applies. Being allowed in PoM wouldn't allow you in ToV. I accept that the situation is what it is. I am just trying to honestly understand the underlying logic behind banning card farming and leveling in a non-raid zone for characters bound or camped out in PoM. How is that logically connected to raiding?

[loramin]

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

Because people get CotH'd to PoM thru ToV. The inclusion is to prevent people from loitering, tracking or interfering in ToV under pretense that they were waiting for CotH up to PoM.

It does seem like they could easily ban raiders from using ToV, while still allowing them access to PoM (if already there, or bound there). If the staff's logic was purely to prevent raiders from raiding, why ban raiders from going from any non-raid zone to any other?

I'd think it would make more sense for their motives to be punitive in some sense. Maybe "PoM is a perk for people who clear ToV (*corrected) and the people they feel like CotHing ... the non-raiders CotH-ed in didn't break the rules, so they stay, but all the raiders lose the raid privilege of the zone."

But look, even if the reason is literally just that it would be a minor hassle for the staff to have to type "The Planes (but not Mischief)" ... I'm 100% ok with that personally! We're talking about the people that volunteer their time to catch the cheaters, so that the rest of us can have a cheat-free (not to mention actually free) game!

[Korath]

Originally Posted by ... I'm 100% ok with that personally! We're talking about the people that volunteer their time to catch the cheaters, so that the rest of us can have a cheat-free (not to mention [I

actually[/I] free) game!

While I am adhering to the punishment, keep in mind that this penalty was imposed on MANY people who not only had never even heard about this exploit, but have not even been to the zone in witch it took place. Literally EVER. As in, not once in my entire life. I've never even seen a screen shot of the place...

But hey, I recognize that I may have indirectly benefited from the exploit that apparently every guild was using. I just wish that they would have banned the offenders directly. Or perhaps just talked to all the guilds for 12 seconds and said "Hey this thing you are apparently all doing... stop doing it. Pretty sure that would have worked too.

Just my 2cp. Standing by for ban hammer [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[kjs86z]

Because if you're raid banned you don't deserve to play in PoM.

[ajohnymous]

Because Sirken

[Croco]

What does HoT have to do with PoM?

[loramin]

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

What does HoT have to do with PoM?

Nothing; I mixed acronyms. Fixed.