Epic Camp Handoffs

[Samuel]

Sure 5 mins no problem. But what about AFKing for 2-4 hours while you wait for a timed spawn?

[Orruar]

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

Sure 5 mins no problem. But what about AFKing for 2-4 hours while you wait for a timed spawn?

Personally, I have no problem with people afk'ing for long periods until the spawn is due, as long as they're back by the time the thing (or ph) spawns.

[Werlop]

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

Sure 5 mins no problem. But what about AFKing for 2-4 hours while you wait for a timed spawn?

As I understand it, afk players don't lose their camp unless they fail to engage the mob within a reasonable timeframe (usually 2-3 minutes). It's not hard for a player to claim that they were at the keyboard ignoring people for however many hours, or that you're on their ignore list. On live at least, guides could not see ignore lists since they were saved in client .txt files.

[Gwence]

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

Sure 5 mins no problem. But what about AFKing for 2-4 hours while you wait for a timed spawn?

When I was camping fishbone earring back in the day I afk'd in between spawns and set a timer for when he would respawn, no one ever questioned me for it.

If the timer is known, you shouldn't have to sit there staring at the screen.

[Autotune]

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

When I was camping fishbone earring back in the day I afk'd in between spawns and set a timer for when he would respawn, no one ever questioned me for it.

If the timer is known, you shouldn't have to sit there staring at the screen.

i'm p sure there is a rule around that people have 5mins to engage a spawn in a camp or it's free game. (might have been changed by now tho)

Aka, someone can afk to poop and as long as they make it back and the merb hasn't been left up longer than 5mins they are okay.

[Vile]

If you played on red you could just kill the person [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Autotune]

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

If you played on red you could just kill the person [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

no one here cares about red or what you can and can't do there.

[Extunarian]

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

i'm p sure there is a rule around that people have 5mins to engage a spawn in a camp or it's free game. (might have been changed by now tho)

Aka, someone can afk to poop and as long as they make it back and the merb hasn't been left up longer than 5mins they are okay.

5 minutes is a little long...but otherwise I respect this rule. I have only had this happen to me once in almost 2 years where I took a spawn that someone was afk in front of. I waited about a minute for fear of someone else walking in and jacking it. Considering I never heard from that person I'm guessing they just fell asleep.

Also, I voted yes. The solo camps aren't even the bottlenecks anyway...

[Amelinda]

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

When I was camping fishbone earring back in the day I afk'd in between spawns and set a timer for when he would respawn, no one ever questioned me for it.

If the timer is known, you shouldn't have to sit there staring at the screen.

6. AFK camping is not respected and is frowned upon, if caught afk camping you will be booted to the character select screen.

2. Just because you know the timer a mob's spawn does NOT mean you are entitled to the camp. Examples include Ishva mal, Estrella, and Undertow. I have seen too many threads about ishva mal in particular where there is a person there at the camp and someone comes and either KS's the spawn or charms the mob to bring it somewhere else etc claiming it was theirs due to it being on timer. If you are trying to timer a spawn and you arrive and someone else is there, too bad, you should have been there earlier.

you need to be at the camp and active in order to maintain ownership of the camp.

[nalkin]

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

you need to be at the camp and active in order to maintain ownership of the camp.

That rule 6 you quoted actually refers to mage afk pet camping, back when that wasn't nerfed. You shouldn't have to be present between spawns if your holding a camp... how would eq even be bearable at that point?