It wasn't that way on my server either but I've seen disputes on this server where the GM stepped in and told the person who wiped he had to abandon his camp (in this particular case the guy had been there and clearing it for 5 hours). Even though he came right back within a few minutes (before respawns) another person was already there and the GM showed up and gave the camp to the new person over the person who was there for 5 hours so this is definitely different then how it was on my server back on live.
The way it worked on my server was that if you wiped, you could return to your camp. The only time you would actually lose your camp is if the group was wiping and obviously couldn't clear the camp and even then people were courteous about it and communicated about it. Usually the first group would try, fail, and defer on their own. Basically if the group has shown they can handle it and simply made a mistake (maybe an enchanter went linkdead or something) people on my server respected the camp and allowed them to return, even after a wipe. (NOTE: Raid mobs were one and done but group camps were respected on wipes)
Rather then be courteous and use common sense people on this server have been quick to cite the "rules" and petition a GM and then it comes down to silly disputes which is ridiculous and a total waste of time for the GM's. Common sense would dictate if another group had a few deaths but they were right there clearing it before stuff even respawned that you wouldn't bring your group and try to move in over them but that's exactly what I've seen here.
When I was camping the AC in UGuk I was also killing the frogloks that spawn right around the corner (good xp during the 16 minute respawn) and several times had people show up and try to take the spawn from me saying I "wasn't in the room" even though I was 10 feet away right around the corner and the mob was currently dead. That was perfectly acceptable on live, I'm not double camping named mobs I'm simply killing spawns that are right next to the named I'm camping in between respawns for experience. People got quite mad at me, but everyone at least respected my camp and warned me about doing that. I had to come and read the rules and there are quite a few differences from my server to how things are done and contested here. For example, here you have to be IN THE ROOM whereas on my server most people actually camped names in the room next to it, usually a safer hallway, and not actually directly in the room with the spawn. The exception being when people were overpowered for the area in which case they would setup on the spawn but for groups still there for experience they usually setup in safer locations and not usually directly on the spawn (like the hallway in front of the King room in Lguk). The point being that even if you were around the corner people still respected your spawn, even if you weren't directly in the room.
Long story short, I'm finding out very quickly that regardless of the past, you need to educate yourself on the rules of this server otherwise you will probably at some point find yourself on the wrong side of a camp dispute. For some people on this server it seems far more important about getting the camp as opposed to being polite to your fellow player so some people will use the rules to take your camp (I've already seen it) and even though it isn't polite, that's how it goes here and the GM's will enforce the rules posted. That's why I'm really trying to figure out all the rules and interpretations so I know exactly what to expect in the various situations.
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11-22-2010, 06:48 AM
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