Thread: Server wipe?

Originally Posted by BuddyLee.

To add on.

Our server should have a rule set to reduce griefing. Also, TPG will have to enforce them with active admins. The official server is wild wild west full of griefers. Example rules. No ecessive spawn killing, aka patrolling shorelines. No blocking or building on high value resources, including salting.

BL

We would only be making rules to put new players at ease... this is not a problem on the server now. I don't think anyone that is an admin on the server would need to worry about anything unless griefing actually does become a problem.

Also..

"I have had my base raided, neither me or my dinosaurs were killed. They took everything a had stored, including items on me."

I don't agree that there should be rules to only raid with a minimal impact to the player. If they had destroyed you, your base and your dinos I wouldn't consider that griefing or a dick move... its raiding. Now if they followed you around the map and smashed you every time you tamed a dino and built a modest base even then there probably wouldn't need to be a rule because the big factions (Nom or Cave Dwellers) are the types that would be willing to help you squash whatever group is doing that to you. I think advertising ourselves as 'Friendly PVP' is all that needs to be done. The culture here is such that we haven't needed admins to step in. But, in that situation where I am talking about someone following you around and destroying everything you create... I could get on board with posting a rule about not griefing so its clear that this isn't a grief-happy official server.

Exactly! Sucks putting time into a server only to find out, you will be crushed before given a chance. If the rules are clear, up front and enforced, players will know what to expect.

I don't like increased xp, tames, etc. I joined on server with 5x and came across a base with 9 tree and 9 spinos lined up. They had rules i didn't like. Example. No offline raiding period. Had to declare war and have the other tribe except first. So everyone would hide all there goodie away before hand.

BL

Originally Posted by BuddyLee.

Exactly! Sucks putting time into a server only to find out, you will be crushed before given a chance. If the rules are clear, up front and enforced, players will know what to expect.

I don't like increased xp, tames, etc. I joined on server with 5x and came across a base with 9 tree and 9 spinos lined up. They had rules i didn't like. Example. No offline raiding period. Had to declare war and have the other tribe except first. So everyone would hide all there goodie away before hand.

BL

Germany: POLAND!!! WE DECLARE ZE WARZ ON JOO!!!

Poland. Nope. Nopenopenope.

Poland has gone offline.

Germany: SCHEISSE!!!!

WWII has been called off.

Well the upside to a rule like not completely demolishing someone's entire base is they won't rage quit. If someone took months to build something you destroy in minutes because it's fun riding your trex...I mean first of all, why is that necessary? It's not. You're doing it for the fun of it, period. Raiding to me is about getting their loot, killing dinos, and breaking down their defenses to do this. Thus making them focus on dinosaur taming and rebuilding. You already win. And honestly if it were me that got my base completely destroyed I'd consider quitting at that point. Especially if there are tribes so much larger than my own, why bother building if it'll get demolished to nothing again by a stronger tribe? (I am thinking of Dinobots who at this point have been raided 3x and seem to no longer log). Where is the fun there for me as the defender? Or for the attacker really? I do consider this griefing.

As a member of a strong tribe on the current server, I personally do not believe in destroying bases like this. First of all it unnecessary to the game and quite frankly just plain rude. You gain nothing from doing this unless your goal is to make people quit or send them back so far to the stone age they can never catch up to you. And if that's the goal then what is the point of friendly competition? You're eliminating any competition to yourself period.

By leaving some of the base up that tribe can see where we came in, their weakness, and what to improve on. It's better for the server as a whole.

But I know some members of my tribe disagree with me on this one.

- Meena

Originally Posted by MeenaSan

Well the upside to a rule like not completely demolishing someone's entire base is they won't rage quit. If someone took months to build something you destroy in minutes because it's fun riding your trex...I mean first of all, why is that necessary? It's not. You're doing it for the fun of it, period. Raiding to me is about getting their loot, killing dinos, and breaking down their defenses to do this. Thus making them focus on dinosaur taming and rebuilding. You already win. And honestly if it were me that got my base completely destroyed I'd consider quitting at that point. Especially if there are tribes so much larger than my own, why bother building if it'll get demolished to nothing again by a stronger tribe? (I am thinking of Dinobots who at this point have been raided 3x and seem to no longer log). Where is the fun there for me as the defender? Or for the attacker really? I do consider this griefing.

As a member of a strong tribe on the current server, I personally do not believe in destroying bases like this. First of all it unnecessary to the game and quite frankly just plain rude. You gain nothing from doing this unless your goal is to make people quit or send them back so far to the stone age they can never catch up to you. And if that's the goal then what is the point of friendly competition? You're eliminating any competition to yourself period.

By leaving some of the base up that tribe can see where we came in, their weakness, and what to improve on. It's better for the server as a whole.

But I know some members of my tribe disagree with me on this one.

- Meena

I couldn't agree with you more.

The fun... is driving your enemies before you and listening to the lamentations of their women.

Man I thought I accidentally stepped into some weird Arma Epoch wipe discussion. You might pick up a couple of people on a wipe but the only way to fill a server is to have a bunch of people in a server. Get the numbers and more will come. As far as making the server fresh just set up some kind of schedule for server wipes if that is needed


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