Clan Attack Range

Punchingbag wrote:

Maybe the discussion should be why can't I stun ayumi? instead of +/-4 ranks in pvp, I propose -3 & +22. Higher levels can defend themselves as soon as attacked of course.

The above is copied from a different post for further discussion here.

only problem I see with this, is say a magen AH/sorc/seyan/warrior stuns a noble, it's over, like it or not. and seeing as the noble has no chance to get the first stun he is going to lose 99% of the time

Ok see if this works: If 2 players are more than 3 ranks apart, the lower ranked player must initiate the fighting. On first act of aggression, the server informs the higher player that he was attacked & dishes outs a small spell exhaustion to the lower ranked player. The length of the exhaustion becomes the key. Ideally it would be just enough time for an alert player of higher rank to return fire.

imo it should be +/- 3, if you can't attack both players, you can't heal either. best way to do it

I am not planning to change the clan range of attack in the immediate future. I think it is +/- 5 ranks or something like that at the moment. It may be possible to narrow the rank but this is not in the current scope of the changes I am making.

Nor am I planning to allow a low rank to get a 1st hit as that gives a huge (possibly insurmountable) advantage to low ranks with good scrolls.

Ok, so my solutions both have issues. I'll state the problem & see what others can come up with. There is a griefplayer who has Earls & Warlords that I am unable to fight at magen. This griefplayer will heal my opponents knowing I can't retaliate. If I'm grouped with a higher player, the griefplayer will kill them, again knowing I can do nothing. If I die, the griefplayer will plant a gc in a strategic location to block off entire chunks of Aranock. I can't kill the gc because it's owner is a Warlord. IMO the best solution to all 3 problems is just to let me fight higher ranks.

throw out clan attack range completely. add a penalty for killing same player over & over

Punchingbag wrote:

Ok, so my solutions both have issues. I'll state the problem & see what others can come up with. There is a griefplayer who has Earls & Warlords that I am unable to fight at magen. This griefplayer will heal my opponents knowing I can't retaliate. If I'm grouped with a higher player, the griefplayer will kill them, again knowing I can do nothing. If I die, the griefplayer will plant a gc in a strategic location to block off entire chunks of Aranock. I can't kill the gc because it's owner is a Warlord. IMO the best solution to all 3 problems is just to let me fight higher ranks.

You have two totally separate issues here.

Issue #1 (if I read the above correctly) is solved or is in the process of being solved by Lordlava's coding changes to the way clan members are allowed to heal each other. Three possible solutions I see are either (a) work with LL to get the code functioning correctly and as intended, (b) change code to disallow clan member to heal each other unless both parties are in non-clan warface squares, or (c) range your character up so you can attack higher ranks. On LL's side, (a) is probably the best but (b) seems like a simplified fix that might run into problems or might not. Solution (c) doesn't need much explanation but said healer shouldn't be healing (a) or (b) is in place.

Issue #2 is the player blocking you from doing a GR and should be reported to admin with approximate times, locations, etc (a unique char string helps search the logs).

Clan fight range is currently +4/-4 and it seems to be fine IMO.

I still think there should be a way to attack warlord clannies without a gazillion hours of penting. How about some /rage mode where u can kill any clan member regardless of rank. A raging player can be killed by anyone on sight, even skua players. Every kill in /rage mode is tallied up & relates to how long the player will then spend in forced peace mode.

How do others know a player is in /rage mode? Maybe a name color change, a message is displayed by the server every so often, and/or the /raged players location is shown to everyone?

yes, yes & yes

maybe skua players should be allowed to rage out too. Although I guess forced peace mode isn't much of a punishment to skua players.

Skua players being involved in clan fights at will would be nice, but rage sounds like another good perk for those in clans.

Urdadi wrote:

throw out clan attack range completely. add a penalty for killing same player over & over

+1

or even a penalty the lower the rank you kill someone.


I mean it is clan wars.. where you fight. What do some people expect? Patty-cake?

A skua will /rage in order to get first stun. Make it so you have to /rage in safe zone