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Old 10-23-2021, 03:35 PM
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Greetings,

The Project 1999 Staff are implementing the following changes regarding the behavior of our raid guilds. These updates are effective immediately.


Behavior

We expect raiding guilds - and especially their leadership - to behave in a way that reflects positively on the Project 1999 community. As some of our most senior players, they should be role models. However, we see these players acting in a way that doesn’t represent the server nor its playerbase. Project 1999 will never be a utopia - nor do we strive to. A certain amount of trash talking and banter is part of the game. However, what we’ve recently seen in screenshots, voice recordings and have witnessed has gone too far. If a player chooses not to represent themselves in a civil manner, please know that any discipline is potentially on the table, including blanket PNP violations, forced removal from a guild leadership role, or even suspension of your guild. Our jurisdiction for enforcing these policies will include any channel managed by the P99 staff, including in-game, p99 forums, p99 discord, or UN discord. While DMs through applications are not directly policed by p99 staff, we are often provided with transcripts and it doesn’t help our opinion of players. If you can’t figure out the difference between harmless banter and malicious attacks, you know where the door is.

Raid Petitions

The majority of petitions we processed recently were ridiculous overreactions and have forced us to take these next steps.

Raid petitions and responses are limited to 2 pages, font size 11.

Due to the number of raid petitions received from guilds that are deemed baseless in nature, an updated raid petition policy is now in effect. If we find a complaint to be out of line or an extreme overreaction, the petitioners themselves may be punished. If a history of such frivolous petitions are recognized, the guild’s leadership may be held accountable as a PNP violation. Please note that it is our intent to invoke this discipline more frequently than the current “crying wolf” policy. If your guild has ever submitted a raid petition which was thrown out (most have), we would recommend you take a closer look at your internal decisioning processes regarding what warrants escalation to the server staff.

Discipline Adjustment:

The Raid Committee will now look at 7 day zone-specific suspensions or 7 day complete raid suspensions as the standard action taken against the guilty party. An individual PNP violation may also be applied to the players directly responsible for the infraction when applicable and at the discretion of staff.

Scripting and Third Party Software

We’ve had a large influx of reports on scripting and other third party software usage in competitive raiding. There are always accusations of cheating from and against every guild in the raid scene which are largely petty and knee-jerk reactions to something. The recent reports had enough information to warrant CSR investigating. We took action against multiple players in multiple guilds through our standard process for these petition types with the intent of stopping and deterring this behavior.
If this type of behavior continues, we will implement methods similar to those used to detect exploiting in Sleeper’s Tomb a couple years ago. For those of you who were not around for that, the action taken against accounts were significantly more aggressive and extensive.

ToV Specific Rule:

Due to the significant increase in train-related petitions within ToV, staff has implemented the following rule:

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If one raid force trains or wipes another raid force in ToV, they must concede the contested raid target and vacate the wing, less two trackers, before engaging any other raid target in the entire zone.
Regarding Q31, Staff’s view of concessions remains the same. This exception serves as a bare minimum requirement and all other rules and expectations still apply such as aiding the trained guild in recovering.

Q25 has been temporarily removed

Not ToV specific.

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If a guild/party FTEs or engages a raid target, they may not FTE or engage a second raid target until the first one is dead or until 30 minutes has passed (this doesn't apply to triggered spawn targets that your guild triggered/spawned). Example: If your guild is in EJ and you have Sev incoming to your raid, but then Vulak pops, you are no longer allowed to just drop the Sev pull to go for Vulak. You must either kill Sev, or wait 30 minutes before FTEing a new target. The only thing this rule does is further force guilds to prioritize which targets they go after. It does not change any other aspect of raiding on the server.
Bag Limits

Bag limits on Blue have been modified from 2/3 to 4/5.



Raid Petition Rulings


Riot vs. Vanquish Vulak 8-6-21
Result: 1 week suspension from North ToV to Vanquish.
Rationale: If guilds want to use trains as a tactic they must maintain that train until it's clear of raid forces.

Riot vs. Vanquish Vulak 6-19-21
Result: 2 Vulak concessions to Vanquish.
Rationale: Guild A trained Guild B without offering to help recover or offering concessions. An honest mistake by one player, but guilds are required to correct their mistakes.

Vanquish vs. Riot Dain 4-17-21
Result: No action taken.
Rationale: Pull was dropped. Poorly documented rule. Lull pulling is not allowed on any raid target.

Vanquish vs. Riot Dozekar 4-27-2021
Result: No action taken.
Rationale: This is not an instant COTH engage.

Riot vs. Freedom Dain 5-14-21
Result: No action taken.
Rationale: Both guilds are convinced the other is responsible without clear evidence on either side. This is a perfect example of a petition type we do not want to see moving forward.

Riot vs. Freedom Yelinak 5-21-21
Result: No action taken.
Rationale: Counting seconds is another example of a petty petition we do not want to see moving forward.

Vanquish vs. Riot King Tormax 5-28-21
Result: No action taken.
Rationale: A mob warped through the world in a known bug spot. Players were clearly standing around trying to figure out how to get the mob back up and not taking advantage of the situation by debuffing it or stalling. This is yet another type of petition we do not want to see moving forward.

Riot vs. Vanquish Vulak 6-27-21
Result: No action taken.
Rationale: Mistakes on all sides on yet another messy Vulak engagement.

Riot vs. Vanquish Jorlleag - 7-16-21
Result: No action taken.
Rationale: Vanquish already conceded. We discussed and understand the unique issues of being trained on an earthquake and will be addressing them.

Riot vs. Vanquish Cazic Thule 8-5-21
Result: No action taken.
Rationale: Bad timing and luck, not intentional. Yet again, another petition type we do not want to see moving forward.

Riot vs. Vanquish Lord Yelinak 8-13-21
Result: No action taken.
Rationale: Poor communication from both sides. Vanquish should have said something, Riot had zero communication with Vanquish during the incident.

Riot vs. Vanquish Vulak 8-13-21
Result: Warning.
Rationale: If you enter an agreement, you need to give ample time between leaving the agreement and going against it. Defrauding another player(s) is against server rules and is included in player agreements.

Riot vs. Vanquish Druushk 8-21-21
Result: No action taken.
Rationale: The rogue who opened the door is considered a tracker in this situation and added no less assistance than a mage tracker COTHing players

Summary
Vanquish suspended for 3 total vulaks and 1 week of North tov (Aary and beyond) effective immediately.
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Old 10-23-2021, 03:55 PM
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Old 10-23-2021, 05:31 PM
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Boxing = Perma Ban

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Old 10-23-2021, 07:22 PM
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Boxing = Perma Ban

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Means you can't play 2 characters at the same time or you'll be banned. Unless you're the leader of a guild and you donate a lot to the server then you're fine.
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Old 10-23-2021, 07:43 PM
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Means you can't play 2 characters at the same time or you'll be banned. Unless you're the leader of a guild and you donate a lot to the server then you're fine.
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Old 10-23-2021, 08:22 PM
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this shit is laughable, give it another year and the only cycle of players left will be waiting for the next "relaunch" lol
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Old 10-24-2021, 02:54 AM
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p99 raiding literally becomes more pathetic by the day.

you guys forced the devs to become your parents.
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Old 10-24-2021, 05:16 AM
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Just get to 60 and quit/reroll, that's the only enjoyment left.
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Old 10-24-2021, 10:48 AM
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lol if u read it
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furoar malding right now
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