I thought faction and nonfactions guilds could not be allied anymore?
http://my.uo.com/cgi-bin/guilds.pl?g=a959d8c08ec33805:3
http://my.uo.com/cgi-bin/guilds.pl?g=a959d8c08ec33805:3
They don't hit each others fields was the biggest concern at one point. So you have a few faction people mixed in with a buncha non faction, where the faction guys stat people but use the non faction as meatshields. What a few other concerns but i can't recall them right now.Unless something changed in the last few years.. Does it really matter? Non faction guilds couldn't xheal/heal their allied counter parts it was always just for show or for the knowledge of who not to attack outside of looking at their guildtags.
Because they do it does it mean your guild does. If they jumped off a bridge should I expect your guild to follow them over?
In the last 3 months it was suppose to be fixed where you couldn't do this anymore, and any guilds that were allied like this before the fix went in are suppose to drop the alliance or Mythic will.Does it really matter??
I mean, Mythic announced about 3months ago that they would be dropping them anyway so let us have our alliance while we can.
If it goes the way they said then the alliance will drop so in the grand scheme of things doesnt really matter.
Ty Galen.They haven't fixed it yet, but they say they will.
You can't make new Faction/non-Faction alliances without going through some complicated procedure that I don't know and that is definitely an exploit.
Such alliances, though unintended, were explicitly legal for awhile. Then the ability to make such alliances was broken, they said unintentionally, and they said they'd "fix" it. But they never did.
In the meanwhile, they rethought the whole thing, and decided to make such alliances illegal. So now they are illegal, but unaddressed.
This is one issue wherein the team has totally failed by just about every measure. Firstly by not making up their minds, then by not fixing it, either way. If such alliances are going to be legal, they need to allow the alliances to be made. If such alliances are going to be illegal, they need to break the existing ones and fix the hole that allows them to be made.
Either way, it's a big FAIL, by definition.
Such alliances have the advantage of allowing Faction guilds to be part of non-Faction life on the shard to a greater degree. (On LS I was in a TB guild that was in an RP Alliance.) However, they grant so many advantages on the field that they just become more trouble than they are worth.
-Galen's player
XD, *DC and BC allied? Oh my how Great Lakes has gone to **** since I stopped playing actively.Ty Galen.
To the ones who said does this matter. Yes it does matter when legit players like me play by the rules. Non factions guilds have no place in being involved in the factions at all. Non factions guilds that want to be allied to factions guilds need to join factions. One of these guilds kicked a member out of their guild because he posted a picture using a 3rd party program that was illegal. but this is worse knowing this was not intended, and illegal. tsk tsk
This isnt worse at all!!Ty Galen.
but this is worse knowing this was not intended, and illegal. tsk tsk
Really Rich? By your definition duping isn't an exploit, since you can do it within the game mechanics with some 'grey matter'.This isnt worse at all!!
This is using mechanics of the game. Its not even an abuse of mechanics, all it would take anyone is a little bit of that grey matter to work out how its done!
If it wasnt intended how come they broke it by stopping it happening?? Sounds to me like it was an intended system that got broke with the tweeking they do, now people want it changed.
When Im bored watching sigs or cleaning my house some player runs by I always have to check and see what guild their in if they have no tag on.( yes I need a life) well to make this short I know you are allied for awhile, but I also know that this allied faction non-faction was just done recently.Weve been allied for ages now.
XV has a few active members, BC probably less. We all enjoyed playing alongside each other so the remaining members decided to ally.
Its old news for most.
Fields, area effects, and EVs.I don't see any valid complaint here.
Ok, so you could put duping into the same category as this but lets be honest. They arent even in the same ball park!Really Rich? By your definition duping isn't an exploit, since you can do it within the game mechanics with some 'grey matter'.
Draconi came out and said it was not intended.. pretty clear.
Yes.So Galen, you are basically stating that because someone chooses not to partake in the benefits/drawbacks of factions, that they should not be able to fight alongside their friends without having to worry about being harmed by them?
...Well sir I see a main flaw in your logic. If this was to be seen that way by all whom have participated in any fight or war, then right now the world as we know it would be a bit worse for wear. Take the actions of one infamous "Hitler". If people who are not of the same group and "faction" would not have risen to collectively put him down, there would be quite a problem with society today.
You mean, for example, they shouldn't change the way item properties work on bows in order to satisfy concerns among PvPers that bows were over-powered?In effect, because such alliances and friendships have been "allowed" in the past and present, Ultima should not change their system to make some people happy.
You are incorrect, faction fighting is when two or more people are fighting each other and they are in a different faction. Location has no bearing on this.The biggest complaint is about the friendly fire bonus which takes place in non-faction areas. But that isn't faction fighting and any supposed bonus is canceled out by being unable to perform beneficial acts.
That's being chatted about in a thread below this. I believe your guild is allied with the guild that is doing this. It's nice to know you are concerned.There are bigger concerns with factions than whats being chatted about. What about point farming,
I don't think these are more serious issues than the issue of the particular alliance being discussed here.the use of death boxes to avoid stat lose, and trammies getting into factions for the arties and never setting foot in fel again
Don't think so this is just as important and needs to be fixed just as much as the other things you have stated. this is one of the major reasons why,and since this is public to everyone to see.There are bigger concerns with factions than whats being chatted about. What about point farming, the use of death boxes to avoid stat lose, and trammies getting into factions for the arties and never setting foot in fel again
I am quite sick of this ludicriss and repetitive argument. Factioners are always whining about non-factioners getting involved in thier fights. Well you know what. There is a reason non-faction players cannot enter faction strongholds. Non-faction players cannot enter so you can have fights with no interferance. So STFU and go fight in your strong holds. Brit is huge. Anywhere else a faction player is just someone who joined factions to get better gear than you can get anywhere else. Anywhere else they are open to attack by reds and blues alike. If you find yourself in a fight and a blue is helping an orange look where you fighting and if your not in a strong hold man up and stop crying or move to a strong hold.Ty Galen.
To the ones who said does this matter. Yes it does matter when legit players like me play by the rules. Non factions guilds have no place in being involved in the factions at all. Non factions guilds that want to be allied to factions guilds need to join factions. One of these guilds kicked a member out of their guild because he posted a picture using a 3rd party program that was illegal. but this is worse knowing this was not intended, and illegal. tsk tsk
Oh please both of these issues are more important. The point farming especially.I don't think these are more serious issues than the issue of the particular alliance being discussed here.
Your opinion is noted and dismissed just as quickly.Oh please both of these issues are more important. The point farming especially.
Poor poor Mal I will not STFU don't like it to bad. Its a bug and needs to be squashed the sooner the better.I am quite sick of this ludicriss and repetitive argument. Factioners are always whining about non-factioners getting involved in thier fights. Well you know what. There is a reason non-faction players cannot enter faction strongholds. Non-faction players cannot enter so you can have fights with no interferance. So STFU and go fight in your strong holds. Brit is huge. Anywhere else a faction player is just someone who joined factions to get better gear than you can get anywhere else. Anywhere else they are open to attack by reds and blues alike. If you find yourself in a fight and a blue is helping an orange look where you fighting and if your not in a strong hold man up and stop crying or move to a strong hold.Ty Galen.
To the ones who said does this matter. Yes it does matter when legit players like me play by the rules. Non factions guilds have no place in being involved in the factions at all. Non factions guilds that want to be allied to factions guilds need to join factions. One of these guilds kicked a member out of their guild because he posted a picture using a 3rd party program that was illegal. but this is worse knowing this was not intended, and illegal. tsk tsk
TDR and alliances have been like this for years. So I could not go with them with what I asked since the website seems to not work right when you drop a guild out of the alliance it still shows their still in the alliance for months til someone excepts an alliance with another guild it freshs.I do have a question, did this become an issue because DC* made a different faction branch(rather than "fist full of fun" ex minax now com but dying) and allied with them?
Or is this just an issue over all?? I only ask as i noticed that TDR/JW/RID hasnt been really discussed yet its the same thing.
We wanted to join factions and still be able to communicate with our guild, especially as most of our guild isnt in vent. The friendly fire issue doesnt really affect us as we do most of our fighting in towns, at silver farming location or occasionaly at yew gate. Weve been doing very well too and we arent the ones bringing non faction dismounters to town fights.
The majority of people who have complained about this wont even see DC* at a faction fight(in towns) because the DC* that want to get involved ARE involved on there faction chars. Hell even a few BC that wanted involved have on COM Faction chars.
I can't speak for GL, I only got here a couple of months ago.I do have a question, did this become an issue because DC* made a different faction branch(rather than "fist full of fun" ex minax now com but dying) and allied with them?
Or is this just an issue over all??
Well it must be a cold day in hell, cause i am going to have to agree with Mal. This thread should have been named "cry me a river", or maybe carebare factions!!!I am quite sick of this ludicriss and repetitive argument. Factioners are always whining about non-factioners getting involved in thier fights. Well you know what. There is a reason non-faction players cannot enter faction strongholds. Non-faction players cannot enter so you can have fights with no interferance. So STFU and go fight in your strong holds. Brit is huge. Anywhere else a faction player is just someone who joined factions to get better gear than you can get anywhere else. Anywhere else they are open to attack by reds and blues alike. If you find yourself in a fight and a blue is helping an orange look where you fighting and if your not in a strong hold man up and stop crying or move to a strong hold.
Seriously get over yourself you know perfectly well this is a bug it isn't intended even Draconi stated it was a bug. Even gave everyone a chance to drop their faction non faction alliances. Not to drop the faction non faction alliances, and to wait for him or whoever to drop it is like a slap in the face, and proves who doesn't drop the faction non faction alliances when he gave them enough warning to doesn't give a rats tushi on what he says.Well it must be a cold day in hell, cause i am going to have to agree with Mal. This thread should have been named "cry me a river", or maybe carebare factions!!!I am quite sick of this ludicriss and repetitive argument. Factioners are always whining about non-factioners getting involved in thier fights. Well you know what. There is a reason non-faction players cannot enter faction strongholds. Non-faction players cannot enter so you can have fights with no interferance. So STFU and go fight in your strong holds. Brit is huge. Anywhere else a faction player is just someone who joined factions to get better gear than you can get anywhere else. Anywhere else they are open to attack by reds and blues alike. If you find yourself in a fight and a blue is helping an orange look where you fighting and if your not in a strong hold man up and stop crying or move to a strong hold.
OH !!!! goody say what I want ok I will say I'll let ya believe in your mind that your non faction guilds have been allied to your faction guild for a long time. if that makes you feel better, and gives you an excuse to break the rules.Say what you want, this alliance has been around for a long time. You just havent seen many if any SA as no one in DC*/BC/XV gave a rats ass.
Recently we have and joined the faction and have been stomping TB all over the place!
If you want it gone so badly why not submit a bug report or a FOF question adressing the issue...apart from you no-one pvping on GL seems to care about the "illegal" alliances. The only time they got mentioned was when you cried and brought them up.
What ever else it might be about, it is about a trammy crying.So don't come here trying to make this about a trammy crying,
oh because you say so got it Mal, and because you say factions is dead gives you and others the right to use a illegal bug. OMG !!! What is wrong with me.OH !!!! wait nothing Im just a poor little carebear trammy that plays by the rules.What ever else it might be about, it is about a trammy crying.
As I stated previously this issue is miniscule compared to hundreds of other issues. Factions are dead. THe only purpose they currently serve, except for a very tiny part of the uo population that fights for town control, is to provide seriously over powered armor almost for free.
oh because you say so got it Mal, and because you say factions is dead gives you and others the right to use a illegal bug. OMG !!! What is wrong with me.OH !!!! wait nothing Im just a poor little carebear trammy that plays by the rules.
I didnt say that. What I said was your whining about something that does not impact faction pvp in any way shape or form. The only place it matters is in grinders and the only place faction grinders occur is in the bases and the non-faction blues and reds cannot get in. The only other place it has any effect is at spawns but then that is not a faction event is it.
The issue with faction points will soon affect everyone. It will affect those trammys using faction armor to make cheap easy suits. it will affect the pvpers that did the same. it will affect the small group that actually fights over sigals. That is everyone and it will affect you no matter what you do unless you exploit the same game mechanic to do it too.
no Mal it wont affect me,and it never will I dont need the points or the items to have fun.oh because you say so got it Mal, and because you say factions is dead gives you and others the right to use a illegal bug. OMG !!! What is wrong with me.OH !!!! wait nothing Im just a poor little carebear trammy that plays by the rules.
I didnt say that. What I said was your whining about something that does not impact faction pvp in any way shape or form. The only place it matters is in grinders and the only place faction grinders occur is in the bases and the non-faction blues and reds cannot get in. The only other place it has any effect is at spawns but then that is not a faction event is it.
The issue with faction points will soon affect everyone. It will affect those trammys using faction armor to make cheap easy suits. it will affect the pvpers that did the same. it will affect the small group that actually fights over sigals. That is everyone and it will affect you no matter what you do unless you exploit the same game mechanic to do it too.
I am sure this was all very interesting but it has nothing to do with the subject. The subject being non-factions allying factoins allegedly through use of an exploit.At the risk of joining the carebearcrybabytrammy designated group.... I disagree. The blues blocking, revealing, tracking, griefing reds at the front of the base... that has been and can be a factor in a battle.
A bit of history: A few months or so back, we were running defenses in the hallway of the castle. Major fielding, etc. We received considerable "grief" from other factions that we wouldn't "bring a fight" to the front or even into the city. So we did. We started our defenses at the entrance and chased into the city. Blues MOST DEFINITELY cause us considerable "pain in the {insert body part here}" when we have red players, when they reveal the stealthers, when they track our thieves and everyone else at times since it is in no-guard zone. True we can retreat back into the base but it is kinda hard to "bring a fight" to the front (per complaints from other factions).
You are right and this is done at faction strong holds where if you really wish you can eliminate the non faction element by backing up 20 tiles.And now again I feel I must point out... PVP isn't factions.... stealing sigs isn't factions .... the combination of those two is factions; all play styles to accomplish the control of the towns is factions.
LMAO the people really serious about this are not participating in factions at all would be my guess. They could probably care less.The points issue.... fixed it for me. No arties... no problem. I only have two chars that use arties that might drop and if they do I have back up regular items for that moment. See, points issue solved.... don't become dependent on the arties to play. But to the point farmers... keep it up!!! The longer you are out there farming points, the less people you field to try to break a defense or train chars for real faction play. Heaven forbid someone train a blasted thief and steal the sigils or actually attempt a defense.
LMAOYes this needs to be fixed now. It really affects my gameplay; some people may want to pvp in factions but all the alliances are really affecting how I like to play. I prefer to stay hidden on my thief in TB base and stealth around looking for other thieves who will try to steal our sigils; and since I have no life, any person I see run by me I look up on uo.com and see what guild they are in. Since I have to be looking up all these blues who aren't really in factions it interupts me eating my cheetos and donuts and drinking my 2 liter of diet coke while I stare at my screen all day. I'm not trying to be a crybaby here but thats just how im feeling.