Using the cabal standard as a dinner bell

[Serinkane]

Is this even legal? I mean come on, I cant count how many times someone cant find me and then thinks... Hey I know! Ill goto their cabal and tap its guard RING RING DINNER BELL! WTF am I suppose to drop what Im doing and come at his call? According to cabal warfare I am... Most of the time they arent even or are unable to touch the standard.

Thoughts?

[mya]

"WTF am I suppose to drop what Im doing and come at his call? According to cabal warfare I am..."

No you are not. If they cannot take the Standard there is nothing for you to defend.

In fact if you keep going there and fighting everytime they "ring the bell" they will just keep doing that. If you wish them to stop "ringing the bell" "stop answering the bell".

[f0xx]

"RING RING DINNER BELL" Lol.... I actually see it as, "Hey I am a lazy tard who can't find you so I will try the standard guard". It has a good side though, it is just like them telling you, "Hey, I am coming to kill you". Which gives you plenty of time to prepare.

[Mudder]

If someone who isn't even in a cabal comes after my guard, I tend to put them high on my "to Kill" list. If i'm busy? I don't worry about it. Otherwise I try to rush there and hit them so hard they never try anything so stupid again.

It's a pride thing.

Though if it is cabal warfare you need to go. Though it has been said before that Syndicates don't need to defend. I guess that would just depend on the cabal imm.

[Twinblades713]

It does feel kinda good when they do that and you bring down a hammer. *BLAM* 'try it again'

But yeah, it's annoying, and I've never gotten in trouble for ignoring someone (not of a vendetta'd cabal) who tried that. I don't think you'll have a problem doing that.

[HouselessRogue]

My take is that if it is a vendetta cabal you really need to defend in almost every case. I can think of few when not defending hasn't been punished in the past. I.E. you are completely naked and defending would be certain death. I have actually heard a cabal IMM tell his/her people to not be foolish with their lives. This is a rare case.

Against a non-cabaled char: In my opinion they really have no business attacking a cabal (unless it is for RP purposes). Not saying it should be banned but they are not involved in the cabal warfare so it really doesn't make a lot of sense. If they do, I wouldn't think you HAVE to defend but I would imagine that it would be strongly encouraged. Most of it would depend on the cabal. Some cabals and IMMs take a more harsh view on it.

My advice, have a chat with you cabal IMM or go OOC with Malc or Anume. They are great about answering questions.

[Nekky]

I've always hated when people do this, and my take is:

1) If it's a vendetta cabal, you have to drop what you're doing and defend. Unless there is a reasonable reason why you can't.

2) If it isn't a vendetta cabal. If you're not busy, you SHOULD go and smack the person around. But if you're busy, to hell with them. Just get them later.

[Iusedtobesomebody]

Multi-kill them either way.

[Nightmare_from_hell]

Multi-kill them either way.

Heck yeah! Old school baby!

[Grim_Reefer]

I don't see what the big deal is about it. Its just like, "Hey man, lets box." Take it or leave it.

[WagesofSin]

I'm with Reefer. You are a part of an organization, I assume you will be defending the cabal home with the same determination that you would show to an enemy cabaler. It's simply the drawback of being in a Cabal(there aren't too many disadvantages to being caballed anyway). The guard is probably a living being/paid/uses magical upkeep so is significant to your organization. I don't think you should just "ignore" it. Especially since once he's dead you can take a stroll into his cabal and do whatever you want in there. So my opinion: You better haul *** down there and defend.

[Kyzarius]

I posted this in one form or another on another thread, but forget which.

It all depends on personal RP and the Cabal, for example...

With my Avatar Knight Monk, I would come to the defense of my guardian no matter who it was that attacked it. Its my duty, I care for the lives of the guards.

With my Syndicate Cleric, I would tell the attacker...if they bugged me after assaulting my guard...that the guard needs to earn his pay, bout time he put up a fight etc etc.

so you can see how with RP you can justify either course of action, and in the end your response is really dependant on your characters rp, background and the cabal imm's confidence in the validity of the above.

[Grim_Reefer]

Totally, response is totally based on character RP. However, as far as attacking the cabal guard to get someone's attention, I don't see what the problem is... you don't HAVE to come. Just send a tell to the attacker and be like, "wtflol?" and he'll probably be like, "omgcm'ere." Then you could respond with either, "lolno". or "hahaurdead!".

[Kyzarius]

Totally' date=' response is totally based on character RP. However, as far as attacking the cabal guard to get someone's attention, I don't see what the problem is... you don't HAVE to come. Just send a tell to the attacker and be like, "wtflol?" and he'll probably be like, "omgcm'ere." Then you could respond with either, "lolno". or "hahaurdead!".[/quote']

epicfail!!!

[Grim_Reefer]

Nuh uh.