Rules Update Invasion “Requesting Aid” Rules Suspended.

[Tefka]

As of this post, all allies in all Invasions are removed and the Ally rules are suspended.

Allies previously approved under this ruleset are not grandfathered in and are removed from their invitations into Invasions, as ally spots as of this posting no longer exist, as the ruleset is suspended.

Reason:

I think the forum is unlocked af, lol. I think people forgot how to do invasions, I think the community is using mechanics to entice people to join their factions, like many MFOs did with introduction of Bounty Sponsors. I think Staff has been doubling down and I think the MFOs are parroting us just to get by and get into the juicy bit, and I wanna get there too - but we’re doing crazy stuff like blanket approvals.

Why do the rules even exist if we’re doing blanket approvals? A blanket approval, “hey you’re all approved”, invalidates the entire process. Absolutely ridiculous, so the Admins heard my case and we held a vote and we’ve all unanimously agreed, the requesting aid rules are suspended.

There is hope yet. We’re working on alternatives, though there are disagreements that even I wager have merit that we should keep them banned this time. However, I do believe there is room for replacing this ruleset, to allow some more chaos in our Invasions, so I will probably push for another vote soon. But unfortunately for now, all of you allies are canned. Pack it up!

 

[Tefka]

I'm getting some questions if this "only pertains to allies".

Guys, the Requesting Aid rules is how non-faction members were getting in the Invasion. "Ally" is just a default moniker for this. With the suspension of these rules, non-faction members cannot join Invasions, full stop, regardless what they refer to themselves as.

 

[Vazela]

Fully agree with this. The recent applications for ally spots just made no sense in-character and I felt like they were ruining stories.

 

[Zandra Ruus]

Based honestly, faction versus faction stories are some of the more compelling imo. And the way allies usually worked kinda felt like it went against that.

I'm minorly hypocritical in this because I RP a mercenary and have been an ally before, but regardless. Good change!

 

[Kitter Bitters]

Question: can we make a new character that’s in GA now to play? Or is that like a frowned upon work around?

Edit: asked in the “help” discord section too. Will post answer in case anybody was wondering.

 

[Allyson Locke]

Question: can we make a new character that’s in GA now to play? Or is that like a frowned upon work around?

Kitter Bitters Great question! This isn't considered a work around, because according to the rules in the invasion rules list states the following:

This involves one Major Faction's members fighting for control of the hex(es) against another Major Faction's members.

https://www.starwarsrp.net/ams/faction-war.2911/page/invasion.12/

So because of that statement, joining the major faction that is fighting allows you to fight in the invasion under the banner of the faction you are joining.

So to answer your question:

Also an admin can correct me if I'm wrong, but yes, you can create your new character to join the GA and fight in the invasion.

 

[Tegan Starfall]

Im a little mixxed myself on this on one hand I understand where it's come from and why it might be done.

Also there are ways around it by just joining one of the major factions involved.

But I will miss the rogue element of it and the fact that in war you have allies. It kind of takes something out of the invasions while trying to also make it a more streamline versus.

Also now I cant bring high explosives to an invasion with out having to follow a factions rules....shm no more byss incidents. lol

So overall I'm okay with this but I do feel your losing the possibility for the surprise element in the process.