Here is a funny player story of LiF:
I would like to share an adventure with the community, I rarely complain on the forums about this kind of matter however in this case I really wish to share it with you in order to avoid what happened to me and my clan today.
I will try to keep the post as clean as possible and I will respect the rule of naming and shaming.
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After some time spent on the server we crafted some pitchforks and after some scouting we found a huge castle, with stone walls, gates and towers. It was a perfect place to live so (following the rules of the server) we decided to assault it and conquer it. The server rules orders to whoever conquers a castle, village or town to hold it for 24 hours without claiming anything. After 24 hours the defenders have to surrender and give the claim to whoever captured it.
Since the castle had gates claimed we used the logs to create a ladder which is the only way right now to get over the walls without griefing the entire place with tunnels. We placed the logs next to the walls and we also had to pay a lot attention because there were guys patrolling with crossbows. After about 5 minutes we managed to jump inside the fort and we fought against 6-7 guys with swords, ranged weapons and armor. We, on the other hand, had 1 sword, pitchforks and we were 7 naked farmers.
After an epic battle we managed to kill some of them and scare off the rest. The castle was ours. But then the drama on the global chat started. In the next 3 hours they tried to take the castle back, through the gates, asking for help to even more armored guys but we managed to hold off with looted iron plate armor and their weapons.
After all this failed they started blaming us to exploiting. First we were accused of the logs, then we were accused of using overpowered pitchforks, then we were accused of historical inaccuracy because it was impossible for farmers in the medieval times to kill knights and capture a town. The last thing they throwed at us was that "naked people are op, they got too much stamina", i chuckled a little, i must admit. Out of arguments much?
The logs were the main problem, of course. They are not and exploit, it's the only human way to get inside of a castle. We walked with logs on our backs for some good 5 minutes, completely exposed to their xbows and guards but in the end we managed to sneak by. Exploit disconnecting in order to get on top of the walls, combat logging and so on...
After a long drama on global chat we decided to talk with the server owner. He said that he doesn't want any trouble because, and i'm quoting here and I can provide a recorded ts file, "You're killing the guys who are donating to the server and I'll lose money because of that, and there wont be anyone left on the server after you've killed them all".
After and hour or so, probably after talking with the owners of the castle, he banned us all.
This guy, banned an entire clan because he would have lost a lot of money from his friends, builders or whoever "donated" (more like asked for protection) an amount to his website. He scrapped the server rules of conquering a town in order to mantain a profit from banning whoever ruins the donators experience.
I will tell you this, you can ban us how much you want but when the MMO will comes out you, your friends and your donators will get what you deserve. Eat steel.
A valiant knight of an amazing game.
