Declare inviolate

Jonners

declare <city> inviolate <time in minutes/on/off>

This would be a GODS ONLY command to declare a city inviolate to sanctioned raids for a short period of time. Personally I feel that all city enemies should be cast out of a city inviolate similar to how the ogres toss people out of Minia. This would allow important events like weddings, concerts, and scripted events to go on unhindered by the 'oh they're busy, lolraid!'.

The final argument could be used to either set it to be for a certain number of minutes or just be hard toggled on and off by the god.

Wynedere

Sometimes those intrusions can make for a more interesting event. RP with the enemies.

Jonners

Yes, it's 'interesting' when a raid interrupts a wedding. There's a reason I thought this up as a gods only command...

ETA- Oops, can we get this moved to the Dais please?

Zii

Just use the power vested in you to wed the raiders.

No givesies backsies.

Shirszae

If a God is there, it is as likely as not that the raiders/intruders/whatever are going to have a Bad Time(TM) anyway for intruding.

Jonners

That doesn't stop the interruption in the first place. I am not trying to have every thing we do made inviolate. This is something that should only be used for large/important events at the Gods discretion. If it's really that much of a concern this would be abused perhaps it should only be commands for the Administrators/Sarapis/Tecton.

Personally I feel the full on gods can be trusted enough not to make a city inviolate for a year.

ETA- Gods are often 'there' at major events, they're just lurking. And frankly it shouldn't take the physical presence of a god to make a city unraidable during such major events.

Amunet

My text-wedding to @Manifest actually was a raid. Mani decided he wanted to elope to the steps of the Basilica. It took us something like four tries to actually get the vows out, as I kept getting killed. It was hilarious.

At any rate, this seems unnecessary. Most Gods have far more interesting ways of ejecting enemies during any sort of major festivity, and furthermore, most raiders are going to give you a break if you politely ask them to back off OOC. After all, they aren't all monsters behind the keyboard. 

Silas

Gonna raid Cyrene every time I see more than 5 people gathered. Will also raid on all public holidays.

ETA: And weekends.

Dunn

CONTRACT ATEAM AS SECURITY FOR event AT quantity of gold in trillions GOLD

Strata

Would totally kill RP. Weddings are supposed to be spied on and/or crashed. If your city can't manage such events, ... then do what @Dunn said.

Edit: I'll take 1% of each contract for agreeing with this!

Jonners

How does preventing a lolraid, so the RP can go on uninterrupted, kill RP? If anything the lolraids are the RP killer.

Kyrra

Can see cities like Cyrene and Eleusis requesting it indefinitely and probably getting it.

I attended a wedding on a boat recently, Guhem and Solteria's one. It was super fun and they got no interruptions because only the wedding party and guests had boarding perms.

I don't really approve sectioning off parts of the game. It was really cool when Strata snuck into Targossas during the final wedding preparations of Silas and Sothantos, and was doing a bit of exploring/spying. I believe Aurora asked him to leave just before the ceremony started. That subsequently resulted in a little RP between him and Paine back in Ashtan.

I get the OP but hardcoded solutions are stupid. Plus most raiders really are reasonable if people would just talk. If you're not a complete dick, most are quite accommodating.

Amunet

Actually, if you look at it from an in-character perspective, an enemy shouldn't give a damn if there's a wedding going on in your city. You didn't see the Allies pulling out of Germany when Hitler got married, after all - the same principle applies in Achaea, if you want to think about it in terms of pure roleplay. 

It's kind of silly to suggest, through OOC means, a largely OOC solution to a problem that has upset you OOC, and then imply, when people point out that your solution is OOC, that you are the better roleplayer. If you really want to promote RP, beseech your Gods to intervene through in-character means (or, at least, invite them to the event, as any event I have attended where a God has been present has remained uninterrupted), or help facilitate some way for the wedded couple, or the brooding, disconsolate bards to seek vengeance for the interruption. Don't get mad - get even! Combat isn't the only way to fight combat, after all. It just takes a bit of patience and ingenuity. 

Hasar

What if the raiders are just responding to the "Speak now, or forever hold your peace!" part, and they actually just think the

couple won't be happy together? They're just trying to spare you divorce fees in the future!

Phraag

As a citizen of Cyrene I have to say that we get raided semi-reg and pretty much if I weren't asked to do so I'd feel safe just hanging out in town during a raid because Cyrene has one hell of a group of defenders. I honestly don't like the idea of a stop raid command just roll with it because that's how things are when you live in Sapience. 

Mannimar

See, I think it would be awesome if someone raided during a Walker ritual when a Divine is in attendance. Because maybe they'll let me summon spirits to kick ass? would love to do that.

Sidonia

nvm, remembered who I was talking to

Xith

This sounds like a lovely option for Them to have, whether they currently do or not. But if it's going to require any sort of effort to design for them, it's probably not worth it for the actual frequency of weddings.

And deprive them of the opportunity to 'zap' people who try to interrupt a proceeding that they are taking time out of their Godly schedules to conduct?

Strata

Kyrra said:

It was really cool when Strata snuck into Targossas during the final wedding preparations of Silas and Sothantos, and was doing a bit of exploring/spying. I believe Aurora asked him to leave just before the ceremony started. That subsequently resulted in a little RP between him and Paine back in Ashtan. 

I thought only @Tesha knew about that! By the time Aurora asked me to leave, it was only a few minutes before the end of the ceremony. I would be extremely disappointed if Targossas could have just systematically disabled my access to the city simply because there was something important going on. Seriously. Something like this would just turn into "We're stocking stockrooms! Flip the switch so nothing bad happens!" and then POOF! Ashtan becomes Minia for an hour. It's the most retarded idea ever.

Kyrra

Strata said:

Kyrra said:

It was really cool when Strata snuck into Targossas during the final wedding preparations of Silas and Sothantos, and was doing a bit of exploring/spying. I believe Aurora asked him to leave just before the ceremony started. That subsequently resulted in a little RP between him and Paine back in Ashtan. 

I thought only @Tesha knew about that! By the time Aurora asked me to leave, it was only a few minutes before the end of the ceremony. I would be extremely disappointed if Targossas could have just systematically disabled my access to the city simply because there was something important going on. Seriously. Something like this would just turn into "We're stocking stockrooms! Flip the switch so nothing bad happens!" and then POOF! Ashtan becomes Minia for an hour. It's the most retarded idea ever.

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I was chilling with (re: getting yanked back into the room with) Paine when you came in to tell him about it. He was pretty afk so I listened instead.

I actually told you to ask Tesha about a log of the events since your own broke or something.

Edit: Phone quoting makes me want to punch someone in the throat.

Strata

Kyrra said:

I was chilling with (re: getting yanked back into the room with) Paine when you came in to tell him about it. He was pretty afk so I listened instead. I actually told you to ask Tesha about a log of the events since your own broke or something. Edit: Phone quoting makes me want to punch someone in the throat.

Ohhhh yeah. I remember now. Drugs'r'bad...

Jonners

Strata said:

Kyrra said:

It was really cool when Strata snuck into Targossas during the final wedding preparations of Silas and Sothantos, and was doing a bit of exploring/spying. I believe Aurora asked him to leave just before the ceremony started. That subsequently resulted in a little RP between him and Paine back in Ashtan. 

I thought only @Tesha knew about that! By the time Aurora asked me to leave, it was only a few minutes before the end of the ceremony. I would be extremely disappointed if Targossas could have just systematically disabled my access to the city simply because there was something important going on. Seriously. Something like this would just turn into "We're stocking stockrooms! Flip the switch so nothing bad happens!" and then POOF! Ashtan becomes Minia for an hour. It's the most retarded idea ever.

~Goddamned quotes!~

Which is why gods get control of it and not city officials. You think the gods are going to toggle it on for shop stocking? You have a poor opinion of our Gods then.

And I have seen plenty more idiotic ideas.

My point is the divine attending an event shouldn't have to be scanning the area to make sure someone isn't being a douche, during such things. As cool as Strata's thing was, Aurora had to take her attention away from the wedding, to deal with some dick (sorry Strata) nosing around?

Shirszae

Jonners said:

Which is why gods get control of it and not city officials. You think the gods are going to toggle it on for shop stocking? You have a poor opinion of our Gods then.

And I have seen plenty more idiotic ideas.

My point is the divine attending an event shouldn't have to be scanning the area to make sure someone isn't being a douche, during such things. As cool as Strata's thing was, Aurora had to take her attention away from the wedding, to deal with some dick (sorry Strata) nosing around?

Now you are just spouting idiocy after idiocy. The point of phasing is to nose around. There is no reason whatsoever why we should get nerfed just because you can't deal with things in an ic manner. You almost remind me of a certain someone's brilliant ideas...

Tesha

How did I get tagged four times in this thread. 

Sylvance

@Tesha (yes, make that five!)

It retags you if somebody quotes a tag. Bit silly, really...

ETA: Back OT, the real toe-curler on this is the thought of having the option to hard toggle this on... That said, I'm genuinely curious as to why you want it to only stop sanctioned raids when there are a truck of equally (more?) frustrating things that enemies can be doing during your wedding.

Tesha

STOP TAGGING ME AHHHHH.

Isaiah

@Tesha

Jonners

Sylvance said:

@Tesha (yes, make that five!)

It retags you if somebody quotes a tag. Bit silly, really...

ETA: Back OT, the real toe-curler on this is the thought of having the option to hard toggle this on... That said, I'm genuinely curious as to why you want it to only stop sanctioned raids when there are a truck of equally (more?) frustrating things that enemies can be doing during your wedding.

That's why I put in the 'cast out similar to Minia ogres' thing in..

Tesha

Going to start pking people.

Arditi

@Tesha - You're going to any, might as well give you more of an excuse.

And I fully disagree with locking down any place aside from Minia/Lodi/Gheladan. It is my right as a Serpent with Phase to crash any wedding/ceremony/gathering that I feel I deserved an invitation to.

Tesha

I hope your enter key breaks. All of you.