As the title says: Teaming should result in harsher punishment. Currently, any violation of the anti-teaming rule results in 3 ban points. This translates to a meagre one day ban for first offenders.
While I concur with that amount of ban points for people who have clearly no idea what they're doing, like in this case I reported a while back:
I find that for more egregious cases, where moderately skilled players who regularly play on the server and are clearly aware of what they're doing, e.g. in these cases:
1.
Two players sharing ressources, helping each other with fireballs and openly teaming.
2.
Two players with bought ranks (one with +300 stars) teaming with at least one other player (+100 stars), openly sharing ressources, protecting each others beds and targetting other players ;
is just too little of a punishment. It is one thing to play against a team of rather unskilled players who have no idea what they're doing and probably dont play that often. It is, however, another thing to play against groups of players openly teaming and defending each others bases, especially when they aren't that bad.
Besides the obvious loss of fun and fairness such actions incur, there is also the argument of respect for the server and its rules. People with bought ranks, 100+ stars have already played a considerable amount of time and are clearly aware of how they are breaking the rules but do it anyway, disregarding the authority of staff members and the server rules.
Therefore I suggest an increase in ban points awarded for general teaming to at least 10, but up to 15 points for cases where multiple people are openly teaming with each other.
While I concur with that amount of ban points for people who have clearly no idea what they're doing, like in this case I reported a while back:
I find that for more egregious cases, where moderately skilled players who regularly play on the server and are clearly aware of what they're doing, e.g. in these cases:
1.
Two players sharing ressources, helping each other with fireballs and openly teaming.
2.
Two players with bought ranks (one with +300 stars) teaming with at least one other player (+100 stars), openly sharing ressources, protecting each others beds and targetting other players ;
is just too little of a punishment. It is one thing to play against a team of rather unskilled players who have no idea what they're doing and probably dont play that often. It is, however, another thing to play against groups of players openly teaming and defending each others bases, especially when they aren't that bad.
Besides the obvious loss of fun and fairness such actions incur, there is also the argument of respect for the server and its rules. People with bought ranks, 100+ stars have already played a considerable amount of time and are clearly aware of how they are breaking the rules but do it anyway, disregarding the authority of staff members and the server rules.
Therefore I suggest an increase in ban points awarded for general teaming to at least 10, but up to 15 points for cases where multiple people are openly teaming with each other.
