Sinvaders
Bitttymacod
The problem I see with the proposed solutions is that they represent the possibility of harassment in the opposite direction. Guild A declares on Psykopla Knoll (q50). They bring 3 people since Guild B (who currently owns it) only has 3 active members. Since Guild A is Kami, the Kara Alliance (or whatever) brings 30, beats Guild A's team into a pulp and then reports Guild A for harassment.
Why a guild with only 3 active members hold an OP ?
If you are not ready to fight/wait to keep your OP just give it to someone else in your faction.
OP's are for GUILDS -- not factions.
I held an OP for a long time with a guild that had one active member (me). It was an armilo producting OP in the days when you could make an armilo tool from any grade. I made sure that *everyone* had all the armilo they could eat. It was NOT a factioned OP. I held it because both sides trusted me to be fair.
My point is that even now, a q50 OP is something that a 3 (active) person guild might hold. Who are you to say that they are not worthy? Who are you to say that it must be one faction or another?
The point of the discussion is that they are ready to fight. No one would be complaining if the other side had showed up in numbers and put up a fight (even if the defenders lost). The point is that it is possible to harass holders of a q50 or q100 OP because the criterion for "not harassment" is ridiculously low.
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Remembering Tyneetryk
Phaedreas Tears - 15 years old and first(*) of true neutral guilds in Atys.
(*) This statement is contested, but we are certainly the longest lasting.
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