Talk:A New Age: The Dominion of Middle-Earth Minecraft Server/@comment-30079501-20170206152339

Well, with Smyers retiring from moderator, I have no idea if any staff will be checking here anymore. :P But this is probably the best place to ask about this:

The last couple sieges (or near-sieges), there's been talk about Kings needing to declare aid, in order for anyone from that faction to aid. At first, it was thought that that was a one-time thing. Once a king declared he was aiding a faction, anyone in the aiding faction could assist at future sieges. However, according to Jelmer (who was repeating what he was told by the admins), a king now has to declare aid for every single siege, in order for the aid to be valid.

So the first part of my question is: why isn't this in the rules? Here's the section of the rules concerning aiding in sieges:

"Factions can ally during sieges. To ally you must be part of a kingdom (meaning your faction/biome is claimed by a king). Allies can start together with the defenders or attackers. Both sides can have max 2 kingdoms join, together max 4 players combined from both factions (2 from one, 2 from the other, 3 from one 1 from the other etc...)."

Obviously, one has to be a member of a claimed kingdom to aid; that much is clear, and was never disputed. But I see nothing about the King having to declare aid from his faction. Nor have I ever heard this rule before, despite having spent nearly a year playing on the server. So, if this really is a legit rule, could a staff member please add it to the page, and explain why it wasn't there before?

My other question is about the rule itself. Is this declaration of aid a one time thing, i.e. once a king has declared aid, that faction can assist at any siege from thence forward? Or does a king have to declare that they will aid for every single siege?

If it's the former, I guess that makes some sense. If it's the latter, well, please don't take this the wrong way, but that's stupid. Unless I'm missing something, a king has to be online in order to declare aid for a single siege. This means that no one (besides a king) could ever aid in a siege, unless their king was online at the time of the siege. I get that Kings are supposed to be active, but, as a non-king, this would make it difficult to aid in even one siege in a war.

Again, I'm not trying to antagonize anyone here. It's just rather vague and confusing ATM, so I'm just trying to make sense of it. :) Thanks!