New Jail system?

[GM-Ayu]

From what I have been able to gather, it means you will be released automatically after having been online that long on that char, while it is in jail.

Like a mute. But in jail. <<

We didn't officially post anything yet, as we are still getting some things working (and not all of it is working yet, like @jailtime for you to check just exactly how long you are jailed for. You still don't have it... YET.) We started using it on the people who broke the auto-vending rules only so far.

When you are jailed, you need to log on that character and online (autotrade, as far as our testing goes, does NOT contribute to served jail time.) for the instructed amount of time. When time is up, jail will automatically release you instead of like the past, you need to find a GM to manually free you from jail, which may take up to weeks if you have a very small playing time frame for both you and a GM to be online. On the flip side of the coin, jail punishment was relatively "weak" as people just log on to other character on their account, and play another character until jail time is up, and their character is back. It's only a minor delay in whatever you want with that character. In this not-really-new-but-new-for-heRO jail, you really have to just sit there and wait it out. You can't just "dodge" the jail time by playing another character until time is up anymore.

It's really nothing spectacular. It's not uncommon in other servers. Like I said before in other posts, non-tech GMs are taking this time to simplify some administrative issues that has always been plaguing heRO server by lowering GM's efficiency. Simplifying/making clear these matters will free up GMs' time and things are more clear cut to players as well too.

As for how 'long' are people jailed for if they break a rule... we are still working on that too (as you see how the length changed for breaking the vending rule from 24 hours down to 12 hours just a day or two ago, and even now who knows it may still go down more OR go back up a bit.)


Of course, best scenario is if we don't need to do this at all- let's just hope that everyone can behave and follow the rules, hmm?