NOTICE: DOD rule change effective 11/13 (UPDATED for 11/19)

cohesion has gone right out the window

This rule has not changed. Please report squads that are clearly lone wolfs and not working together.

Thank everyone for submitting anecdotes and feedback, we've received some good ones.

Based on some of these observations, primary issues revolved around what we will call a "staging-area" (Thanks Mats for using that terminology). People did not find it fun being killed in main as soon as they spawned. Shame on whoever found it fun to be the attacker in this situation; you're selfish. Another challenge was for vehicles that could not easily defend themselves and respond right away (i.e. Trans pilots).

There were a few positives to be seen as well. For example, in a few cases, there did not seem to be a big impact on many maps in regards to the DOD zone. People were smart enough to work around challenges in this zone. The people who played by the rules in the past had confidence to combat the people who tested or regularly violated previous DOD rules, instead of relying on reports that had to be investigated and confirmed, mostly after the fact by the way of PR tracker files. We'd like to keep this, and address any unfairness in certain situations at the same time, without writing a bible.

So... we'd like to announce a change to the DOD rules which will be effective Friday 11/19 12:01AM EST

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There are 2 different zone definitions: DOD is a transit zone. Staging area is a smaller zone that is most often located WITHIN the DOD. Please read carefully and note these differences in the following rule.

Enemy to enemy fire in a transit zone (aka DOD) is PERMITTED with the following restrictions:

Restriction 1
Everyone is PROHIBITED from attacking enemy staging-areas. A staging-area is on solid ground (e.g. ship carrier is solid ground) and includes repair depot, helipads, runways, command-post, vehicle spawnpoints, and indestructible spawnpoints. On many maps, this area is surrounded by and within walls. Should you cause damage or shoot into this area, you will be subject to admin action.

Note: You may shoot out of your own staging area ONLY to engage any enemy actively camping you. The enemy however cannot shoot into your staging area per Restriction 1 above.

Restriction 2
You are PROHIBITED from attacking any AIR vehicle with a surface-to-air, or land-based weapon/vehicle in DOD. If the air vehicle instantly dies in DOD from these specific weapon categories, the attacker will be subject to admin action.

If an in-game situation is deemed extremely unfair to one side, admin discretion and opinion overrides these DOD rules on a case by case basis.

If you want a basic guideline to follow: HELP YOUR TEAM ON THE FLAG/OBJECTIVE, STAY AWAY FROM THE ENEMY START AREAS. If you follow this guideline, you won't be in a situation where the above rules would apply to you.

 

operation marlin theres a spot there around A6 hill where tanks can just camp and rape their main for the entire game

They cannot under this new rule, as that is considered staging area, and likely they would be shot by FR which is now allowed to shoot outside of staging area, while the enemy cannot shoot at them, unless the enemy wants to be removed from the server