A rule set is just that- a group of rules you can apply to a zone. Essentially it is used to override the defaults that are set in the EqEmu code.
So, you could have "ruleset 1" which is your default rule set for your server. For a zone that has rule_set =1, every rules_values entry that has a rule_set of 1 applies to that zone.
Now, say you want a different zone to have slightly different rules for whatever reason (raid zone maybe)- you could create a 2nd ruleset - "ruleset 2" with different values in rules_values. Then you could set that zone to have a Rule_set of 2 and that would use those settings instead of ruleset 1.
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