Should PVP be allows in Non Combat Zones

[froglok20]

hey all, froglok here

As many of you know im working on non combat zones aka protected zones. i.e PoK, Nexus, PoTranquil...

My Questions are (raise by bigpull)

Should PvP be allowed in these zones?

Should dueling be allowed in these zones?

if Yes.....

Would it be a good option to allow it as a option in the datatabse, example... "allow_pvp" and "allow_duel" in the database like my "can_attack" will sets a zone yto allow combat or not...


any ideas/ thought much appreciated (or howeva ya spell it im a crap speller)

Thanks

Froglok

[Trumpcard]

How about a noncombatzones flag which is a comma delimited list of zone names. Sharemem can load it and parse it into an array, then zone can compare against it on boot up to determine if combat should be enabled or disabled in the zone..

[Bigpull]

Heres my take. change can_attack to disable_combat, allowable values would be 0 (nothing disabled), 1 (PvE disabled), 16 (PvP disabled)

[Edgar1898]

and just add it as a column to the zone table so it can be loaded easily on zone bootup.

[Trumpcard]

Actually, thats a better idea... column values in zone table are a much easier way to go...

[Solx]

I am wondering why these are non combat in EQ Live. Are some combat animations missing for the MOBs in these zones? Did they make them non combat so your faction could never suck in these zones? I would check the animations, but I am not at home to do so now.

[froglok20]

the non combart zones.. there are only 3 in the game, the nexus, plane of knowledge and plane of tranquility... main purposwe if like a safe haven for people, look at the nexus, its a hub for ports, KEI, AGEO, VIRTUE, etc....


btw currently yhe way iv added them are in the zone tablwe and are loaded at zone bootup =)

[torrack]

4 froglok... you forgot bazaar. Minus the arena there of course. But man, you guys rock at this stuff, makes me wanna pick up learning this stuff again.

That's interesting tho, how easy is it to implament a pvp section in a zone that is tagged non-pvp?

[froglok20]

hmm i thought the bazaar u could duel and attack, never tested it really, but your prob right, just no combat, i knwo you duel.. as for the pvp in areas of zones,.. not sure ill have to look into it..

btw if im missing any non combat zones (from live) post them here, these ones i know for sure

The Nexus
PoK
PoTranquil

not sure...
The Bazaar

cheers

froglok

[torrack]

Those are the only ones Frog. I play on Tallon Zek normally(live pvp), Bazaar is non-PvP, but they have a PvP arena in the zone.