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TheSteel Way
Bones of Earth, Nature's Womb,
the Dwelling Grounds, the Final Tomb
Hearts of Fire, Power of Life,
flaming Souls, Source of Strife.
Blood of Water, nourishing all
Quenching Fire, Peace will fall.
Wind and Storm, Realm of the Mind
Follows the Path, Fate to find.
Nothing in Common, Nothing is All,
Nowhere the Path, Follow the Call.
We are not a allegiance nor a monarchy. Welcome, this is
our community that we have formed outside the normal allegiance
structure. This is our clan, our family. Our main means
of communication is via our community website http:\\www.thesteel.org
Whether it's mages, melee, hybrids, whether
you play a lot or only at certain times, If you require lots of training, or just want to solo it. We do
have a place for you.
The game that most of us play is Asherons Call (AC).
AC an Online
Role-Playing Game (RPG). You actually play real-time over the internet with creatures and other characters. There are over 50,000 other players.
We play on the Leafcull server. AC was created by Turbine Software and
is hosted by Microsoft ZONE Gaming Servers. There's so much
more information that we could tell you about AC, but the best thing is to just to buy the game and join us
in-game or visit our messageboard.
Family is very important to us. There are a lot of allegiances in the
game. Yes, allegiances are there for experience points (XP), easier chat,
getting gear & equipment and finding hunting party's.. etc. like you say. However, after
seeing the many problems associated with being in allegiances, we chose to form
a family instead. Everybody made a choice to join this family. By choosing to
become part of this family, each person agreed to the responsibilities of
becoming a family member. Those responsibilities are indeed more than an
allegiance. We call this "The Steel Way".
Being a family member is different because it implies a bond of respect between
each member. Think of your own RL relationships for example. If you lived with
roommates and a conflict happened, you would get ticked at them and wish that
they would move out. If you lived with family, you would get upset, but the
greater bond between you would keep the relationship strong enough to work
through the problems.
Now I'm not saying that we are blood relatives, but our family is "a group of
people united by certain convictions or a common affiliation." (from Merian
Webster's dictionary, http://www.m-w.com).
Our family relies on your cooperation and
loyalty to the other family members. And that's how you should think about it.
We are a family, not an allegiance.. not a monarchy. We are a family. Your
responsibilities are to think like a great uncle. Specifically helping members
that are having problems, be it corpse recovery, quest help, strategy
improvements, strength buffing or muling.
It is not the responsibility of the family to insure your equipment due to loss
of death, theft or hacking. You are responsible for the equipment in your
inventory.
For this reason, we advise against the practice of sharing items such as GSA,
Mage Armor, or other extremely valuable items. Problems associated with
equipment are always the duty of individual families.
In our family we require Maturity and Respect --
because of our family atmosphere we completely rely on respect both from you and
how others view you and us as. We realize this can be difficult at times. We ask
that you keep in mind family first. If it means walking away from your best
hunting ground because of a skimmer or giving up that AL180 Imp6 Coord6 Gauntlets, then please do so.
Reputation of our Family come first.
We love friends, and we encourage you to develop friends in other
allegiances. Trust is a big thing with us, so we ask that you refrain from
pledging any of your characters to a different allegiance. This shows a lack of
respect and honesty to us, If you are just joining our ranks, then an
appropriate trial period is okay, however in the long-run single allegiance
shows loyalty and trust to our members and leadership. So dual member
allegiances are not allowed.
Last is our Gear & Equipment Policy -- If you happen to have an item or post a
trade list that has a item that a fellow family member wants then all we ask
is that you give it to them for a fair (if not reduced) price. Many of the
higher levels will give most items up freely. The Market value is always
changing... if you have any questions, please ask.
There are certain topics that should never be talked about in a public forum or
on the messageboard. Use your discretion where necessary.. topics that include
flaming, arguing, swearing.. etc. And if you ever have a problem with an
allegiance member, then contact that person via email and in-game.
Contact their patron and if you are not able to get it
resolved, then email our advisors at council@thesteel.org.
WHERE DO YOU
GATHER?
The main gathering point for the Steel is our Mansion located at 51.4N 12.9E. The fastest way to run there is via Firedew Portal is GW at 27.9N 29.5E, puts you 10 clicks out). Previous to the mansion our base of operations and
the jump off point for most of our quests was circle of stones next to the meeting hall in Bashi. This is not the place of our beginnings that we refer as
star's grove which we left when Arwic was destroyed.
Many of our members also own cottages and villas throughout dereth. if you like to use one of them or need more information. please post on our messageboard.
Just around our mansion and Baishi is plenty of low-level hunting locations, here's a short list:
A Small Ruin 53.6S 70.8E
Golem Burial Ground 50.9S 57.3E
Lugian Citadel at 56.5S 67E
Baishi Lifestone is at 50.5 S, 59.9 E
ARE YOU A PK MONARCHY?
First of all we are not a PK monarchy. Pk & PK-Lite is a world of its own. We have the following rules
< 1) a of on No killing fellow member. If friends opposite sides fight, kindly warn other have you Allegiance the>
Allegiance
member and ask them if a fight between you is alright. If not, one of you bow out. IF that leaves a PK friend outside the
alleg alone, kindly warn him to get the hell outta Dodge.
MACRO'ing &
TWINKLING
Contact your patron or potential new patron and
the two of you might work something out. It is very common for a patron to
PL a vassal's new noob. As for macro'ing word of advise: A skill-macroed level 26 mage has very
low stats for his level. A melee will be somewhat better, though the
constant deaths and few real kills do not accumulate a lot of unassigned XP
either. If you are able to make or find a
drain-macro or battle macro that works for you. That is the best way
to go.
Onto the next piece of our family....
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