Barrel politics

[Ragnash]

Ohhhh noes we killed Odin/Thor again >.< ,  I hate to see this and it's now every bloody time I get there no beef with barrels as they can be used to very good effect when playing as a group in communication.

I just hate the unnamed Heros who spawn on last spawn and completely take over a game placing 1000 barrels and blowing them like it bonfire nite and then calling you an ass for asking if we can give it a shot without.

I have created this thread to establish what the rules are on blowing a barrel early to stop the insta takeover that happens , an to see if ill be permanent Banned if I did it as I know most barrel owners are top dogs in the game and wouldn't even flinch at banning me

Thanks for reading

I have a feeling I am one of these people you are talking about. Though I have often been in situations where I have been in IRC or asked on Steam to join a server on wave 16 because my barrel is needed. Using a barrel on wave 20 is a very effective tactic and a large portion of the playerbase accepts the risk of killing Odin with it ~10% of the time for how easy it makes the wave to pass. I can understand the frustration watching someone come into a server and blow away your chance of a drop, sadly the reality of the situation is without using glitched stair cades, the chances of successfully passing the wave without is quite low. Yet again, I can understand a lot of people are willing to try.

As to the taking over comment, experienced players often take on a leadership role when they join a server and the team isn't functioning as effectively as it could be. This is for everyone's benefit and isn't meant to offend.

Now to the rules on it, well. First of all, you won't get permanently banned if you blow up an admins toy. This does not mean you should go around blowing them up to stop them being used. Generally when it comes to deployables/health boxes/tomes it is up to the owner to use them unless otherwise specified. It is their item, they should have a say in how it is used. If you are deliberately using all deployable items at times that are detrimental to the team's success then you will likely be asked to stop and if you continue you will be reported/kicked.

I personally used to ask a lot more before I used my barrel in servers, whether people had a problem using it or not. I admit I don't do it as often as I should as when I join a server, if I see around 50% of the people I know have no problem with it, I just use it without asking. Not using it at all in the game is just unfair on the player who spent so much time and money constructing it, and is a resource the team can and should take advantage of. The developers put it in the game to be used, not to be dropped and let despawn or blown up to kill no bots.

Anyway, I hope that cleared some things up for you.