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r/archeage•
Frebu

I built a trade wall

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http://imgur.com/a/2yN0VsA

I wondered if I could completely block a usual trade route with the property I have.....turns out I can.(For reference this is in Two Crowns along the north beach hill allowing you to go east of moonswept homes towards the cinder and TC outlet. With the wall in place you either have to use riders escape to get through in a cart, or go the long way around moon swept.) I call it the demonetization zone. Should I leave it up for a few days or take it down immediately?

Posted May 29, 2020, 1:23 PM UTC

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kingdomartTemplar•

People used to do this with carts back in the day. They would block spots that allowed other players to get places. I think Trino released a statement back then saying blocking people's path's like this could and would result in a ban for X amount of time. They would give a warning first though.

I'd say you can keep it up if you want, but you may hear from a GM in the future, ha.

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FrebuOP•

The rule you are talking about is here (http://forums.archeagegame.com/showthread.php?242852-ArcheAge-Policy-Update-Changes-to-blockades-and-blocking) and I agree you are likely right that the spirit of that rule would prevent this but I believe(and I'm not willing to search for it) that they have also said that private land is private and they wont interfere with placement of items on it. Obviously what I did here doesn't really apply to that(my intentions are obviously not purely aesthetic rp) but I am going to pretend it does until I take it down >.>

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bbqxx•

Pretty sure you will get it taken down, and as a trader I want to curse you out.

But I respect what you've done here. Good job my dude, hope it lasts as long as it can.

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RiukBlackblade•

People used to block actual paths for trade runs (such as bridge in hellswamp) in order for people to not be able to run packs. In this case he isn’t blocking a short cut through a housing province . Unfortunately he is not doing anything wrong people still can get wherever they need to through the actual paths

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SugahKain•

Yea op will definitely get a suspension for this if it continues

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trinoplzwhy•

this is def not bannable. HIPPITY HOPPITY GET OFF OF MY PROPERTY

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VitalizedOfThe12•

This was a bannable offense back on legacy, idk if gamingo holds the same stance. Id be careful.

When XL heard NA players were using carts to block trade route choke points and ambushing traders they were completely shocked.

I thought it was cool, hire a guard or scouts to destroy the blockade instead of banning it.

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Setrict•

That was the thing though, they'd do it in safe zones so there was no way to destroy a blockade. Passively parking a bunch of afk alts on carts while you take a nap is just as wrong as running a trade bot. Whether you trade in grief or gold, it ought to require active game play to get your gains.

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pigia360•

I'm pretty sure u can just drive through the wall.

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bigbutae•

Freighters yes, cars no.

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FrebuOP•

That would make this so much better if you can. An illusionary wall.

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JeibuKul•

I don't see why this would be bannable. This would literally be Gamigo saying, "Sorry, you can't actually decorate your property, that is a no no". They aren't parking a cart or anything on public land, this is literally their own land and they should be able to decorate it, how ever they want.

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Altephor1•

You can drive a cart right through that.

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rhaegar21Rumplestiltskin•

This is not bannable since there is a work around it.

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FrebuOP•

Well I could put avocados in front/behind it but I find it more funny that I might ruin somebodies shorter run and it isn't even really a block now that I know that is the case.

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Safia3•

Someone had an effective one up in Gweonid for awhile, I don't even know how they managed to extend it as far as they did but it was trees and those heart things lol... it was soo annoying.

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Lovebane•

AA brought the worst grief in me until they added in rules to protect care bears. At most you'll get a slap on the wrist. You're fine. I went as far as putting up a full on wall that would trip up anyone trying to do the falcorth off a cliff to windscour run.

so people couldn't even go into my "zone" without being creative.

It's no different than planting a shit ton of large footprint trees and refreshing the timers in sync since carts can drive through fully grown trees. I was a very aggressive land baron doing passive trade embargo such as this to everyone in my zone.

If you look at my video here at every edge plot there will be a painting that full blocks entry and at the very beginning you can see my wall in it's infancy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FqUX7N4fxc

Maybe a year before I quit I threw up an even greater wall which didn't even let you walk into my plots because the paintings were too high so the only way was from a cliff glide into.

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