Rules of Conduct

Important notes

Punishments below are only default penalties. Since every case is different, penalties can vary depending on offense.

If player is continuously breaking same rule despite previous punishments, his penalty length will keep accumulating. A record will be kept for every penalty; if a GM removes the ban, the penalty will be removed. If player keeps breaking this rule on different characters, the consequences will still be accumulated.

Warnings do not have to be PM'd. If there is a world chat infraction, a warning may be given via world chat. In some cases, you might disagree with the rules listed below. In such case, your sole recourse will be to leave this website. It's not mandatory for Staff member to warn player depending on the situation.

Interacting with players

1.1 You may speak only English in World Chat.

Breaking this rule will result in the following:

> 1st. Player will be warned, or muted in the case that they know the rule already (repeated warnings / mutes in the past)

1.2. You are free to cause any pk drama or any drama between each other. Any excessive drama or spamming can result in the following:

Breaking this rule will result in the following:

>1st. Player(s) involved will be warned.

>2nd. Player(s) will be muted for 24 hours in the world chat if that's where they were causing problems. If the problematic messages were sent in other channels, the player will be globally muted for 24 hours. Posting links to inappropriate websites/images will result in an immediate 1 week account ban.

2.1. No continuous harassment or serious insults, this includes, real life/family insults, racism, sexual harassment.

Breaking this rule will result in the following:

> 1st. Depending on the offense, player will be warned, muted or account banned for 1 day.
> 2nd. If the player continues with the harassment the account in question will be banned for 5 days. (This implicates returning with an alt character/account to keep the problems going).
> 3rd. Ultimately if the player continues causing problems and insulting other players, the IP related to that account and related accounts will be banned permanently.

2.2. Absolutely no giving out anyone's personal or real life information without the persons' consent.

Breaking this rule will result in the following:

>1st. Player will be banned depending on the offense.

3.1. No names to be found overly offensive. (Example: racial slurs or obscenities)

Breaking this rule will result in the following:

>1st. Character will be forced to change the name or banned permanently depending on circumstances

4.1. Using any methods which purpose is to obtain account details of other players without their awareness or logging on player's account to take their items without their will, results in permanent ban of all linked accounts of the cheater. This includes impersonation, pasting scamming links, asking for account details in order to "donate", or stealing items from account you share, but don't own.

4.2. GM impersonation is forbidden - player will receive warning or ban, depending on the circumstances.

5.1. No advertisements, with exceptions that players can advertise their own work.

Breaking this rule will result on the following:

>1st. Player will be warned.
>2nd. Player will be muted or banned with length that is depending on player's offense.

Contact with staff members

6.1. No arguing with a GM or accusing GM of favoritism towards players or guild for any reason in any chat. If you have a problem send a private message in game or on the Discord to Lunar or Twilight.

Breaking this rule will result in the following:

>1st. If the player in question is disturbing the server to complain about a Game Master action, the player will be warned to stop the comments that are leading into problems.
>2nd. If the player continues to disturb the server with his comments in any chat, he will be banned from game with length depending on the offense.
>3rd. If the conversation between the Game Master in question and the player in question doesn't reach a stable decision, there will be a meeting between the GM's to discuss how to punish the player.

6.2. Serious insults or harassing Game Master will cause player's account to banned with length depending on the offense. Changing alt characters to continue harassment can make all accounts of the player be banned permanently.

Account management and terms of service

Every created game is property of Dusk Perfect World and may be terminated or edited at any time with or without reason.
During your gameplay of Dusk Perfect World, you agree that security of your account is your responsibility, thus you are responsible for any actions which are done to or from your account. We have done everything to protect your account on our end. You also agree that giving out your login details will compromise the security of your account and you fully accept any consequences which may come of such.

You are aware that in case of losing access to your account which was a result of giving out your login details, we will give you absolutely no support to help you recover your account or lost items.

7.1. Selling, buying and trading game accounts is allowed. Announcing that you’re trading your account in any shape or form is not allowed. This includes announcements in public game channels of “giving the account away” and similar actions. Please discuss it privately between people and not publicly.

Breaking this rule will result in the following:

> 1st. All of the accounts of the buyer and the seller will be permanently banned if they were to publicly make a trade. Please make any such trades privately.

Game client usage

8.1. Using fly hack or third party game tools/bots is forbidden. The rule does not concern so called gear macros/scripts.

Breaking this rule will result on the following:

>1st. character ban for 1 day
>2nd. account ban for 5 days
>3rd. long ban duration decided by GM

8.2. Abusing in-game glitches and unintended developer bugs to get any advantage is forbidden.

Breaking this rule will result on the following:

>1st. Player(s) items would be removed from their toon(s)
>2nd. Player(s) will be warned to stop using bug or be account banned with length that is depending on the player's offense.

8.3. Multi-clienting is allowed. However there are some exceptions. You may not multi-client in:
Territorial Wars. (Rule concerns multi-clienting in one or more TWs at the same time)
>Territorial Wars
>Nation Wars
>Sunset Valley
>Arigora Colosseum
>Any other custom events

Breaking this rule will result in the following:

>1st. Player will be warned and have his alts kicked from game (1 min ban if person was caught by GM while multi-clienting).
>2nd. If player keeps multi-clienting despite warning, he will be banned with length that is depending on the offense.

8.4. Creating or selling cheats, hacks, bots, or any software that alters the online game experience is not allowed.

Breaking this rule will result in the following:

>1st. Permanent ban to the main account of the user that created or sold the software.
>2nd. On repeated offenses, permanent ban to all of the user’s accounts, along with a permanent block from the game for the user.

Donations

Any and all donations go to the proceeds of this project, and the development of the server. This includes any improvements, modifications, and any additional hostings/servers required to improve the game experience.

By donating to the server, you are showing your appreciation for our service, and as such, are not entitled to a refund. Your donation will go towards the support of the server, and the time that the developers took to create the server.

You are not buying a service from us (Dusk Perfect World), everything is for free contained in the website and the game client. By donating, you are agreeing to the terms and conditions (Rules) listed herein.