Shattered Kingdoms

I really, really dislike using an auto response as the only method to surrender to guards. People will forget it's on, which can be disastrous, or they'll forget it's off and have to fumble around with an auto command to avoid killing a guard.

I propose we simply add a 'surrender' command, so that those of us who would prefer to can simply mode stun and use that.

And even if auto surrender isn't removed - surrender would be a nice new command, perhaps even to be used in a room anywhere in the kingdom without necessarily containing a guard? (Mechanic could be that it spawns a guard to whom you surrender, all happening instantly).

I'd put a vote for removing auto surrender if surrender is implemented, though - no more mixups/buggy auto surrender faults.

Sounds nice to me.

If this command is implemented there should be some conditions attached to it:

You must be outlawed (duh!)
You must be alone.
You automatically surrender to said guard.
Guard does not cost tribunal.
Guard is not otherwise a law enforcement/bounty NPC

The reason for these conditions would be so that people with 1-2 minor crimes couldn't wandering spawning legions of guards to defend their city, get other people outlawed/punished for being the city/kingdom, or cost the tribunal lots of gold.

Or...

You must be outlawed.

And the command merely gives an echo of a NPC coming to pick you up, e.g. poofing you away. There is of course no cost attached to it. That way, other people in the same room isn't liable to get attacked by, nor does it cost the trib anything.

I've done this before walking into a kingdom with auto surrender and then having a quite of bit of time to serve. But I must say I will play devil's advocate on this one and say that why make some one change the code because you forgot to simply type something? Not the imm''s fault you forgot, but then again I have no clue about coding and how hard or easy it would be so, if its an easy fix sure why not, but if it takes some time and is difficult, just leave it and don't be so forgetful *bonks self*

There is however the infamous auto surrender bug - and if you get agro'd by some guards and wish to surrender, typing in auto surrender doesn't cut it. Then you'd need to flee and find yet another guard - even the same chasing you into a new room won't trigger off auto surrender.

Auto surrender is [REDACTED]. Any time I've brought this up, I usually get a STOP QQING!!! Because our playerbase is so nice.

I approve of this idea.

This weakens tribunals further by making it easier to turn yourself in and avoid banishment with ease.