05. Packs, Alphas, and Bands
08-06-2014, 09:19 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-10-2019, 09:38 AM by Nyx.)
Pack Creation & Expansion
Ardent members are allowed to form new packs, given that those characters who seek to create a new pack meet the requirements to do so, and that our current pack count does not meet the maximum. There is currently a maximum of 10 full packs and 1 mini-pack on Ardent.
Pack creation is currently OPEN. We currently have 7 full packs and 0 mini-packs.
Please see the thread here to apply for pack creation.
Members are also allowed to form bands. Band creation is currently OPEN and there is no limit on these.
Requirements
The requirements to create a pack include 500 gems, 200 posts in count and a total of 5 followers (6 members total including the leader).
Followers do not include the following : Claimed wolves/prisoners, children under 1 year, or characters that you play.
The wolf looking to create this pack must have existed and not been set inactive for at least two months and posted at least 40 times in the last month, spread out over the entire month in a pattern of ten posts per week. Newly created packs should have their pages set up within a week or they will be disbanded; they also have two weeks immunity in which they may not be challenged for.
Your character must be one year or older to create a pack.
The requirements to create a mini-pack include 500 gems, 200 posts in count and a total of 5 followers (6 members total including the leader). Activity requirements before applying for a mini-pack are the same as creating a full pack. Mini-packs are run only by any large creature other than a wolf, but members can be wolves & creatures alike. Mini packs may have 1 territory, and a maximum of 15 members.
Please see the fighting guide here for requirements for pack challenges and claiming abandoned packs.
At any given time, packs need a minimum of 5 adult members (over the age of 1 year), 6 including the Alpha, not including claimed wolves/slaves, or your own characters. Packs who are challenged for have 2 OOC weeks of immunity should they win the pack and will have 2 weeks to gather the minimum of 5 followers. Should members fall below 5 adult members, then Alphas will have 2 OOC weeks to get their member count up.
Please note that in packs, there may only be a maximum of three members in Tier 1, and three members in Tier 2.
Population Caps
A new pack can claim any territory in Ardent given that the territory is not currently occupied and the region is not already full. There are only four packs allowed to a region. Islands and subterranean lands are not claimable. When first creating a pack, you may only claim 1 free territory, while the second must be purchased. All lands in a pack territory must be touching on the map, whether side to side, top to bottom, or diagonally. There cannot be other lands between them. All lands that a pack claims must be within the same region regardless of whether they touch on the map.
If a pack exceeds their member cap it causes negative events to be set in place. When the member cap is exceeded it is assumed that the some members of the pack will go hungry, given the overpopulation. Fertility is reduced by 50% and any member of the overpopulated pack has a 5 point deduction in any fight they participate in, assuming they are weak from being malnourished.
If a pack exceeds their member cap by more than 4 members even more severe consequences occur. Including a fertility reduction by 75% and a 7 point deduction in any fight any member of the overpopulated pack is involved in.
Expansion
Packs can expand their territory through sieges or by buying additional territory from the gem-store. The most territories a pack may claim is 2 territories with a member cap of 26 members.
When a losing pack is disbanded after a siege, the total pack count for Ardent decreases by 1 leaving room for new packs to form. The winning pack in a siege gains only 1 additional territory.
When a pack is claimed or challenged for and won by the challenger, the challenger will receive 1 territory and as many territories as correspond with the population that chooses to remain and follow the new leader. For example: If 10 members choose to remain the new pack starts with 1 territory; if 25 members choose to remain the new pack starts with 2 territories.
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