Hey guys, I'm making this announcement as a way to help improve the main event situation a bit. As has been noted by players and and staff alike, events have seemingly gotten longer while we have been on Draenor and it is causing some frustration among people. So I'm going to be some posting some new decisions the staff has come up with in a way to try and make events more manageable and less time consuming.

Before I begin, as the main event runner for the main storyline, the optimal event time seems to be between 3-4 hours, with anything beyond that becoming very tedious. Now obviously this doesn't count dungeons, raids or extremely lore heavy events. Those events will be given the time they are needed. But those are not the vast majority of events. Instead, main events usually consist of the build up to said events. While important in their own regard, they shouldn't be insanely long.

Harassment and Bullying

Here on Freedom we are all here to have fun, and enjoy ourselves, roleplaying is a hobby we are passionate about. However as of late we have seen evidence of harassment and bullying occurring on the server; this is unacceptable and cannot continue. Do not impose upon others to the point they feel uncomfortable or do not feel welcome in an rp or on the server as a whole.

Harassment is characterized by: 

• Making threats and unwanted sexual remarks
  
• Trolling with the intent to provoke and offend targeted persons or people 
  
• Denigration (Posting/spreading of harmful rumors and falsehoods to damage reputation and friendships)
  
• Exclusion (intentionally and cruelly excluding someone from RP situations that is public.)
  
• Any harmful, repeated behavior that is done with the intent to harm someone else.
  

ERP, Age, and Consent

Though our server is decidedly not an ERP server, we are aware that it happens and are fine with it as long as it is between consenting adults and done in private. However, due to staff-held beliefs and recent rulings in the US (where the server is hosted), we must make some of our stances on sexual conduct in RP explicitly stated.




Age of Consent: First and foremost, any and all ERP that happens must be done between consenting adults. There have been and are currently minors on the server, and in no way will we facilitate any sexual activity with them. To this end, we will make it explicitly clear that ERP with individuals under the age of 18 is expressly forbidden, and should be discover that it has been happening on the server, both individuals involved will be immediately and permanently banned without a chance for appeal. What you do in private is your business, but it will not happen on the server or any public channels relating to the server, including the forums and any guild discords. Guild leaders who own a discord have an onus on them to make sure it does not happen. Any and all NSFW content posted there should be restricted to NSFW channels with an opt-in option.

Sexually illicit RP in public: There  is, of course, a grey area that exists where RP is sexually suggestive, but not expressly ERP. An off-remark that is suggestive is fine, but if it enters the territory of using explicit language, then it crosses the line. This should not ever be done in public RP or in the mall, and once again, not done in the presence of anyone under 18. Additionally, it should never be impressed upon someone that is unwilling to participate with it, which brings us to the next point.

Consent: Consent is one of the most important aspects of this. Consent is not achieved if one constantly denies sexual advances and eventually caves in. This is sexual harassment, and will not be tolerated on this server in any capacity. If you are a victim of sexual harassment on the server, please do not hesitate to report it. Sexual Harassment carries a punishment of a permanent ban without appeal.


If you have questions or concerns about Consent, Age of Consent, or adult content on the server, please reach out to us.

Hello everyone,
 
A minor announcement that going forward we will not be accepting any new characters under the age of 16 in the main story. This applies to all conventionally aging races from Orcs to Draenei. We do not feel it appropriate for characters without physical or emotional maturity to be allowed into combat in a warzone, and while we recognise there is an argument to be made for races like Orcs and Trolls, we have decided a universal guideline for conventional races is more fitting.
 
This will not apply retroactively to those characters we have already allowed to attend the main story previously, however we will note that all characters participating in the main story are expected to show a baseline maturity, and the Commanders do reserve the right to remove a character from the frontline if they are deemed not capable of that.

Hey guys. After much discussion we've decided to make some changes to Forlarren. We have decided to bump all types of Forlarren to T3 as well as restrict them to the extent a player may only have 1. Obviously this does not extend to our current players who have more then one Forlarren but they should be made aware if they wish to have another Forlarren they will have to retire their existing Forlarren characters.

The reason we are doing this is because we feel having them at T2 does not represent how rare Forlarren are in our Lore and the staff being cocnerned at some of the quailty of some of the half demon RP not matching up to the vision of what they are supposed to be. Forlarren are supposed be men and women trapped between two worlds, demonic and mortal. Their demonic side is constantly at odds with their mortal side, tempting them to join the Legion for greater power. In this respect they are very similar to Demon Hunters, only in this case they where forced into this life rather then making a sacrifice.

Players should also be aware, and while this may not be happening for awhile, the staff is currently considering(Forlarren included) that at the end of Legion we will be moving all demons up to T4 due to the ending of Legion and how fractured it has become. This is NOT a final decision but only something the staff is currently speaking about and mulling over. We will let players know our final decision when the day comes.

Hey guys, we're addressing this  due to an interest of none-Illidari Demon Hunters being able to rp in WoD. They  will be able to come over to Draenor however there are a few caveats to this:

-First of all Demon hunters would not be allowed to join with the Alliance and Horde officially as that would take away from the special moment in Legion when they officially join the Alliance and Horde.

-Secondly the Horde Demon Hunters could 'help' the Horde, but this would be under the conditions that they could only help fighting demons, and not the Iron Horde. And they would have to leave immediately after dealing with the threat. They are not here to socialise, but to help kill demons and then leave.  Additionally you will need to speak with the commanders both OOCly and ICly if the Horde Demon Hunters could help the Horde as a whole first.  To be clear you can join main storyline events on your Demon Hunters as long as the main story pertains to demons.

-Thirdly Alliance Demon Hunters will not be able to help the Alliance at all due to Cordana and her Warden's presence they will need to do their own thing on Draenor following their own storyline.  Cordana would not allow Demon Hunters to help the Alliance in any capacity. You could not join the main storyline at all, until patch 6.2 but you can come up with your own custom storylines on Draenor.

Hey guys, just wanted to take a moment to talk about Custom Lore Weapons that may drop from Bosses after a main event.

Recently some took issue with the fact that Ner'zhul's staff was given out unexpectedly and with no warning or hint. To some it was made worse it was given to a staff member. Normally when a lore item drops from a boss, the staff does not heavily advertise to avoid a situation where people just make or force their characters into positions to try and get it. We also try to consider all options and mostly choose people who where active during the content and fit the weapon. It's also generally assumed players know when big weapons are going out, as with the Thunder King's Armaments or Garrosh's loot table.

Unfortunately, that kinda fell through because the Staff of Souls is a custom weapon and not on any loot table so players didn't know to bring a character who they felt was deserving to any of the zone events for them to try and atleast get into the contention.

Next time the staff will be alot more cognizant of custom lore items and make sure to try and inform the player base in some way they are going to be available.

Hey guys. With the new lore in Legion concerning demon souls, how demonic regeneration works and what happens to a Demon Soul, we have decided it was time to make some changes how on a Forlarren, a half demon, with a demonic soul would work and whether they should be sanctioned or not. We are aware we do have some Forlarren with demonic souls already but many of them were made before we got the full picture on how demon souls work beyond regenerating in the nether.

In terms of regenerating, while Forlarren with demonic souls it should be kept in mind this does not give them a free pass in dieing. Its still something that would be immensely painful and for those not Legion aligned, a fate literally worse then death. The Legion can track down and capture souls within the Nether and torture them and any independent Forlarren would most likely be treated the same way a rogue demon would be.  Its an incredible risk to die as a Forlarren with a demonic soul and one that should not be taken lightly. Also, like demons, a Forlarren who dies in the Nether or a Fel saturated planet is dead for good. Meaning there is no way to get resurrected as another character might be. They are gone forever. These concepts should be kept in mind if your have or are planning to have a Forlarren with a demonic soul.

In terms of sanctioning. Having a demonic soul means the Forlarren has given completely to their demonic side and is more close to a demon rather then a mortal. This would also include things like mutations, a much stronger fel aura and an addiction to fel magic. If viewed by another race, they may not look any more different then a demon. This why, at this time we will no longer be sanctioning Forlarren with demonic souls for the Horde or Alliance. For those who already sanctioned, we are offering you the chance to either retcon having a demonic soul and simply being a corrupted soul(meaning your soul is fel tainted but has not gone past the point of no return) or make a CTS to speak with the staff about your Forlarren character if you feel having a demonic soul is important to the basis of your character. We apologize for the issues this may cause for the few who have Forlarren with demonic souls but Legion has changed the rules on how demons work in many ways, sometimes twice in regards to Argus,  and unfortunately Forlarren where created long before these concepts wherever created or known.

Finally, we are adding two new morphs to the list dealing with this.

T3:
Forlarren with Demon Soul(Legion Aligned)

T4:
Forlarren with Demon Soul(Independent)

Keep in mind this ONLY for Forlarren with demon souls. Every Forlarren has the ability to gain a demon soul but not all have to have one.

Thank you for reading this and again sorry for any inconvenience this may cause

A while ago, we opened the channel "Theorycrafting" on Discord, meant for specifically lore discussions with an implied "spoiler warning", an opt-in channel to which people could initially add themselves using a Discord command. Due to some issues with the bot, we disabled the command for some time.



However, the command has been re-enabled, and alongside it another has been added: !supporter



This command will add you to the Supporter group and give you access to the RL Support channel, which has been created following the results of the public poll, found here: https://wowfreedom-rp.com/f/Thread-Disco...fe-Channel



Usage guidelines are found inside both channels.



To join the Theorycrafter channel, use the command "!theorycrafter" in any of the available chat channels, though preferrably General.



To join the RL Support channel, use the command "!supporter" in any of the available chat channels, as above.

Hello everyone,



This is just a general reminder about event etiquette, when it comes to raid emotes and OOC chatter.



Firstly, please keep the chatter to a minimum in the Raid channel itself, since many DMs are known to use it to keep track of relevant emotes for the event itself. If you want to chat, please refer either to your Party chat, General chat in-game (if it's available), or Discord. Especially during larger events, excessive chatter in the Raid can be very disruptive and distracting for the DM.



Secondly, in the spirit of the first point, it's prudent to keep emote length down during larger and more fast-paced events for the sake of your DM and fellow players. We understand that sometimes circumstances require something more than a simple emote, and an emote split into two posts is generally not that disruptive, but if it starts going on for longer it can be difficult to keep up with during certain events. Furthermore, for those who do prefer to write longer emotes, it's warmly recommended that they get in the habit of preparing their emotes ahead of time to reduce the time taken between combat turns in an event, for instance. This isn't always possible and an emote may change with the tide of battle, and this is understandable, but the effort to be prepared can make considerable difference the rest of the time.



That's about it.