Justice System

=Prison System= As an MMO with a high amount of freedom, you can bet ArcheAge has quite a few players who are less than savory. Luckily there is a Crime and Punishment system in place to help keep things in balance.

Crime Points
Players accumulate Crime Points for performing distasteful acts such as murdering players of the same faction and harvesting crops planted by others.

If a player has 50 or more Crime Points they will be sent to trial upon their next PvP death.

After a player has successfully completed his time in jail, Crime Points will be cleared to 0.

Infamy Points
For every 1 Crime Point you earn, you will gain 1 Infamy Point. The Infamy Points will stay even after the Player has completed his time in Jail.

There are a few Quests in the Game that can help you to reduce your amount of Infamy Points.

Reporting a Crime
Good Samaritans may report crimes if they find related evidence.
 * Murders leave a bloody spot on the ground that may be reported.
 * Theft leaves a trail of footprints.

Jury and Trial
Upon awaking, players have the option to plea guilty for a less than maximum sentence or stand trial.

Players pleading guilty will be sent directly to jail for the offered duration.

Players who wish to stand trial will be sent to court where they will be judged by 5 random jurors.

Jurors are selected from a pool of random players, level 30+, who have volunteered for Jury Duty.

Jurors are presented a window listing the players criminal activity.

They may then vote Guilty or Not Guilty.

The amount of votes determines the amount of time the accused player will serve.

Min and Max time is determined by the current and lifetime criminal points the accused holds.

If convicted, times can vary from 4 minutes to 20 hours.

Prison Life
Prison isn't meant to be fun, players even receive a debuff that disables ALL combat and mobility skills, mounts and pets.

There are a few things players can do:


 * Talk with other inmates
 * Play soccer
 * Break Crates to obtain striped prison clothing
 * Dig
 * Kill rats
 * Escape!

Prison Break
If players get tired of the prison confines, escaping is surprisingly easy.

Players must obtain a tower key by digging or killing rats, access the tower and glide away with a conveniently located glider found inside. Be warned the glider has a very short duration!

Once outside players can go where they like. However, the debuff is not removed until the sentenced time is up, meaning activities are greatly limited.

Redemption
There are many quests scattered around the world that lower criminal points as a reward.

Pirates

 * If a player reaches 3000 total Infamy Points they may become a pirate.
 * Pirates may create an Expedition Force(Pirate Guild.)
 * Non-Pirates may not participate in Pirate specific activities.
 * Pirates are exempt from punishment when killing members of any faction.
 * Pirates are not exempt from punishment for theft.
 * Pirates can't talk to NPC's on the southern continents.
 * All NPC on the Pirate Island are friendly to a Pirate.
 * There are quests for Pirates on the Pirate Island.
 * Pirates can get a one hour lasting +1% damage buff on the Pirate Island.
 * Pirates are attacked by some guards.(needs confirmation)