Vaults

[dariun]

Hi all

I came across some posts about vaults and was wondering....

what exactly is a vault?

what is an illegal vault? or rather what makes it illegal? (i think i know what it is - you can't penetrate the vault from outside? - but isn't this the point of the game in a way? Build a safe haven/village to live in?

If I built a small brick wall with no gate inside my village with a house in that plot and access only via an alt who can village portal is that illegal?

I read about people attacking vaults as they assume it's a safe haven for murderers and thieves etc but what if it's just for storing loot etc?

Apologies if this has been covered already (it probably has) I just wanted some clarification before I build one incase I get attacked for it

Thank you!

EDIT: just a tag on question after browsing the trade forum....scented items?? I'm guessing that means stolen? If I were to buy an item could a Ranger pop up and kill me at any minute?? What's to stop me unknowingly buying a stolen item and then get killed because of it? :-S

[FictionRyu]

I can't answer most of your questions regarding vaults as I'm pretty much "in the same boat" as you when it comes to 'em.

But regarding scented items:

I'm guessing that means stolen?
Yes, scented items means that it was(is) a stolen item.

If I were to buy an item could a Ranger pop up and kill me at any minute??

If the item you purchased was stolen and there is a Ranger out following the scent for that item, then it's a possibility. But a few factors comes into playrangere rnager finds you.
He could catch you outside of your walls with the item, he could track the item to your place and NOT be able to get in and retrieve the item, he could be ABLE to get in and get his item, he could kill you and anyone in his path if he thinks you stole the item, and there are a few more but I don't feel like typing 'emha ha out haha. But hopefully you do get the idea.

Some (most?) people who track the stolen items usually find out all the information that they can before they send someone in to retrieve it or retrieve it themselves.

I've never had any problem with stolen items, as I've never actually traded with anyone like that. But this is just what I've gathered from reading the forums.

But if you trade with one of the well-known traders in the AfO sub-forum then there's no chance that the item(s) they're trading you are stolen. They wouldbusiness their buisness like that.



Hope that helped you in someway.

[dariun]

You did help thank you!

Still need to find out about these mysterious vaults tho! and Borderlands 2 is coming out next week...but I digress...!

[DrakenRahl]

This is a straight forward classic vault.

The difference between a vault and a village is primarily size and usage.

Key features here are the statues. at either end a bug ram is stopped by them. But what makes this vault quasi-legal is that they left a gap big enough to walk through that still stops a ram forcing would be attackers to build said ram right next to their wall, and then spend 24 hrs guarding it. An illegal vault would be one with no ram access at all. This vault is by no means 100% impenetrable. A strong enough and dedicated enough force could crack it. But is it worth the effort? Personally, as a grieffer....I could make a quick modification to this place a make it an illegal vault and there for sentence it to the fist of Jorb.......but...Jorb is busy and it wouldn't get done so........meh.

[Dill]

what exactly is a vault?

A place to put your hearth fire so no one can force summon you/

what is an illegal vault? or rather what makes it illegal? (i think i know what it is - you can't penetrate the vault from outside? - but isn't this the point of the game in a way? Build a safe haven/village to live in?

An impenetrable base is illegal. And the point of haven in hearth in that sense is to make a place for you to be safe yes. but not impenetrable.

If I built a small brick wall with no gate inside my village with a house in that plot and access only via an alt who can village portal is that illegal?

No its not cause you can ram the brick wall to get inside.

I read about people attacking vaults as they assume it's a safe haven for murderers and thieves etc but what if it's just for storing loot etc?

Either way its a good target for people to attack.