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The Forever Open rules update: more banned items, pet summon rules clarified
Tips Out, who runs the level 30 dueling tournament The Forever Open, announced a rules update on the tournament Discord ahead of the Qualifiers. It targets bugs, exploits and broken items found over the past few days, and the rules document has been updated to match.
The announcement
Over the past few days, we've discovered several bugs, exploits, and broken items. The updated rules-and-guidelines addresses many of them, but some issues unfortunately can't be resolved through rules. As always, we have summarized the rule changes below, but please check the rules document for the full update.
- All quest and dungeon rewards of items over item level of 45 are banned.
- All profession items and tools that require a profession level of 226 or above are banned and considered an exploit (DQ).
- Minor Magic Resistance Potion is banned
- Crystal Basilisk Spine is banned
- All quest and dungeon rewards of items over item level of 45 are banned
- Deviate Fish is banned
- Green Leaf Tea is banned
- Gnomish Mind Control Cap is banned
Clarifications
- All damage-dealing non-equippable pet summon items (e.g. Spider Swarm, Compact Harvester Reaper Kit, etc.) are banned. Equipable pet summon items and trinkets(e.g. Dog Whistle) are permitted.
- Pets must remain at a class's side until a duel has begun and the opposing player has turned aggressive.
- Warlocks are no longer allowed to leave the dueling area (we have an alternative solution for shards).
- Impersonating admins is considered a DQable offense
Our methodology with our rulesets has always been the same: We start with as few rules as possible and add rules only when we believe an issue has a serious effect on fairness, the viewing experience, or event logistics. A rule we can't enforce reliably at this scale isn't a useful rule. While this update is larger than we had hoped, we deemed it necessary.
As stated in the rules, the ruleset may change at any time. Each competitor is responsible for staying up to date on the latest version. The qualifier rules may also differ from the finals rules: with fewer competitors in the finals, some rules will be easier to enforce consistently.
What changed in the rules document
- Truthseeker's Bow was dropped from the banned list. Its item level is exactly 45, so the new rule (rewards above 45) does not cover it either.
- The Green Leaf Tea in the announcement is the item called Green Tea Leaf in game.
- The exception that let warlocks leave once, after checking in with an admin, to collect Soul Shards has been removed from the rules document.
- Impersonating staff or competitors was added to the forbidden behavior in the code of conduct, with immediate expulsion, forfeiting prize money and a ban from future events.
What changed on the site
- The PvP tab of the level 30 BiS now follows the tournament rules. Banned items, quest and dungeon rewards above item level 45 and crafted items that need skill 226 or higher are no longer candidates.
- As a result, the PvP neck for Discipline and Holy priests and Restoration druids changed from Pulsating Crystalline Shard (an item level 50 quest reward) to Stygian Bone Amulet.
- Newly banned items were also removed from the consumables list in the tournament prep guide.
Full list of banned and allowed items
Every item the rules document names, plus every item in our data that the rules cover. Hover for the tooltip, click for where it comes from or its recipe. The same list is on the tournament page.
Updated to the revised rules document we checked on October 15. Changed and new rules are marked.
Banned items (having one in your bags is enough to get disqualified, even if it isn't equipped)
Damage-dealing pet summon items (not equippable)
Quest and dungeon rewards above item level 45
Items that need profession skill 226 or higher (disqualification)
- Holiday buffs (e.g. the Wickerman buff) and holiday consumables (e.g. Candy Corn)
- ChangedDamage-dealing pet summon items that can't be equipped (e.g. Spider Swarm, ). Equippable pet summon items and trinkets (e.g. ) are allowedBefore:
Pet summon items that can't be equipped (e.g. Spider Swarm, Compact Harvester Reaper Kit). Equippable pet summon items and trinkets (e.g. Dog Whistle) are allowed - Buffs from other classes. Only your own class buffs are allowed, so no unless you are a priest
- Campfire buffs, and temporary buffs from open-world objectives or quests (e.g. Blood Shard buffs, the shaman air totem quest buff)
- Pre-HoTs, pre-placed hunter traps and warlock demon sacrifice before the duel (traps go down only after the countdown hits 0 and the opponent turns hostile). before the duel is allowed
- Stalling on purpose, like a rogue sitting in for minutes to reset cooldowns, or doing nothing for 60 seconds or more
- Fleeing a duel, or force-fleeing your opponent (e.g. chain-casting on them at the edge of the duel boundary)
- Leaving the dueling location (including hearthstoning to repair), more than 3 minutes of total offline time
- Account sharing, match-fixing, stream-sniping, outside intervention, client-side abuse, hacking, exploiting, buying gold during the tournament
- New ruleQuest and dungeon rewards above item level 45
- New ruleProfession items and tools that require skill 226 or higher (treated as an exploit, disqualification)
- New ruleImpersonating staff or other competitors (immediate expulsion, forfeiting prize money and a ban from future events)
- Removed
Allowed summon items
- Equippable summon items and trinkets are allowed
- Summon items that deal no damage (Target Dummy) aren't covered by the ban
- Using a trinket counts as an opener too. If your opponent has the opener, use it only after they open
- is a trinket, but it needs skill 226 or higher, so it's banned