Initiating without weapon for friends.

[Sam_C]

Is it allowed to initiate without any weapon even if your friend is in the area with a gun?

 

[KingGodDiabloZ]

The short question to this is as far as I'm aware NO. The reason for this is that the persons have no idea to take the threat seriously and it would be a huge mess on the server. Everytime that someone would want to initiate he would just drop his gear in a vehicle initiate as a hobo and leave again.

I have seen people being banned for this! So make sure when initiation to have a weapon out and aimed at the person! 

P.s this is my opinion I'm not a staff member so if you want to be 100% sure please contact a staff member. 

 

[Nick Carraway]

I asked about this today,and apparently it is fine. We got initiated on us by unarmed guy,then armed guys came out of nowhere after few minutes and we got killed by em.

 

[Saul Goodman]

Unarmed should only happen when you have been restrained and still have communications with the potential shooters. 

 

[Piliboef]

I think the common term usually used is 'hobo-initiations' and yes I believe these are one of the unwritten rules where people do get banned for

so I wouldn't do it

 

[YoCo]

Think about logically, would you go up to an armed individual, if you yourself were unarmed. I know I wouldn’t. 

I would only use ‘friends in the area’ as a last resort if I was unarmed, and I didn’t want to be robbed/taken hostage.

 

[SGT Ronin]

i agree with Yoco, one only time I've seen unarmed initiations be valid is if your about to be robbed/kidnapped. but if your making the first move you need to make a threat to life with a visible weapon.

 

[Pupss]

I believe unarmed initiations can be valid as well if let’s say you roll to some one you have armed people on sight pointing to your target and you initiate on their behalf (the target has to see the threat), not 100 % sure but believe it’s fine if you do it like this

 

[Simon Ross]

Is it allowed to initiate without any weapon even if your friend is in the area with a gun?

Well my view on this is if it isn't in the rules and doesn't come under the common sense rule then it is allowed. If someone walked up to me in rebel gear without a weapon at a place like Altis(With guns being very common) and I got initiated on, I would believe they are serious due to the clothing, however if they are completely naked then I would say it is NOT allowed because there is no threat or even any reason to think there is a threat.

 

[Jayray Holder]

You're not valuing your life if you initiate without a weapon. 

If you have a gun and i have nothing i can't initiate with my hopes and dreams of you surrendering. If you do this then it would easily be failrp