First of all it is ToC(Terms of Conduct) and not ToS(Terms of Service) which is a different thing, however I guess you mean the ToC :wink:

That said what misinformation are you referring to in your quotes?

While the ToC doesn’t directly say that large builds is illegal, an admin may consider it excessive use and therefore unnecessary landclaim.

Here’s the thing, we don’t know anything about his build that he apparently got a ban for other than what hes says!
Not saying that he is lying, but we can only take his words for it since he doesn’t provide any evidence of his build being what he describes(pictures/videos)

What exactly is a big build?
Ask 20 people and you may get 20 different opinions on it, but in the end it doesn’t matter what we think if an admin think he broke the rules and acted on it with a wipe and a ban.

  • Could the rules be clearer, yes they probably could.
  • Could Funcom change the punishment for cases where it can be a bit unclear, yes absolutely, personally I would love to see a warning system and perhaps giving the player a chance to remove the parts that the admin finds too much.
  • Do some players use the report system to get other players removed, it probably happens once in a while.
  • Do players tell the truth when they go to this forum and complain about an unfair ban, some may be right, but I have also seen a player from a server lie his pants off on the forum.

So back to your question, can a base be too big?
I believe it can be considered too big, otherwise I could easily bend the rules and build a gigantic shoebox with pretty much nothing in it that perhaps filled a map tile or more, and even though it didn’t directly break any of the written rules, most could probably easily see that it was unneeded big, it is all about using common sense and consideration to others when building, there are no written rules of how many building items you can place, nor are there any rules about how many placeables you can put down, but would you really want there to be?