Guidelines

Empires & Puzzles Community Forum Rules

Welcome, heroes! This forum exists to help players learn, share strategies, and enjoy Empires & Puzzles together.
To keep the community friendly and useful, all members must follow these rules:

These rules summarise expected behaviour on the Forum. Use of the Forum is subject to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

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1. Be Respectful

Treat all players with courtesy, regardless of level, alliance, or experience.
No harassment, insults, discrimination, hate speech, or personal attacks.
Disagreements are fine — disrespect is not.

2. Keep It Family-Friendly

No offensive, explicit, or inappropriate language or content, including sexual or excessively violent material.
No NSFW material, images, or links.

3. No Cheating or Exploits

Do not promote, sell, or explain hacks, bots, mods, or exploits.
Do not encourage account sharing, buying/selling accounts, or any activity that violates the game’s Terms of Service.

4. No Spamming or Advertising

No repeated messages, flooding, or low-effort posts.
No unrelated advertising, referral links, or self-promotion without staff permission.
Alliance recruitment only in designated sections.

5. Stay On Topic

Post in the correct category.
Keep discussions related to Empires & Puzzles in relevant areas.
Avoid derailing threads with unrelated arguments.
Use topic star ratings to reflect how good or useful a hero truly is. Do not let opinions about whether a hero is overpowered negatively influence the rating.

6. Use Clear Titles & Quality Content

Choose descriptive thread titles.
Provide useful information when asking for help (heroes, levels, teams, etc.).
Avoid excessive use of ALL CAPS and misleading titles.

7. Respect Moderators & Staff

Follow moderator instructions.
Do not publicly argue moderation decisions — use private messages or appeals channels.

8. No Drama or Witch Hunts

Do not publicly shame players or alliances.
No naming-and-shaming, call-out posts, or rumour spreading.

9. Protect Privacy

Do not share personal information (yours or others’).
No doxing, screenshots with private data, or impersonation.

10. One Account Per Person

Do not create multiple forum accounts to evade moderation or bans.

11. Language

Please use English, the forum’s primary language, so everyone can participate. The only exception is the Foreign Alliance Recruitment section.

12. Enforcement

Breaking rules may result in:

• Content removal

• Warnings

• Temporary suspension

• Permanent ban

Moderators may act at their discretion to protect the community.
Enforcement actions are taken at the discretion of the moderation team and may vary based on severity and history.

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Alliance Recruitment Rules

This section is for finding or advertising Empires & Puzzles alliances only.
Posts that do not follow these rules may be removed.

1. One Active Post Per Alliance

Each alliance may have only one active recruitment thread at a time.
Update your existing post instead of creating new ones.
Duplicate threads will be deleted.

2. Required Information

Every recruitment post must include:

• Alliance name

• Required player level / team power

• War & Titan participation expectations

• Time zone / main activity times

• Language(s) used

• Contact method (in-game name or invite instructions)

Incomplete posts may be removed.

3. No Spam Bumping

Do not bump your thread more than once every 24 hours.
Artificial or repeated bumps (“Still recruiting!”, emojis, etc.) are not allowed.

4. Honesty Only

Represent your alliance accurately.
No false claims about war frequency, titan level, or activity requirements.

5. No Poaching or Hijacking

Do not recruit inside another alliance’s thread.
Do not advertise your alliance on someone else’s post.

6. Respectful Conduct

No pressure tactics, insults, or negative comments about other alliances.
Healthy competition is fine — trash talk is not.

7. Alliance Mergers

Merger discussions must be clearly labelled in the title (e.g., “Looking for Merge”).
Details of how many players you can accept must be stated.

8. Inactive Threads

Threads with no updates for 30 days may be archived or removed.

9. External Links

Discord or Line links are allowed if relevant to recruitment.
No unrelated or commercial links.

10. Moderator Authority

Moderators may edit, move, or remove posts that violate these rules.
Repeated or serious violations may result in loss of recruitment privileges.