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Hi folks,
I want to remind everyone that "idling out" of dangerous situations to avoid facing enemy PCs is strictly forbidden. If you are caught abusing this bug because you are in a smob or a quest or whatever and fear dying to enemy PCs, you will be harshly punished.
Do not do it.