I've only played a handful of ragers, and everytime I do, someone I've killed or attacked usually ends up complaining about it. It seems like my opponents feel the only correct course of action is to warn them of my coming, wait until they are at full strength, and then ask them to attack me when ready. So, I'd like to know from the imms, what they consider ragerly/non-ragerly behaviour, and if for any of these wheher being a berserker or not matters.

- Is it okay to attack someone currently fighting a mob? Does it matter if it's solo or a group fighting the mob?
- Is it okay to seize upon a glaring weakness, for example a shifter out of form?
- Is it okay to attack someone already wounded? If so, is their a point where it matters, e.g. they are at 1 hp.
- Is it okay to attack someone at their temple that just recalled/worded?
- What about attacking a sworn enemy first? For example as an evil villager I know any Maran are going to attack me, so if I see them coming, can I strike first?
- What about a thief, should they restrict stealing things to enemies of the battle cabal, or steal anything and everything they can?

Almost all the questions you asked are dependant on your role.

- Is it okay to attack someone currently fighting a mob? Does it matter if it's solo or a group fighting the mob?

That depends on you.
If your character is honor-bound and you want to take the approach of
"if they are striking a mob then I will not kill them" that's up to you.
However, it would be perfectly acceptable for you to strike them if
they are in a group killing a mob (since you would be evening the odds).
Or you could be Chaotic Evil and not care, and kill them whenever.

- Is it okay to seize upon a glaring weakness, for example a shifter out of form?

Same as above, all depends on how you want your character to be.
As Isildur said, it is tactics.

- Is it okay to attack someone already wounded? If so, is their a point where it matters, e.g. they are at 1 hp.

This actually depends on if they fought another rager recently.
To strike an enemy that just fled from an comrade is really bad form/against the tablet and you will probably get called out on it.

- Is it okay to attack someone at their temple that just recalled/worded?

Yep, especially if they just ran from you. ^_^
Though, stalking the recall point is frowned upon. Not to mention usually a waste of time.

- What about attacking a sworn enemy first? For example as an evil villager I know any Maran are going to attack me, so if I see them coming, can I strike first?

Depends, they are your natural enemy but your true enemy is that transmuter over there.
I usually just avoided Maran, but I played an assassin last time.

- What about a thief, should they restrict stealing things to enemies of the battle cabal, or steal anything and everything they can?

As a thief, you can steal whatever is useful to you.
Though, stealing things from allies is probably going to get you a DB to the head.
With my thieves though, I just killed. I never really had to steal.

I'm not on staff, or someone who has ever played a rager. But I did stay in a Holiday Inn last night, so here goes:

>- Is it okay to attack someone currently fighting a mob? Does
>it matter if it's solo or a group fighting the mob?

Yes it is okay. No it doesn't matter.

>- Is it okay to seize upon a glaring weakness, for example a
>shifter out of form?

Yes. That's tactics.

>- Is it okay to attack someone already wounded? If so, is
>their a point where it matters, e.g. they are at 1 hp.

Yes it is okay. That's tactics. Not it doesn't matter if they're at 1hp. Caveat: following ghosts around so you can multi-kill them is lame regardless of what cabal you're in.

>- Is it okay to attack someone at their temple that just
>recalled/worded?

Yes. That's tactics. If you're pit sitting all the time though, instead of actually going out trying to find and kill people, then that's lame.

>- What about attacking a sworn enemy first? For example as an
>evil villager I know any Maran are going to attack me, so if I
>see them coming, can I strike first?

This is a gray area. If the maran has attacked before, then I'd say have at it. If the maran has never attacked you, then I kind of feel like you're obligated to give him the benefit of the doubt. From the rager's point of view, he's the toughest thing around. He should have some expectation that a maran weakling may decide not to mess with him because the maran knows he'll be destroyed if he does.

Once the maran attacks you once, though, the gloves are off.

>- What about a thief, should they restrict stealing things to
>enemies of the battle cabal, or steal anything and everything
>they can?

I don't think thieves should ever really "steal anything and everything they can". That's just lame. It's the equivalent of looting things you don't need.

Stealing from non-battle-enemies would seem to be the same as attacking non-battle-enemies. Would your rager thief pop some random uncaballed non-mage who'd never attacked him before? Probably not. Then why is okay to steal from him?