Metin2 Discord Server: How to Build and Run Your Community

A Metin2 Pvp server usually talks to its players on Discord: announcements, maintenance news, events and support requests all run through it. A well-built Metin2 Discord server shows players that they're dealing with an organized, well-managed project. This guide covers the key steps of building and running your Discord community, from channel structure and roles to moderation and bot security.

Plan your channel structure

Split your channels into categories and give each channel a single purpose. Players should find what they're looking for in a few seconds.

Starting with a few channels and adding more as the community grows looks livelier than a server full of empty channels. Keeping support out of the general chat also makes life easier for players and staff.

Roles and permissions

Set up roles by task and give each role just enough permissions to do its job:

• Founder: The server owner; holds every permission.
• Admin: Edits channels and roles; keep it to one or two people at most.
• GM / Moderator: Deletes messages, mutes and kicks; can't touch the server settings.
• Support: Has permissions only in the support channels.
• Player: Members who've passed verification.
• New member: Accounts waiting for verification that can only see the rules channel.

Role order matters on Discord: a role can't manage the roles above it in the list or assign members to them. Put the GM role below the admin role. Never hand out Discord's Administrator permission out of habit, whatever the role is called; it grants every permission and also bypasses channel restrictions. Define permissions at the role level with the least access first, and open them up per channel when needed.

Moderation and security settings

• Verification level: Discord lets you choose thresholds such as a verified email, account age, time spent on the server and, at the highest level, phone verification. Raise the level during launch days to hold off waves of fake accounts.
• AutoMod: Blocks banned words, spam and mass mentions before a message is posted, and can send alerts to a staff channel.
• 2FA requirement for moderation: With this setting on, staff must enable two-factor authentication on their accounts for actions such as deleting messages.
• Slowmode and timeout: When a discussion heats up, slow the channel down or temporarily mute the person.
• Audit log: Track who changed which setting and who kicked whom.

Warn your players about impersonators, too: keep the sentence "Staff will never ask for your password or account details" pinned in the rules channel. You can also point your players to our account security guide.

Announcement and event channels

If you enable Community features on your server, you can turn a text channel into an announcement channel; other Discord servers can then follow it and receive your announcements in their own channels. With Discord's events feature, you can share a guild war, an OX competition or a maintenance window as a calendar entry and gauge interest in advance.

• Consistent format: Write announcements with the date, the time (with the time zone, such as Turkish time, UTC+3) and a list of changes.
• Use @everyone sparingly: Tagging everyone for every small update leads players to mute your server.
• Vote reminder: Our best servers ranking is based only on player votes, and votes reset every Friday at 20:59 Turkish time (UTC+3); pin your vote link and post a weekly reminder. To reward voters in the game, see our Vote API guide.

For your launch announcement schedule, our launch day planning article helps too.

Bot security

Bots make your job easier, but every bot is a door opened into your server.

• Add bots you trust: Prefer well-known, actively maintained bots, and don't click invites from unknown sources.
• Read the permissions one by one: When adding a bot, remove any requested permissions it doesn't need, and don't give bots the Administrator permission either.
• Keep tokens and webhook URLs secret: If your own bot's token or a webhook URL leaks, someone else can send messages in your name. Regenerate or delete it the moment you suspect anything.
• Remove bots you don't use: Once you're done testing a bot, kick it.

Community rules

Keep the rules short, in bullet points and enforceable, and state the penalties up front:

1. Respect: Insults, swearing, racism and personal attacks are banned.
2. Advertising: Advertising other servers or sites is banned.
3. Selling: Selling accounts, items or Yang for real money is banned.
4. Cheating: Sharing cheats, bots and exploits is banned; exploits are reported privately to staff only.
5. Personal data: Sharing someone else's information without permission is banned.
6. Penalties: Warning, mute, kick and permanent ban are applied in that order; appeals go through the support channel.

Don't forget to add your Discord link to your server listing: the add server form has a Discord field. If Community features are enabled on your server, you can create the invite without an expiry date, so your link won't stop working over time.

Frequently asked questions

How many channels does a Metin2 Discord server need?

To start, a few channels in the info, chat and support categories are enough. Add new channels over time, based on the areas your players actually use.

Should I give GMs the Administrator permission on Discord?

No. For moderation, the permissions to manage messages, mute and kick are enough. The Administrator permission should stay with the server owner and one or two people you trust completely.

What should I do if my Discord server is attacked?

Temporarily raise the verification level to the highest setting, pause invites and check the audit log to see what happened. Immediately remove the roles of any account whose permissions were abused.

Is it against the rules to ask for votes on Discord?

No, you can invite your players to vote; what matters is that the votes come from real players. Our site has verification against bot votes, and you can vote for the same server once every 24 hours.