Official Discord

The official discord for Archangel: Hellfire is available at https://discord.gg/aahellfire.

The discord server has places to locate teammates or opponents to play with, engage in the competitive play and tournaments, and a variety of active players to exchange tips and experiences with. It is also the most active part of the AH community, so you should definitely join it if you plan to stick around. Dedicated voice channels are also available for those wishing to use outside voice chat from the native game audio and are available in both open (unlimited) and team-locked (2-4 players) varieties.

Bots
A couple of bots are available for interaction in the Archangel Hellfire discord. Most bot interaction is restricted to a #bot channel. Commands by anyone without special permissions will only work there.

Dyno
Will be used in the future to self-assign roles. Currently assigns the Hellfire role to all new players and provides various management functions.

Archangelbot by TheWonderSwan
Provides a variety of custom Archangel-related functions
 * Commands
 * !searching - shows you who is searching
 * !s - an alias for !searching, to save time since the command is used so often
 * !stats - lists your leaderboard stats
 * "Usage: !stats @TheWonderSwan (just use !stats to search for stats for your own username)"
 * !fight - a silly command that compares your score to another player's score in the database, with a little bit of randomness. If the user's discord nickname matches their username you can also @ them for the command, otherwise you must use their in-game name.
 * "Usage: !fight @TheWonderSwan PeskyCashew"

Visible Roles
Note that roles may change periodically before they are updated here.

The hierarchy of visible (alternate color) roles in the discord is as follows: Admins (red) and Moderators (yellow) manage the server in all regards and take feedback for the Developers (blue), who are not generally engaged in chat directly the server. Beta testers are part of the legacy group that was allowed to play the game in early 2018 before Early Access. The remaining roles are assigned for participating and winning in competitive play.
 * Admin
 * Moderator
 * Developer
 * Beta Tester
 * Grand Champion
 * Champion
 * Competitor

Hidden Roles
Special Guests are assigned by the admins to people who have unique roles in the VR community such as other developers or E-Sports leagues staff, for example. Community Leaders are players or outside members who are given responsibility for managing the competitive ranks and have low-level moderation abilities, such as pinning posts for tournament events. Instructors are players who have volunteered to be designated as guides for new players in mech combat and the discord. The role of Competitive is available upon request from Community Leaders (preferred method) or Admins for those interested but not currently able to participate in a tournament to express interest in competitive play. Members with the Competitive role have access to an otherwise locked Competitive Chat voice channel. These roles do not grant color name changes (hidden).
 * Special Guest
 * Community Leader
 * Instructor
 * Competitive

Note: The roles of Instructor and Competitive will be made self-assignable for all players through bot interaction in the next wave of discord updates.

Competitive Play Roles
All players who participate in a tournament sponsored by the producer, and affiliate, or the community will receive the Competitor role, and will appear with a blue name. Players who advance and win a tournament will additionally be granted the role of Champion and appear with an orange name. Players who further still win a either a major tournament or one comprised of Champion role players will be granted the top title of Grand Champion and appear with a purple name.
 * Grand Champion
 * Champion
 * Competitor
 * Competitive