large accounts just sitting there

I never realized that some people believe that you're only "active" if you spend all day in GC. Sorry, but I was under the impression that this was a game, not a chat room with a few Farmville buttons attached to it. The truly active players are the ones who play, not chat.

Edited by Llyr - 15 Aug 2013 at 08:32

There is a mechanism in place to deal with 'large accounts just sitting there'...

"Every 6 hours  ALL accounts that fail these tests will be abandoned. Pre-warnings will be issued via registered email in the circumstances noted:

• 0 population, last active 4 days, [non-prestige purchaser] = deletion. (No email)
• Less than 20 population, last active 7 days, [non-prestige purchaser] = deletion. (No email)
• Less than 100 population, last active 14 days, [non-prestige purchaser] = deletion. (Emails sent at 7 and 1 days)
• Between 101-500 population, last active 30 days, [non-prestige purchaser] = deletion. (Emails sent at 14, 7 and 1 days)
• Between 501-1000 population, last active 45 days, [non-prestige purchaser] = deletion. (Emails sent at 14, 7 and 1 days)
• Over 1000 population, last active 60 days, [non-prestige purchaser] = deletion. (Emails sent at 14, 7 and 1 days)
• Any population, last active 90 days, [prestige purchaser] = deletion. (Emails sent at 14, 7 and 1 days)"

http://forum.illyriad.co.uk/03feb2013-account-abandonment_topic4742.html

Really there isn't much of an issue here other than other people trying to control how others CHOOSE to play.

Edited by bansisdead - 15 Aug 2013 at 09:46

People are missing the point here.

My original suggestion did not circle around deletion at all - let the server delete what it wants (its still a shame that you can keep a dead accouint ingame for an eternity simply by logging on as sitter every 2nd month or so, but I dont see any easy way of dealing with that problem).

Instead I suggested that players were made visible to others when inactive - like the (i) and (I) i decribed earlier, giving small players a window to score whatever resources were not securely locked away in a hub or the like without fearing immediate retribution - this would help the game, because the inactive cities would/could be the center of active theft, AND tell players which areas are populated by largely inactive accounts - which could mean more exoduses to these parts of the map.

All in all I dont see how Illy can loose by being up front and honest about our activity patterns.

If youre not around then why insist on having privileges that ultimately kills the game.

So even though everyone loves the fact about how peaceful this game is.  Instead you want to create a situation where it is 'open house' on any account 'inactive' for over a week.  Honestly even if you did put that in there, when those people come back and find their stuff has been taken they will pretty angry and will likely take out the perpetrators through the use of siege engines. 

Keyword - new players Eiche. Make the knowledge accessible to all - no matter experience or capability.

DD - I think a week is perhaps taking things a little too far. But as Grag suggests, 30 days would be an excellent milestone. It might even mean a few newbies get to clean out some stuff from cities that are up for deletion.

The fact that actions can have consequences is obvious, its mainly a matter of not getting caught. Provided you have the sense to avoid that, there really isnt much threat in a 30 day inactive.