Rare Res and their Armies

SugarFree wrote: no jim jams, an army placed on a mine, closer than 10 squares to me is a target. this cause an army on my doorsteps , i consider an act of hostility, an not surely an act of good will..

My village of Arboria ( http://elgea.illyriad.co.uk/#/World/Map/-67/-91) has two armies directly adjacent to it, preventing me from accessing my local resources. I was very careful to follow the rules about not building near other players, and my nearest neighbour is about 14 squares away.

Now, I'm a newbie, so there's certainly nothing I can do about it other than wait for them to have something better to do with their armies, but there's something a little nerve-wracking about having armies directly adjacent to your city, and I'm surprised so many people seem to suggest they'd be fine with that happening to them.

I am wondering if, in some cases, it is being used to trick new players into making a tragic mistake.

Edited by Arkenor Oakshadow - 07 Aug 2012 at 02:35

Juswin wrote: Arkenor, that is not fine. The squares directly adjacent to you are yours by default, especially in your case where there is no one near you. I suggest you send a scout to determine who is on that square, then send him a mail. Perhaps suggesting that he ask for permission first before planting two armies just beside your towns. Or you can join an alliance and ask for their support. That would help too.

Thanks, Juswin. I know who it is, but I figured that keeping it anonymous would prevent opinions from being divided along the lines of who's allied to who, not to mention save me from overly annoying a powerful alliance. I'm just interested in getting a feel for where the community stands on this.

I'm not looking for help with it or anything like that. It will pass. I'm just trying to provide a concrete example of how crazy things are getting for newer players.


Edited by Arkenor Oakshadow - 07 Aug 2012 at 10:57

Arkenor Oakshadow wrote: Juswin wrote: Arkenor, that is not fine. The squares directly adjacent to you are yours by default, especially in your case where there is no one near you. I suggest you send a scout to determine who is on that square, then send him a mail. Perhaps suggesting that he ask for permission first before planting two armies just beside your towns. Or you can join an alliance and ask for their support. That would help too. Thanks, Juswin. I know who it is, but I figured that keeping it anonymous would prevent opinions from being divided along the lines of who's allied to who, not to mention save me from overly annoying a powerful alliance. I'm just interested in getting a feel for where the community stands on this. I'm not looking for help with it or anything like that. It will pass. I'm just trying to provide a concrete example of how crazy things are getting for newer players.

Another thing people might want to consider is animals.  Without an army on a rare resource you risk loosing your specialist gatherers to animals.  Cotters aren't such a big deal to replace, requiring just a tiny amount of gold.  Having to keep building specialists costs you herbs/minerals/skins that for an individual with a big city (less cotters) might be less abundant.