War

Brids17 wrote: HonoredMule wrote: I will say it seemed very much the case that most of them simply came for the wrong reasons and didn't find what they were seeking. I find this argument of what players are searching for quite dull. Players are searching for fun. If you're not searching for fun I have no idea what you're doing here. White obviously found what they were looking for because if they hadn't why on earth would they have invested so much time (and potentially money) into a game they weren't interested in? If you didn't like this game, would you have played it for as long as you have? You'd be lying if you said yes. White played the game for as long as they did because they must have enjoyed something about it. Which means they quit because of something that happened in game not because they didn't get what they were looking for in it.

Edited by Kumomoto - 21 Sep 2010 at 22:45

KP you must be bored and I am sure that attacking defenseless White targets like Wuzzel is boring. I am sure you are after me, too. And boy can't wait for you guys to visit north-west.

But just refresh my memory. After I left Black I setup CowCorp in the middle of the map and was trading cows for horses and books with Waylander. You probably know that. Have you seen all the trades and gifts I have given to people? Kumomoto (your leader) definitely took a 40 saddle for 1 gold trade.

You guys are big enough and well-off than most others. I am sure you don't even need my stuff, but others do and that's what I have been doing.

Anyway, it is just shocking how everyone is scared of H?. You seem to be running a nice dictatorship here. I see how Goon ask you for permission to do something and other big players are unwilling to move because "H? hates interference".

Every empire goes down eventually, it is all a matter of time. You are just searching for an excuse to move your armies.

If compensation you are after, please, name it here in the forum. Let Illyriad know what Good players owe H?: I will take care of it as I have enough production to handle it. Let's see if this is what you really want.

Originally posted by Larry

White quit because...it was exhausting, it was taking tons of time, Selon Far had a job to do and I went to college.

  I'm glad at least some of you are still around enough to set the record straight.

Hear hear. 

edit: sorry, i misinserted the quote posts


Edited by Laccy - 22 Sep 2010 at 01:27

I want to add one thing.

The ability to siege is important and should always remain in the game.  Here's why:

I played another game similar (but far inferior) to Illyriad.  But in that game, you could not siege anyone. You could only destroy their troops and loot their towns.

Well, I eventually realized that players could simply hide their resources, ship them town to town, and retreat their armies and there was no way for me to punish them.  So I quit that game because I was annoyed there was no feature to 'truly kick ass'.  I felt like it was too carebear.  And it was frustrating when trash talking started and there was no way to really settle it.

While a fine line has to be drawn,  (slower sieges make sense because the option TO knock people out of the game is there but it should also take time so allies or others can defend the person in jeopardy), the ability to siege should never be removed.  Or players might quit -- looking for a more satisfying fight elsewhere.

my 2 cents

Edited by Grunvagr - 22 Sep 2010 at 02:52

The problem with making original towns unconquerable/unrazable is that you can't knock someone out of your area. It is also totally unrealistic. Here you can basically destroy them, thoroughly wipe out their army, have your troops basically using their castle as a latrine and you can't make them go away?