EE PatronDec 18th 2013, 17:42:59
Anyway, I think drastic changes like lengthening the game or changing the turn count aren't top importance. They might make the game more fun for some but others like it how it is. I wouldn't mind it being slowed down since it'd help my country from being beat up while I sleep but I don't think that's one of the pressing demands of the Express players.
Leeching is obviously a problem. I was told last set that one of the techers being leeched from told someone he was "helping his friend." That's coordination and should have been deleted for. Of course then, all people have to do is not say that outloud, and anyway, leeching in general though will always happen, even between unassuming parties who just don't know any better, if only because the slots are there. That's why the game changes suggested about this always would be so helpful. But these suggestions are old and qzjul already knows about them:
http://www.earthempires.com/...allies-14830?t=1362196602
That thread is now two years old. Not to mention the threads already brought up about DR changes. Those suggestions were heard and a response was even announced very long ago. I guess qzjul has other stuff on his plate like Alliance changes. Fine, whatever, but that's another reason a *policy* change like not hiding cheater's identities is something I'm pressing for. Policy can be changed just by people agreeing to change policy.
If the intention of this thread wasn't to hear things like that but to receive feedback on what "we" view as coordination, I'll give my own take at least. If a person has their own reasons for doing something, reasons that befit their own country directly, it should be fine. For example, if someone multitaps me, I should be able to war that player even if someone else is also warring that player. That's not coordination, that's just me warring someone who multi-tapped me. Also I've several times run into a thing where, when I retal someone, one of their allies attacks me in response. That's getting closer to the line, but on the other hand, that's a grab that helps that person (at least until I retal), so it would be okay.
What wouldn't be okay is me having someone do spy ops for me, me having someone join me in a war just because they're my ally, and that sort of thing. Having someone run a land farm for you is coordination. Having someone put you in DR is coordination - and this has been handled well by moderators since they were given power to act on it. Having someone buy $10,000 tech is coordination.
Leeching is obviously a problem. I was told last set that one of the techers being leeched from told someone he was "helping his friend." That's coordination and should have been deleted for. Of course then, all people have to do is not say that outloud, and anyway, leeching in general though will always happen, even between unassuming parties who just don't know any better, if only because the slots are there. That's why the game changes suggested about this always would be so helpful. But these suggestions are old and qzjul already knows about them:
http://www.earthempires.com/...allies-14830?t=1362196602
That thread is now two years old. Not to mention the threads already brought up about DR changes. Those suggestions were heard and a response was even announced very long ago. I guess qzjul has other stuff on his plate like Alliance changes. Fine, whatever, but that's another reason a *policy* change like not hiding cheater's identities is something I'm pressing for. Policy can be changed just by people agreeing to change policy.
If the intention of this thread wasn't to hear things like that but to receive feedback on what "we" view as coordination, I'll give my own take at least. If a person has their own reasons for doing something, reasons that befit their own country directly, it should be fine. For example, if someone multitaps me, I should be able to war that player even if someone else is also warring that player. That's not coordination, that's just me warring someone who multi-tapped me. Also I've several times run into a thing where, when I retal someone, one of their allies attacks me in response. That's getting closer to the line, but on the other hand, that's a grab that helps that person (at least until I retal), so it would be okay.
What wouldn't be okay is me having someone do spy ops for me, me having someone join me in a war just because they're my ally, and that sort of thing. Having someone run a land farm for you is coordination. Having someone put you in DR is coordination - and this has been handled well by moderators since they were given power to act on it. Having someone buy $10,000 tech is coordination.
Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:
Watch your mouth boy, I have never been accused of cheating on any server nor deleted before you just did right there.