The Undead Horde - Intro & Rules

My armies have been destroyed more than once and I'm not whining, just rebuilding as fast as I can and sending them out again the next day.

Will I win, oh, no way. Will I learn from it, absolutely.

Browser games are notoriously slow paced. Even those with combat, it's not like playing an FPS. If you want to do that, go BUY one and play it.

Games such as Illy are as much what YOU put in it as what the Devs put in it. I salute Illy's Devs for:
   Making continuous updates to improve the game.
   Being around and talking to people on a regular basis
   And listening.

Sovereign wrote: Nokigon wrote: I have been playing this game for longer than most people here, despite my size, and literally days after I started playing in July the Devs told us that there was going to be Factions, ships, Trade v2.... You all know what I'm talking about. But d'you know what? They said it was going to be out in a couple of months. It's now a year later, more, and I still haven't had these factions. I don't care. Since then, I have been waiting for the factions. I've gone briefly MIA, some times getting on once a day, sometimes even more. Lots of things kept me playing- the features at the present. People I met in-game. But possibly more than anything else, was the promise of the factions. I love the idea of the Factions, they're the sort of things I love in games. A rogue element, which you can control and use to your own ends. I love that! Pathfinding, toll charging, ships- I love that! I want it now! And I'm prepared to wait for such things.   This tournament is the closest thing I've experienced so far in my time in Illy that comes closest to being the factions. So what if this tournament maybe isn't the best so far- we're only three days in! And if I finally decided that I was going to stop playing, stop waiting for the factions, not because I was in an alliance which got destroyed by inactivity and a war, not because I decided I didn't like the game (which I haven't), not because I decided I couldn't be bothered to wait much longer, but because I didn't like the tourney quite as much as the others. Quite frankly there would be only one word which described me. PATHETIC. Get a grip!   Anyway, rant over. That's a little bit off topic, and Luna will probably remove it. But at least I've spoken my mind. I like your rant Nok.  Of course my point wasn't merely about the tourney but I can agree with most of what you say.  But as I put in another post, I do not want to see any more of my friends leave the game.  Call me sentimental if you like but I also understand their reasoning.

Hello everyone, and first and foremost Merry Christmas.

I start this post, I do not usually bother writing here, by advising all Illy players that other Illy players play the game too. I also take this opportunity to point out that mature humans, elves, dwarves and even Orcs MUST respect democratic principles - everyone is entitled to their opinions, and everyone MUST have their opinions respected. This does not mean you have to agree with others, but you MUST respect the fact that people are individuals and therefore everyone has their own thoughts...what kind of world would this be if we all thought exactly the same...pointless and boring (plus, we would all be occupying the same standing stones and the undead would be winning).
Secondly...I am in the same alliance as Sovereign I admit, but the criticisms he is getting I can only accept if they are coming from little children who do not know any better. Please, lets focus on the game and not personal insults.
WE ALL LOVE THIS GAME and all want to see it get better (yes, it is already good, but it can and must improve).
The only way for the game to improve is with player feedback, which is what this forum is for (more or less).
The Tourney is evolving and perhaps the criticisms labelled against it in the early days will be shown to be unjustified...or maybe not, we just have to wait and see.
Finally, we all want the factions etc to go live, if the Tourney is a way to prepare for this, that's good - but we are assuming this and I don't think we should assume anything. In any event, a Tourney is not supposed to be about testing bugs...it is to play the game. However, if testing bugs is going to be part of the Tourney then the Dev's should make this clearer (then perhaps they will be criticised less...or players will be more sympathetic).
What is not fair is that many Vets have left because they have been waiting for over a year for the promised features to go live, but all in vain. Many of my friends have left due to this and therefore I also resent the Dev's delays. This is a criticism, yes, but it is NOT unfair.
I'm still here, like Sovereign, cause I enjoy the game. But, there is a lot of stuff we have been waiting for...even developed strategies: i.e. build cities near rivers etc for ship building etc...all this has actually done is restricted the sovereignty squares I can claim (as no sov squares exist on water, at least thus far) and still nothing on shipbuilding. I could say a lot more, but I also wait patiently just in case what has been promised will soon be implemented - 1 year later and I am still waiting. Other players are not as patient as me.
I REITERATE, I really enjoy this game too, but I have my opinions which I will air for all to hear when I feel like it.
Last time I checked Illy was not Soviet Russia or Nazi Germany and so I am perfectly entitled to say whatever I want (as is anyone else) so long as it is done respectfully.
That is all that I wish to say for now...

Southern Dwarf wrote: Anyway, my armies proved to be too small for my league which is only natural since there was never any reason for a large army.