13AUG24 - URL-editing Exploit Closed

There are multiple ways for you to prevent the exo'ing of a city next to the future location of one of your cities. If you chose not to do any of them then you take the risk of a counter exo to your location which is a great tool for a defender to have in order to stop the growth of an enemy war wagon cluster and in this case counter siege your city. The list of circumstances that allow a counter exo city to land is long and made even more improbable given the fact the defenders need to know the exact arrival location of the original exo town and discover it with enough time to prep and plan a defense. If you as the attacker are unable to keep this element of surprise then you should not be rewarded with a pass on not getting counter exo'd. 

You are complaining about a mechanic that you have every tool to counter but didn't so now it was used against you. It seems more of a skill issue than anything else. 

I agree with everything Bazoon said here, and want to emphasize his first sentence. Yes -- URL editing in PvP combat is an aggravating circumstance in a case like this because 1) it cannot be executed in any manner using the UI, and 2) it breaks the combat game state between 2 players, putting one player's game resources unfairly at risk. 

DeathDealer: you're right -- there are probably other instances where players edit the URLs to get to pages in the game that the UI doesn't allow and doesn't want to allow. But these instances have never (to my knowledge) been petitioned by a player because they were victims of it in-game. Therefore, we're not aware of them. If other URL editing techniques were/are developed to circumvent the gameplay codified in what the game's navigation allows and doesn't allow, we'd address those issues as well. 

I do think it's pretty self-evident that the game of Illyriad is not designed to be played by editing the uniform resource locator of a given web page. DD, you've been playing for 13 years -- I think you'd be hard-pressed to find any official documentation for the game that directs players to do that in any manner that runs counter to what the UI lets you do. And centainly not so that one player could gain a tactical advantage over another in combat, putting their resources or even cities at risk. 

A simple rule for those who still can't make the distinction: when in doubt, don't edit the URL. The game is eminently playable without ever messing with it.

What is their response?  They petition the devs for a response, and hope to be saved in a timely manner?  None of my petitions have ever been resolved let alone in a timely manner. 

Or if they get a response they hear its fair game.  Either way they perceive themselves to be the victim of what they thought was an exploit and then find out its ok.  Then they end up using what they perceive to be the same tactic, with the understanding its fair game.