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Taking into account Mr Damage's and Erik Dirk's comments, the problem as I see it is not so much the issue of Land Claims ,because that is not what Kumomoto and others such as Llyron of Jaensch are really after and I would say that Kumo's post shows the true nature and desires of H? ie to dominate  and subordinate all others to their  will. Those boys love to attack , siege, dominate and humiliate. To them that is what Illyriad is about.

 

To the slightly (but only slightly)  more rationale members  of H? like Creature for example Land claims are the way forward for H? "even more so when pathfinding/tolls/walled areas and many other planned features might/will be implemented" by the development team. This latter point should not be lost on Mr Damage and Erik Dirk whose alliance Prisoners of Society (O-O) is surrounded by H? on 3 sides and DLords on the other. What will O-O do when those H? members around them start settling into Arran and claim a 30 square sov area around those cities on grounds of  "lebensraum". That could spell the end of O-O

 

Contrast Kumomoto's very brief, take it or leave it, statement above with Dlords Land claim 25 January 2011 (see link below) which  attempts a more reasoned and rationale approach and even has a procedure and declared aim to help new players who find themselves in what Dlord claims as it "Home Territories".

 

H? have not presented any draft terms for resettlement for consultation as DLords did. They have not even said that such players who find themselves in that position will be given a warning by H? Instead players are told to contact the nearest H? player in question. What if you are Newbe or don't read the forums. What then?

 

 In theory, the first you will now about is when your Town icon on the header display suddenly displays a red warning for an incoming attack. Or your quartermaster reports that you have been raided. That's Kumo's reality !

 

No if Harmless? wanted to try and legitimise their land claim, they would have presented a detailed set of proposals for consultation. Making Land claims on the basis of forcible removal alone is a bad precedent to set. Other alliances should have nothing to do with this sham in its present form.

Though Starry would know much better than I and pretty much confirms my suspicions, I do suspect this is actually Kumo (and Fluffly in his thread too) taking the proverbial pee out of some current Illy affairs.... not naming any names! 

Check other threads in the (Bitter Sea) forum if your confused but if you are the question begs to be asked... Where the hell have you been? Timbuktu? 

LOL, It did have me wondering for a second till the caffine kicked in.