A new exodus marking "rule"?

Rill wrote: Auraya, I have advised many players to do short-hop Exoduses, and we have always been able to find suitable locations.  It usually isn't even very hard to find them.  I suggest you at least try it a few times -- look toward the "edge" of the new player ring.  Keep in mind that the landing square for a short-hop exodus need NOT be a 7-food square, and in fact moving to a square with the identical resource distribution of the square the player is already on works just fine as well (it means they can't build up resource plots during their 5-day stay, but this is a minor disadvantage).  The key is to find a square that EITHER matches their starting square OR their destination square.

Rill wrote: Auraya, I have advised many players to do short-hop Exoduses, and we have always been able to find suitable locations.  It usually isn't even very hard to find them.  I suggest you at least try it a few times -- look toward the "edge" of the new player ring.  Keep in mind that the landing square for a short-hop exodus need NOT be a 7-food square, and in fact moving to a square with the identical resource distribution of the square the player is already on works just fine as well (it means they can't build up resource plots during their 5-day stay, but this is a minor disadvantage).  The key is to find a square that EITHER matches their starting square OR their destination square.

I do not understand why they have to match their starting square or destination square... If they are worried about loosing res plots they can build safely - four plots max level 12 each.. it will still give them good production for a starting city.

@Auraya  perhaps if it is so complicated then maybe it's something that new players should avoid attempting. I know that I advise my new players not to attempt it as I do find it unnecessarily complicated and cumbersome. My focus with new players is usually trying to get them near our group more than trying to exploit exodus gaming mechanics in attempts at terraforming.

> I've been placing marker armies since I started 18 months ago and they were always respected - by players over 200x my size who went above and beyond to assist my new village! At the risk of sounding like an inebriated grandparent, things aren't like they used to be!
just to point out.. The exodus mechanic is relatively new. We didn't have it back then.

In regard to anyones policies regarding marking armies of any sort; your internal policies are fine, however I believe that I will continue my uncomplicated practical way of playing in the present rather than the future...  ie - claiming Sov (not marking armies) is the mechanic players can use to clearly claim territory in game. Cities must be built before any ten square radius is respected and if a city is established in an area I'd like then clearly that person has a city there before me.. if we happen to have two cities land near eachother then we'll work it out.. which is, I suppose, similar I think to Gragnog's position.

Gragnog wrote: the issue becomes one of who ever gets the city there first lays claim to the spot. As much as I would like to claim all land within 20 squares of my cities I understand that is not feasible and have lost spots to players who have been able settle before me. That is the nature of the game.

I want to thank everyone who decided to post in reply to my original post. It was for informational purposes [so that I can review Relic's policies to make sure they are not too far from the general practices in Elga]. Thanks again all. - M.

DERP!  Moved it.  Sorry.

Did you mean to put this in the suggestions thread, TD?

@Rill: Ideal solution.. except that such 'short hops' are nearly impossible :( Finding any 7 food square with the res distribution required for the exodus which are unoccupied in a 10 square radius, in an ever populated world? I don't have time to organise all the confeds required for a short hop as well as a long haul.. if nCrow can then I salute you, it just isn't possible for me.