Account Sitters

Binky the Berserker wrote: I don't see any problems in perma sitting. There's still a limit on the number of accounts (6 instead of 2) and it is available for everyone. It's not unfair, because everybody can use it and sat accounts are nowhere as good as the standard accounts a player can have. I don't even think it's possible to play 6 accounts unless one would stop sleeping and working.

That is true Binky, not using farming accounts puts you at a disadvantage. The only thing 'normal' about it is that most people doesn't use farm accounts. 

ES2 wrote:   Permanent sitting is just a loophole around having more than two accounts.

i don't like that idea. I won't be able to come online for an year because of my studies. I don't want to loose my account. so a sitter is my only way.

Binky the Berserker wrote: Never said someone was stupid.

yes, actually, you did.

Binky the Berserker wrote: You call players without sitting accounts "normal" but imo they are just plain stupid for not using the rules to their advanage.

if you're going to deny something, you should at least destroy the evidence. ;)

both Binky's and Brandmeister's comments seem to beg the question: why have an account limit at all? doesn't a limit of two accounts also "encourage" people to cheat the system, signing up relatives and using alternate email addresses? and yet, there is the rule, because for whatever reason the devs decided to have it. i wonder if those who do not see an issue with the sitter rules see a purpose to the account limit. because if not, it's understandable that they wouldn't be bothered by the way current sitting use subverts it.

i do not see that the security problems inherent to giving away a password become the devs' problem if sitting rules change. as players are responsible for the actions of their sitters, the only risk added if they choose to give away their password is that the new owner will "steal" the account. that seems a fitting end for those prepared to violate the ToS.

that said, limiting the ability of a sitter to look after the account seems to undermine the purpose of sitting at all. indeed, as exodus is increasingly used as a defensive tactic, i wonder if the sitting abilities should be expanded to include relocation. i would find the game more enjoyable (and land would be used better) if sitting rules were shored up, but i would prefer that it were done via the usual purge rules--specifically, resetting the purge date only when the original owner of the account logs in. in that way, accounts could be maintained only for 90d or so without the continuing involvement of the original owner.