Account Sitters

That would be a better start to limiting combat drone permasat accounts. The approach would need to be improved to allow for self defense. After all, people eventually find out who is away, and sitting isn't much good if you can't defend the city or its sov claims (like mines and herbs). Hostile diplos could be limited, though.

Hindering the army and diplomatic corps doesn't solve the problem of resource generators (or the problem other folks have with good map locations being taken).

Edited by Brandmeister - 15 Dec 2013 at 23:00

Maybe good start would be to reduce number of accounts that player can choose to sit for, one is enough.

Angrim wrote: DeathDealer89 wrote: In fact since u believe sat accounts are largely stored in training alliances which ship res to new players its likely sat accounts generate prestige purchases in new players. not sure where this came from. i believe that some sat accounts are stored in training alliances. i have no opinion on how many or what percentage of them are, and i would imagine that most are used as farm accounts for established players, not for newbs.

I believe they would be used for both purposes. Basic resources for newbs, advanced resources and gold for the primary accounts. If an account isn't building troops or actual buildings, then the warehouse is most likely full of basics.

Brandmeister wrote: That describes most Illyriad players. However, it is likely that big permasat accounts had prestige spent in the past (otherwise they probably wouldn't be worth sitting). Therefore, many of those accounts represent spent money, and punishing them somehow would just discourage future expenditures, because you know your investment might ultimately be wasted.

you are both ignoring that "most" is not "all". the entire game is funded on the 10-12% of players that buy prestige. yes, i suppose that percentage could suddenly and inexplicably change, but to suppose that in a hypothetical is quite arbitrary. would more players come/stay/spend because there are better situations available on the map? i think i know the answer, but i won't try further to persuade.

beyond that, the idea that i might not spend prestige on my account today, which i am actively playing, because it might someday become a perma-sat account and the sitter might not be able to access all the fruits of that expenditure seems quite far-fetched. i don't think i believe that most players spend prestige hoping to build a really attractive account for someone else to sit.

It's part of the game . You don't have to like it or even do it . But you do have to deal with it . Let them sit all they want there's nothing we can do about so why worrier or even care . Sit away