Account Sitters

Since the devs have already commented several times before on this topic, I do not think it is fair of you to expect them to comment on another person clobbering the dead horse.

I think the limit on sitting is too high for a normal person to handle, and I would never try to sit more than two accounts - and not for more than a few weeks. People are different, however, and somebody who do not have other obligations (or even opportunities) might be playing Illyriad full-time. 

The only reason I see for the limitation on the number of accounts you can have is to prevent professional goldminers and account brokers from ruining the game like we have seen in other online games. When I signed up, the wording about the alt account was that you could have one if it was used for valid and interesting gameplay. Even your alt cannot "legally" be used as a pure resource feeder to your main.

The problem with some accounts getting "unlimited" gold to build and keep oversize armies should be solved in another way. It is ridiculous that you can raise armies larger than your population and have them eat gold. Fixing this would be a big job for the devs, so I do not see it happening soon - but it needs to be done.