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Angrim 
Postmaster General
Joined: 02 Nov 2011
Location: Laoshin
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Points: 1173
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 Posted: 29 Dec 2011 at 21:14 |
90 days seems like a very reasonable, even generous limit. I have wondered for some time how the one-alt rule could be enforced when I could easily recruit friends who, if/when they tired of the game, would bequeath me unending sitting rights on their accounts.
It also seems very reasonable to keep accounts that are being sat out of tournament standings--not by limiting the actions of the account, but by ignoring accounts with a sitter named during the tournament for purposes of scoring.
Edited by Angrim - 30 Dec 2011 at 00:27
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Tordenkaffen
Postmaster
Joined: 16 Oct 2010
Location: Denmark
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Points: 821
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Posted: 29 Dec 2011 at 18:55 |
Actually, having never been away from Illy more than a week or so, I
have yet to draw full advantage of sitting, however, I have allowed new
players to sit my account in the past so that they could send themselves
basic resources from my cities, meaning I dont have to.
I know thats not how sitting is intended, but it really makes the
game far more enjoyable that you can assist your allies with resources
without having to go through the daily tedium of dispatching caravan
after caravan. Maybe this feature could be altered to fit the
game/intended purpose, like e.g. a pool of allied cities providing free
resources for the new players to pick up as they like.
I disagree with the notion that the sitting option never
being used at it is intended tho - many of my allies have utilised the
sitting option when they have gone off for a holiday. Even if its just
to allow little tweaks and details to be sorted while away, its always
good to leave your account in ACTIVE hands - that way you don't get any
nasty surprises when you come back. To limit multiaccounting, maybe we should require players to couple their accounts (register main and alt with the devs), effectively leading to any one singular player being able to sit the accounts of any one singular other player, and never more than one at a time.
Edited by Tordenkaffen - 29 Dec 2011 at 18:56
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Createure
Postmaster General
Joined: 07 Apr 2010
Location: uk
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Points: 1191
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Posted: 29 Dec 2011 at 12:19 |
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Haven't sat anyone or been sat myself for many months.
But I'm happy with sitting as it currently is... If I ever decide to break from Illy for a few months again I would like to see someone keeping my account alive - and likewise I'd be happy to keep friends accounts alive over extended periods of inactivity.
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White Beard
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Joined: 21 Aug 2011
Location: AUS
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Points: 53
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Posted: 29 Dec 2011 at 10:54 |
Why not have a holiday / vacation function in place?
The account owner activates this function and all activities in the account stops, research building troop making etc.
And give a sort of newbie protection so attacks are impossible.
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Faldrin
Forum Warrior
Joined: 03 Sep 2010
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Points: 239
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Posted: 29 Dec 2011 at 07:56 |
I would like the account sitting rules GMs warned us about a long time ago put in force:
90 days pr. year and max 90 days.
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Jane DarkMagic
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Joined: 10 Sep 2011
Location: Tennessee
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Points: 554
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Posted: 29 Dec 2011 at 07:07 |
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Because should be able to go without leveling your commanders or sending resources to other people while on a brief vacation!
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Jane DarkMagic
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Joined: 10 Sep 2011
Location: Tennessee
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Points: 554
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Posted: 29 Dec 2011 at 07:06 |
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So maybe confine sitter permissions to just stuff you can do within the city itself.
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Jane DarkMagic
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Joined: 10 Sep 2011
Location: Tennessee
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Points: 554
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Posted: 29 Dec 2011 at 07:05 |
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I think maybe the tasks an account sitter can perform should be limited. Keeping resources and defenses up, but not attacking or moving around the map? That way your friend can give you some peace of mind while on vacation but it wouldn't be the same as playing the account?
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Truth
Greenhorn
Joined: 07 Oct 2011
Location: Truth
Status: Offline
Points: 57
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Posted: 29 Dec 2011 at 07:00 |
 Rill wrote:
I have used account sitting during a period when I needed to take a weeklong break from the game. I found it valuable for that purpose. Perhaps there should be a rule that the account owner has to log in at least once a week, and a limitation to the number of days per year that account sitting is allowed?
I suppose if account sitting weren't allowed, people would be tempted to violate the Terms of Service by sharing password information. Perhaps that would cause more problems than eliminating account sitting would solve?
I don't know, I can see both sides. |
If people shared passwords to allow another player play his or her account, these players would get their in game accounts suspended. So, good luck trying to get away with this method.
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Rill
Postmaster General
Player Council - Geographer
Joined: 17 Jun 2011
Location: California
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Points: 6903
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Posted: 29 Dec 2011 at 06:58 |
I have used account sitting during a period when I needed to take a weeklong break from the game. I found it valuable for that purpose. Perhaps there should be a rule that the account owner has to log in at least once a week, and a limitation to the number of days per year that account sitting is allowed?
I suppose if account sitting weren't allowed, people would be tempted to violate the Terms of Service by sharing password information. Perhaps that would cause more problems than eliminating account sitting would solve?
I don't know, I can see both sides.
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