Begging For Dummies

<Squill> wrote: ...I have been making quite a profit out of begging with my alt. ...

Reading that sort of thing puts people off donating resources to new players, as you never know who is simply passing on those resources to a larger account.

Sort of against the game regulations I hope, as this seems to fall quite close to the "Towns on second accounts set up largely for the purpose of sending resources to your primary town are not permitted. If you infringe this rule you will receive a warning, and if you continue to infringe this rule, a suspension or ban." bit under the MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS heading over at Current Rules.

I never found begging a good thing, people tend to forget (especially the vets) how they had to struggle in the beginning. We never had help like the new players are getting these days. IMO it is creating an atmosphere in which new players can get their hands on whatever they need without having to do much for it....hence the creation of newbee alliances without proper experience and getting into wars with eachother.....just because they are fed the res they need whenever they hold their hands up.

Edited by Iduna - 07 Sep 2011 at 10:12

Nesse wrote: How about not begging at all, just stating that you have a lack of resources. You could even say you don't want to beg, though that is making it a bit obvious. "Waiting impatiently for 3k resources to accumulate in 16 hours so I can start upgrading my mage tower." might work in lieu of a question.

Naughty Nesse, I asked you to write something nice about my post, it's a bit Odd that you did not.

If a new player is reading this and is actually wondering about getting resource help in GC, here's my advice:  Show up in chat, say hello, and be pleasant.  People will see that you're new and send resources.  The awesome thing about Illy vets is that there's rarely a need to ask.

I never really asked for much resources, I have asked for resources, more so when im off five thousand iron for a level 20 barracks or something.

This game is built on waiting, armies take days to march around, diplomats take hours to day.  Buildings take many hours to four days, as does research.  Newbies should get used to waiting for their stockpile of resources to regenerate, its called Patience.   Imo, the game gives you enough starter reosurces to build a storehouse, library and a few resource plots, then if your following the tutorial, it will send more, enough to build a few more resource plots and a marketplace to harvest more resources.  You should'nt be able to have all resource plots level 8 in your first day.