Court of Petitioners

Emerson wrote: You ask me for specifics but give none of your own. Nobody steals cities from newer, active players? How do you know? Just because you haven't heard of it doesn't make it fact.

I have played this game for six years. Most people capturing cities prefer completed research, which is available in established cities, such as those afforded by established inactive or abandoned accounts. I also helped to run a training alliance for quite a while. During that time, I came into contact with many new players. Nobody ever complained about having cities seized by other players, nor did anyone even mention having heard of that happening. There is no real incentive and considerable downside (in the form of community retaliation), so it isn't really done.

I cannot conclusively prove the absence of something with 100% certainty. That is logically impossible. However, given my knowledge of the game, new players, and the community, I feel confident saying that the situation you propose is a very rare occurrence, if indeed it happens at all. Due to the way that logic works, you can much more easily prove a positive assertion. You are the one in a position to disprove my perception, since offering actual evidence that a new player was attacked to sieze their city would be an actual data point.

This entire argument has crossed into the absurd. Emerson, the powerful alliances are not obligated to give you power simply because you think you should have it. There are many accepted customs in Illyriad. Small players and new players are very rarely attacked without a reason. The fact that you have provided no details about your situation--other than that you feel "bullied"--makes me think that your mouth wrote some checks that your armies can't cash. Just the way you accused people of supporting bullying, without even telling us who the bullies are, rather supports that assumption.

Nobody steals cities from newer, active players. There are hundreds of high quality inactive and abandoned cities scattered across the map. Your entire vague explanation rings false.

I have it on good authority this involves SIN. Apparently an alliance reacted a little roughly against a very small players indiscretions and SIN retaliated for the smaller player. Now that alliance is crying foul.

In regards to Ruarc’s comments, I agree with his points. Laws require a means of enforcement.

Edited by WAFFLES - 03 Apr 2018 at 22:16

People play illy to have freedom and "live out a fantasy" whether it is a rich crafter, huge warlord, or magnificent empire builder. Some come to socialise, or to help people.

For someone to add in real life restrictions such as a "court" on what people can or can't do, it ruins the escapism that the game provides. It would drive more people away than make people happy.

About what I figured. You older players don't want to give up any power so you can continue to lord it over the newer, smaller players.