Court of Petitioners

I actually been thinking that corrupted court of king Sigur would be fun addition to the game. Voting With bribery and dagger diplomacy and representatives. I suppose that is not actually what you where thinking.

Courts imply laws; laws imply enforcement; enforcement implies sufficient power for military confrontation. All you're really trying to do is get other people to fight on your behalf, and give that intervention the veneer of legitimacy.

No real alliance is going to sign away their ability to make strategic decisions to some Illyriad world government (or court, or whatever you want to call it). If you have a specific complaint, then make it clear. Vague wording about bullies and GC is completely unhelpful to anyone who might offer you assistance.

I would like a court of some sort to bring grievances to in the event of bullying. Possibly set it up in Centrum with a link like “Petition the court”.

There are several members that, due to their size, seem to think that nobody can or should stand in their way of taking land and cities as they see fit. There are also some alliances with similar notions.

Many small alliances and non-allied players are being attacked in order for those players to acquire cities without having to build them like the rest of us. My alliance is a small trade alliance – we did not start playing Illyriad to be wiped out by the larger PvP players. We are not aggressors although we try to defend ourselves.

None of the alliances that we have confederation agreements with have come to our aid. General chat is where these bullies hang out, so appealing to larger, older players gets us nowhere because the bullies are their friends. We just become targets of other bullies.

A “King’s Court” where the smaller players and alliances could petition for aid would be a great addition to the game. The court could gather forces to punish aggressors and assess penalties to the aggressors’ alliance – especially in the case of unprovoked attacks or undeclared wars. Alliances must agree to abide by the rulings of the court (swear allegiance) or have their alliance terminated.

The court might also hand out penalties to alliances that fail to come to the aid of alliances they have confederation agreements with.

Most of these problems came about when the restrictions were lifted on the number of cities a player could have. This is a solution that would be in keeping with the time period of Illyriad and hopefully solve of few of the bullying problems so that the more peaceful players can enjoy the game without being driven from it.