Curious: Why are battles resolved instantly?

Rorgash wrote: ok cool i got some slapping in the past, maybe it was because of a link.. oh well ikariam is the name. might be worth checking into for the devs aswell, to see how they made it and maybe see if its possible for Illyriad aswell to have a more impressive combat system. it sure kept people at the screen checking in to see how the battle was going :)

NONONONONONONONONONO!!!!!!!!!!!    People in that game were so selfish. I waited for weeks, played for months. I was bored as soon as I started. NOBODY would help me, they just sat there and sometimes attacked me for trying to send them igms asking questions and requesting to join their alliance. I'm sorry, but if the devs make this like Ikariam... I don't know what I would do. I hate Ikariam for being full of bullys and selfish pigs. I couldn't build anything because I needed help. But instead of helping me, they raided me. I had to build an arm from the start. I HATE that type of atmoisphire. I SAY NAY!!!!!!!!!!!! DEVS, I BEG YOU, DON'T MAKE THIS GAME LIKE IKARIAM!!!!

Introducing a similar system would hardly make this game like Ikariam, however I would be against it simply because it would take what little instantainious events we have in this game away.

However, perhaps the seige system could be changed to reflect such battles.  Changing npc battle to such a thing would cause a nightmare for anyone that harvests anatomies after all.

If bombardment happens every hour, why couldn't combat rounds also happen every hour? I think that server could handle it...

I'd just like to add that the devs could (presumably easily) add a limiting factor for NPC combat so that a battle against 1000 animals would take far shorter than the same battle versus player troops.

I wonder how this would affect blockades? It would be interesting if you could send an army out to attack a blockade as a "distractions" weakening that particular blockade by a __% factor while they try to fend off the attacking force.

Same for occupying squares: would an attacking force have to defeat EVERY defender to claim control of the square, or would it be based on number of troops still standing?

And a third, awesome thing: since you could send reinforcements and scout battles midway, hosting awesome tournaments becomes SO much more strategic and exciting!


Edited by Hadus - 04 Jan 2013 at 19:13

Hey very nice idea, but there must be some sort of a thing were people can not reinforce or something, it would be too easy to break up a fight.