The Iron/RE vs SMA war

King Sigerius wrote: llyriad is amazing. But unfortunately if you let people do whatever they want to whoever they want (both in GC and ingame) it is going to end up in the gutter. Toxicity like this kills games. This game has a lot of potential. And it also has a lot of problems. The developers know about them. I was hoping for fixes for a long time - unfortunately that did not happen. In my opinion we are at a point where just content (Faction AI) is not going to fix the game and the player base. I am a competitive player. I like PvP. I do a lot of PvP myself in other areas (sports, boardgames, other PC games). But war in Illyriad is not a fair fight - especially if you are on my side. The weakest players get attacked. On my side that means a casual or a player taking a break gets attacked - who cannot defend himself. That kind of "war" in Illyriad is a game where one side has guns and the other side has nothing. Where defenseless players get shot down because someone is bored or finds it fun. But that is something that is not fun for me. At all. I love this game. And i care about the game and the players in it. That is my biggest weakness. But that is me and that is not going to change. So its time to finally leave. To be finally away from all the toxicity. I should have done it earlier in hindsight.

Guys! This post was about a war (of course: your war), but not your personal argument. I would say it isn't an argument at all, it's just awful. You are blaming each other and what for - i don't know - feeling better yourself?
I have to say one or two things:
I'm just here since one year. I do not know everything about this war. In fact i know almost nothing about his beginnings.
But i know one thing: Your hostility is destroying this game. Both of you say that this game is very important for you, that you want to improve it, but in fact both of you do the opposite.
One forum post sounded like you would have been friends a decade ago and it seems possible, because you seem to have a similar point of view at least in some things.
If I had the power, i would force you to build up a new alliance together or to come up with game developement ideas for a better warfare game together (because you both are experienced with this and both of you want changes there). But i don't have this power and i think nobody apart of you has it.
There seems to be no way back since both of you got a whole alliance involved in your personal hostility and one of you abandoned/had to abandon (or whatever), but I hope that you will find a possibility to leave each other in peace. And if you want to go on like this, find another way, so that other players can enjoy the game again without your toxic hostility.
One of you seems to be a bit arrogant the other one to be a bit aggressive, everyone has weaknesses, just this combination is a bit complicated at the moment.
Maybe this will go on, i do not have the power to stop this, but at least i tried.

This post is not connected with my alliance or any other players in this game, it's just my personal opinion. But maybe some others here think the same (or i'm standing alone and will get all my citys razed for this).

Othello wrote: Guys! This post was about a war (of course: your war), but not your personal argument. I would say it isn't an argument at all, it's just awful. You are blaming each other and what for - i don't know - feeling better yourself? I have to say one or two things: I'm just here since one year. I do not know everything about this war. In fact i know almost nothing about his beginnings. But i know one thing: Your hostility is destroying this game. Both of you say that this game is very important for you, that you want to improve it, but in fact both of you do the opposite. One forum post sounded like you would have been friends a decade ago and it seems possible, because you seem to have a similar point of view at least in some things. If I had the power, i would force you to build up a new alliance together or to come up with game developement ideas for a better warfare game together (because you both are experienced with this and both of you want changes there). But i don't have this power and i think nobody apart of you has it. There seems to be no way back since both of you got a whole alliance involved in your personal hostility and one of you abandoned/had to abandon (or whatever), but I hope that you will find a possibility to leave each other in peace. And if you want to go on like this, find another way, so that other players can enjoy the game again without your toxic hostility. One of you seems to be a bit arrogant the other one to be a bit aggressive, everyone has weaknesses, just this combination is a bit complicated at the moment. Maybe this will go on, i do not have the power to stop this, but at least i tried. This post is not connected with my alliance or any other players in this game, it's just my personal opinion. But maybe some others here think the same (or i'm standing alone and will get all my citys razed for this).

Firstly, "cheat using GDT? Pay enough pres." I’m tired of this argument. We do not treat players who buy prestige any differently than players who do not. It’s one of the great things about this game is that players have the opportunity to play in a non-biased experience based on putting money into it. Do we as a dev team appreciate it, sure. Do we make decisions based on if someone has or not. Absolutely not. 

Secondly, I want to point out that this thread has completely and utterly shown vitriol from both sides and is not conducive or appropriate to the community standards. 

Lastly, anyone who thinks we have either the time or inclination to make global, long-term changes to the entire game to benefit a particular alliance at a particular moment in a particular war is flat out wrong.

This thread is now being locked by the Development Team. Be aware, any further attempt to consistently attack each other goes against the forum rules in place can and will result in your forum account being suspended. I.E. referencing to other players as terrorists, psychopaths, or sociopaths.