Larger alliances taking advantage of smaller ones

The_Dude wrote: Hadus wrote: Can I ask you a question(s) then? If these accounts are sitting inactive in an alliance, what are the alliance leaders doing? Shouldn't they be monitoring member activity and kicking inactive members? And if these inactives get attacked, how does anyone even know, and why would they care? And if it bothers you, why not bring it up with your alliance leaders, and ask them to kick the inactives. *** RES retains inactive accounts for the purpose of trying to retain the 7 food sqs they settled their cities on.  As a regional alliances focused in the newbie spawn zone, RES considers these sqs "strategic assets."

Hm...my gut says that's an abuse of the game mechanics, and it falls right into the debate over "does purposely sitting an inactive account count as an alt/break the 2-account max?" But since it's technically game-permitted and I'm in no position nor have any desire to challenge you, I can't do much more than state my opinion on the matter.

If you're purposely prolonging the life of inactive accounts essentially to use them as giant occupying armies, and simultaneously denying active players 7-food spots, it seems as the least an underhanded approach. If there weren't so many 7-food spots left...


Edited by Hadus - 15 Nov 2012 at 01:36

gameplayer, it's not right to post your alliances business in forum. It's also not right to be in more then one alliance, unless your alt is known and is in their training alliance.

oh well, just looking at the two alliances im in, and gosh not much good space around me, maybe there is alot more open land around u guys...it amazes me that accounts just sit there inactive 30 or more days in the alliance...things have changed alot in illyriad since i joined it....so many inactives ...number 8 ranking and many inactives...we need more active players! if more space created there would be no need to place a castle within 10 spaces which would end alot of the bullying, bullying causes new people to quit. new alliances attract new people...new people should be given the same opportunity to experience the game that us older people were given, we shouldnt be protecting seldomed used or inactive accounts that crowd players which in returns creates the enviroment of bullying

I agree with Silverlake's original posting. Without honor and respect for rules this game becomes just like all the rest, and nobody wants that.

Edited by Epidemic - 14 Nov 2012 at 18:02

no i was talking of how to get rid of bullying of larger alliances against smaller ones, its hard to cluster build when there are limited 7 food plot areas, plus how do smaller alliances attract more members when active gamers notice the amount of inactive or seldom used accounts in each alliance or the vast number not in alliances but siting there.....30 days is one month, if they log in that seldom are they a serious player or are they taking up land that should be played by serious players? space between active players will stop bullying of larger alliances over alot of land issues if there is no need to settle so closely....gosh we need more active players in this game, why discourage new people with creating more bullying