Let the Orcs be Orcs

Some people seem to be missing my point here. Im not remotely interested on wasting my time squishing someone smaller than myself. Im also not remotely interested in investing my time into a game where, if I attack someone who is a reasonable target for my level, I get counterattacked by half the server, because as the stickied forum posts read 'war is frowned on in Illy'. Im not a bully, or interested in being one. I am an Orc, and very interested in being that.

I disagree with  that lorre.

You want to bully other new players who perhaps like to build up in peace? Then you are the bully!

Edited by Southern Dwarf - 16 Dec 2011 at 09:34

well there are npc's to attack, in war attack the alliance ur at war with.

Since playing this game, Ive been blown away by the mind-numbing volume of forum posts and GC remarks that define the general culture of the gaming community. I think  a lot of it can be attributed directly to some of the game mechanics, as I will try to elaborate on. Please humor me while I attempt to illustrate my experiences and observations of this thing you call 'Illy'....

There is one server only it seems, and the contrast between the old timers with 50 bazillion troops and myself presents these stumbling blocks

As a new player, I do not possess the ability to caravan harvest for myself. Any node near me that gets resources is usually immediately reinforced with troops by some year old account player near me. The irony is, these same players will give you handouts if you politlely beseech his lordship in GC. There are even widely accepted and stickied forum guides that suggest that this is the appropriate behavior that any noob should employ. So, from day one, self sufficiency is frowned upon, and begging for welfare from the Illy gentry is enforced. Perhaps a rule allowing players under protection to harvest without being bumped or having their caravans killed would allow new players to play their own game without becoming wards of the community....

Speaking of preposterous suggestions that are widely accepted in stickied and highly acclaimed forum posts, I have been directed to a few that make this statement...

"If you find yourself under attack, you should go to GC, and let the people there know what is happening. Attacks are frowned upon in Illy, and the players there will either threaten, or destroy your attacker"

You must be kidding me. Who decides to make this culture poisoning crap a sticky? I dont build walls and train troops because I plan to sim for a year. Let the Orcs be Orcs. There is a culture of simmers who use this 'play nice' because we are your gods philosophy as an excuse to decimate any player that happens to be interested in exploring the mechanics of the combat system without their express approval. Part of the problem lies in the fact that the game allows players with massive year old armies to kill someone on their 8th day of playing. Get over yourselves. There are a million possibilities that can be role-played in this game. You shouldnt be able to determine which ones you will allow and which ones you have deemed 'too unsavory' for the simmers delight that is Illy.

Do I want or plan to kill everything in my path? No. Do I want or plan to build an army and kill stuff. Abso-freakin-lutely. Im an Orc. Its what we do. If this turns out to be a war strategy game where war is not allowed, Im gonna laugh.

Developers, fix it. Place ranges on who is allowed to attack who based on relative power. Maybe add a caveate that in the case of alliance wars, this rule goes out the window. The simmers have hijacked your game, and nothing but simming and begging for  handouts is allowed for younger accounts now. Its preposterous. Let the Orcs ne Orcs for crying out loud.