Real Covert Ops

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   I miss the mouse "hovering over" feature that would tell you who the army belonged to (if they were an ally) and the total number of troops it contains.  This was the the original function of "Covert Operation" - to ensure your allies didn't know what you were up to.  However, the Covert Operation skill says the following:

"This skill allows you to carry out military maneuvers that are unreported to your own alliance's operation list."

This implies the alliance has a record ("list") of all the attacks made by members of that alliance - but this is not true.  So, at the current moment, I am truly unaware of what exactly this skill is good for.  Can someone please enlighten me?

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SunStorm Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Postmaster Joined: 01 Apr 2011 Location: "Look Up" Status: Offline Points: 979	Posted: 20 Mar 2012 at 23:39
	I miss the mouse "hovering over" feature that would tell you who the army belonged to (if they were an ally) and the total number of troops it contains. This was the the original function of "Covert Operation" - to ensure your allies didn't know what you were up to. However, the Covert Operation skill says the following: "This skill allows you to carry out military maneuvers that are unreported to your own alliance's operation list." This implies the alliance has a record ("list") of all the attacks made by members of that alliance - but this is not true. So, at the current moment, I am truly unaware of what exactly this skill is good for. Can someone please enlighten me?
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JimJams Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Warrior Joined: 20 Sep 2011 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 496	Posted: 20 Mar 2012 at 22:31
	It is working as intended. If it would work as you ask for, it would be about impossible to set up any defense against siege. I can assure you, you wouldn't like it...

Subatoi Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Warrior Joined: 01 Mar 2012 Status: Offline Points: 380	Posted: 20 Mar 2012 at 20:25
	Hello, As it stands in Illyriad, if you send a military mission to a city, if the player is active or has someone actively sitting the account, the targeted player will receive a notice on his military summary page of who is attacking hi, and the arrival date of your army. You could have clicked covert on your military orders screen, but this still shows up as an impending army of doom to your opponent, why? Why not make the Covert op's a actual skill to be used, perhaps unlocked at level 20 or other, that makes it so the target does not get a timetable of when your attack lands or who sent it at him till he actually engages the target. Thoughts?