Thoughts From A New Player On Current Controversy

Llyr wrote: The danger to the game is that it is being advertised as one in which players can pursue their own interests; occasional setbacks are fine and necessary to maintain interest, but the possibility of essentially being wiped out probably isn't. That advertising seems to me to be more misleading as time goes on. If it's going to be purely or largely a military game, then advertise it as such. But please don't mislead new players by pretending that it's something it isn't.

Why is that so many people think that an attack means they are going to be wiped out of the game? I have really only seen a players entire account wiped down to one city once, and that was St. Jude. Does anyone know of another incident?

On another note, I am fully aware that by taking part in this war I can be sent back to the newb ring myself. I am prepared to suffer the consequences for not agreeing with the vocal minority without crying about it or threatening to leave the game because others disagreed with my actions and used the game mechanics to fight back. And yes, I have spent more on prestige than I care to remember and I will do so again if that happens. I love this game, it's a blast!

Rill wrote: It is ironic that the "gang" of which you speak is the one beating up on the weaker players.

I know - it's disgraceful what that Soup alliance thinks they can get away with...

Like I said EvilKatia, the attack was quite trivial and certainly didn't put me off the game at all. And Rill, my alliance decision was based purely on logic. I don't want to see the game head in the direction that it seems to be going (I chose to start playing because of the home page blurb), but if that's the direction it's going to take and I decide to continue playing, it only makes sense to be on the winning side.

Illy has a pretty big standard of big players not attacking smaller players.  That being said there isn't anything from say mass thieving or something where the perpetrator can't be found or if the smaller player doesn't speak up.  

I'm actually in my second training alliance. While in the first I was subject to an unprovoked (and very minor) attack by a much bigger player. The alliance was no help at all. The incident itself was trivial and not worth escalating in any way; it's certainly not the sort of thing my original post is really talking about, which is allowing unrestrained attacks against helpless players. So I chose to join another training alliance affiliated with one of the biggest "real" alliances. I learned as a schoolboy that if you think you're going to get beaten up, then join the biggest gang .