Real Covert Ops

Calico_Jack wrote: now comes the hard part, implementing it... i dont do webdesign or programming/scripting only game-design and level creation...   need to capture a dev and make him/her start working on it

SunStorm wrote: Calico_Jack wrote: i said in a previous post that they should in this case add a occupy ability to scouts, so that you can plan them around your borders and by so they will keep an eye on that area for as long as you say before sending them out I couldn't agree more with being able to set scouts to occupy a space!  I would love to see a whole thread on this!  Imagine occupying 50k thieves into one city to ensure it could NEVER be thieved!  Imagine sending scouts to occupy a spot with troops and the opponent not being able to scout unless they have a greater number.  There are so many possibilities!  (please start a thread about this if you feel it's worth discussing further)  However, I would not want to have to ship out 50+ every few weeks just to know if I am about to be sieged.  Whats more, new players who are not in an alliance have no way to set up any detection for an incoming attack - and this is unfair to those who are just starting out in the game.

Calico_Jack wrote: need to capture a dev

DEV's are like leprechauns - very hard to catch, but if ya get one, they just might grant you a wish!  (^_^)

Subatoi wrote: Um, or they are the people that know if they *pretend* to be scared on gc the crusaders will pop up and kill their enemy. We could test this out by getting a few people to have secret newbie accounts then randomly popping up on global in the next few months complaining of big bad players when in reality they just want to start some trouble by killing someone.

Yes, that may very well be another method to try.  However, I would like to point out the following...

Subatoi wrote: they *pretend* to be scared

Nobody that is looking for a fight is going to *pretend* to be scared.  Either they were attacked and don't want to enter into a PvP competition (and are truly scared because the other player is continuing hostilities which they want no part of), or they were actually the instigator trying to cause trouble - and the attack was a result of their own actions.  This has happened before, and nobody came to help them.  Does the player "Aneirin" ring a bell?

Subatoi wrote: We could test this out by getting a few people to have secret newbie accounts then randomly popping up on global in the next few months complaining of big bad players when in reality they just want to start some trouble by killing someone.

Sounds like you might have already tried this.  I remember a week ago a player still under new player protection claiming that another player had just attacked and thieved them...  not too smart if ya ask me.  FURTHERMORE, there is always the burden of proof.  If their claim can be substantiated beyond a doubt, then yes - others will offer them help.  However, there have been attempts which new players have tried to make such claims and they have turned out to be false. 

now comes the hard part, implementing it... i dont do webdesign or programming/scripting only game-design and level creation...  

i could see a 4-5 day or something spotting range on a siege, since being a siege is a slow moving horde of troops and materials for the siege, which is easily spotted, and a big deal, still dont want it to be seen 8 days away