Unspoken Codes: Having Fun vs. Being Nice?

fronfor wrote: How can I have some imperialistic/conqueror's fun without being seen as douchey warmonger?

You can join an alliance that competes in tournaments. Basically, one square in every region is a tournament square that can be held king-of-the-mountain style. Small awards are given to alliances who can hold the squares with their troops during official tournaments.

The overall Illy community tends to discourage PvP. The warfare game mechanics are adequate, but peace is just the prevailing atmosphere here. The current server war is basically to decide whether or not small and medium sized alliances can engage in wars with each other, or perhaps the conventions of limited warfare when large alliances get involved. Other than the present conflict, war is a very uncommon occurrence in Illyriad. I'd wager that three-quarters of the current players will be wholly unaffected by the server war.

Factions may offer more opportunities for PvE warfare, but they are not fully active yet.

Greeting Fronfor, could you please tell me how some who registered with the  forums some 84 days after the launch of Illy can be considered a newb?

Rill wrote: You know, like it's an actual game, not some sort of expression of your inner need to express power and domination.

I don't know what does or does not qualify as an actual game, but I do know that rules must exist in order for a thing to be considered a game.

The problem here is that some folks tend to import rules that they insist exist, and then resort to ad hominem when others don't agree that such rules are inherent to Illyriad.

This is all so very trivial and the stakes are raised by addiction to Illy as well as the time it takes to build something of any meaning. A pity.

I reckon it's far easier to go out and play any number of the thousands of actual games (whatever that may be) than it is to try to argue ethics with individuals who may have drastically different world-views from me.

Just ignore it Angrim, write it down to a temporary breach on my part.  I had forgotten that it's really pointless to try to discuss something rationally here.

Edited by Rill - 24 Nov 2013 at 05:01

HATHALDIR wrote: some who registered with the  forums some 84 days after the launch of Illy

I got a town to about a village size, then got bored and went inactive for a couple of years :P Point is, I haven't been around the community enough to get a sense of it.

Aurordan wrote: conflict comes in fits and starts, in between lots of preparation and rebuilding.

Oh, I definitely agree with that. The thing is, I feel like my preparation is kind of futile since I'm never going to be challenged to use it.

In fact, if someone were to raid me right now, kill my army, and steal half my resources, not out of any animosty but simply because he/she wanted the resources, I wouldn't mind it. I might even applaud it. Shame on me for not being prepared, and now I know there's a weak point in my defenses I need to work on.

Problem is, I don't know whether someone else would feel that way if I were to raid him.

Lumelthien wrote: The problem here is that some folks tend to import rules that they insist exist, and then resort to ad hominem when others don't agree that such rules are inherent to Illyriad.

Thank you for your thoughts, Lumelthien, and everyone else. I think I'm going to play Illyriad how I think it should be played, and if I accidentally anger some alliance and they all descend on me and burn all my towns, oh well. It's a game; I'll start over. I hope people understand I'm not trying to ruin their enjoyment of the game.