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The wonders are hard enough (bad enough to some) that the sheer effort discourages many... and has driven off some from Grepolis. Now we are witness to the mockery of an alliance (who has lost any hope of winning a crown) resorting to stalemating the last wonder to prevent proper resolution of the world crown.
EE has collected 19 of the 20 cities under their founder ManofWar who promptly went VM... not a normal VM mind you... but a protracted VM where his account will respawn vacation days while he is in the first 42 days. The 20th city is also in VM - we don't know the circumstances of this city or account.
Make no mistake... this was done intentionally by EE in hopes the world will drop below 300 active players and waste the efforts of KoD to secure a crown. We know this because their founder told us via game mail
Valgarth919 on 2014-09-15 at 12:12
Hope you guys plan on staying around for another 70 days. ManOWar vm renews in 28 days on oct 12 which will give him 42 more days. hahaha why don't you guys just give up now. there no way you guys can get all 7 wonders. Better luck next world
An exploit in this context is defined as a valid move or trick that is counter to the spirit and design of a fair game.
In my opinion, this is an exploit of the VM rule.
Surely INNO did not intend for one or two players to make it impossible to resolve a world crown???
I would ask the game mod - to give EE a reasonable period of time - say two weeks - then boot ManoWar out of VM if he refuses to leave VM.
if this is too politically sensitive - then i would at least offer assurance that INNO will not close this world until KoD has a chance to complete its crown.
It is a practical matter. Once everyone knows this trick (and I guarantee that they will shortly), then every competitive world is easily stalemated using this exploit. Any rim alliance can pack a rim wonder and set up a 108 day VM at the end of the world. Players wont start new worlds knowing the world can be so easily stalemated. I know I wont. I know none of my squad will... I could poll several worlds if you don't believe me.
But that is a separate issue - this thread is about PHI and the future PHI only.
EE has collected 19 of the 20 cities under their founder ManofWar who promptly went VM... not a normal VM mind you... but a protracted VM where his account will respawn vacation days while he is in the first 42 days. The 20th city is also in VM - we don't know the circumstances of this city or account.
Make no mistake... this was done intentionally by EE in hopes the world will drop below 300 active players and waste the efforts of KoD to secure a crown. We know this because their founder told us via game mail
Valgarth919 on 2014-09-15 at 12:12
Hope you guys plan on staying around for another 70 days. ManOWar vm renews in 28 days on oct 12 which will give him 42 more days. hahaha why don't you guys just give up now. there no way you guys can get all 7 wonders. Better luck next world
An exploit in this context is defined as a valid move or trick that is counter to the spirit and design of a fair game.
In my opinion, this is an exploit of the VM rule.
Surely INNO did not intend for one or two players to make it impossible to resolve a world crown???
I would ask the game mod - to give EE a reasonable period of time - say two weeks - then boot ManoWar out of VM if he refuses to leave VM.
if this is too politically sensitive - then i would at least offer assurance that INNO will not close this world until KoD has a chance to complete its crown.
It is a practical matter. Once everyone knows this trick (and I guarantee that they will shortly), then every competitive world is easily stalemated using this exploit. Any rim alliance can pack a rim wonder and set up a 108 day VM at the end of the world. Players wont start new worlds knowing the world can be so easily stalemated. I know I wont. I know none of my squad will... I could poll several worlds if you don't believe me.
But that is a separate issue - this thread is about PHI and the future PHI only.