support planet rule r21
from fierys mail:
Any alliance caught having extra planets intentionally attacking with said alliance or intentionally defending an alliance planet while not in galaxy or cluster; or a planet acting as though it belongs to said alliance through it's actions, while not in said alliance, will be construed as a violation of the alliance limit and those planets will be closed. does the first sentence mean, that if alliance X has support planets, the entire ally X and the support planets get closed? and a question out of personal interest: i am playing without ally this round, so i am getting targets from friends every night. does the rule mean i have to stop this now? if yes: great i can't attack anymore at all. i am playing a free account and therefor can't research unit/JGP scans which means i can stop playing this round completely. i am very interested who in the #alliances was for this implementation... |
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Well, I am very interested WHEN this was discussed in the #alliances channel. The discussed in the alliance channel "excuse" is mostly bullox, because you can only grab whomever is around at that time to discuss with. I feel that if the PA team wants the #alliance channel participants attention and awareness about any discussions they should let people know in advance before starting an discussion.
However, that said, I can vaguely agree with the rule, but I think it needs to be clarified alot. And if your friends are in alliances, how about prodding them for scans instead of attacking with them? |
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i could do that, but my attacks are more likely to land if i join an ally/BG attack instead of soloing at a target.
also i hate to be restricted on where to attack by a stupid rule, but that is another issue, for now i just want my questions answered before i start whining :) |
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I hear ya mate, and I wish we didn't have stupid rules restricting attacking OR defending myself.
I would prefer not having the support planet rule at all in the game, but as the rule was it was unfair because it only specified defense as a support planet action. And with the more attack focused game we got now, attacks needed to be included in the rule. but yeah, prefer not having the rule at all. |
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another question just came to my mind:
if ally X and ally Y decide to block and attack together, is this against the rule? the planets of ally X are support planets for ally Y, as well as the planets of ally Y are support planets for ally X according to the new rule |
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Apperantly not. Though that might depend on the mood the multihunter is in.
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You don't have to be closed due to this rule. The support planets rule is basically aimed at planets who would play in the best interests of the alliance they're supposedly supporting rather than their own planet. My advice would be to make sure your planet doesn't look like you're just supporting someone else, so don't take bad targets I guess, and/or point out who you are and that you're not a support planet to the multihunters. Of course that might just mean they keep a closer eye on your planet and close you sooner but hay nonny ho.
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the thing is: if someone checks my fleet launch history it WILL look like i was supporting an ally, in fact the ally really benefited for me, because they had a better coverage on their raids. just to point out how stupid this rule is: Scenario A: i keep attacking with my friends, but stay allyless --> i get closed because i now fall under the support planet rule Scenario B: i create a one man tag (means in the terms of the EULA, i am part of a real and valid alliance) and keep attacking with my friends. now this could have two outcomes: either they leave me open or still close me. if they close me, they have to close every planet of 2 alliances who are blocking and cooperating on attacks, because if they don't they would enforce this rule inconsistently (yeh, well, that might still happen :S ) if they leave me open it shows how stupid this rule is: no matter if i create the one man tag or not, it has the same effect on the game, and in both cases the ally i am attacking with has exactly the same benefits from me and therefor the rule is absolutly useless because support planets only have to create a tag and they are free to attack whereever they want. anyways, there are lots of IFs and WHENs in my assumptions, and i really would like to hear an official answer from the MH team. how the heck am i supposed to obey rules, if i got no ****ing idea which specific actions allowed and what isn't because the rules aren't crystal clear to me. |
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Im quite sure the default galbanner will soon be hitler & his raised hand with the following text: Admins knows best!
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"You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Allfather again."
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You know you love me :(
- When the admins came for the cheaters, I remained silent; I was not a cheater. When they locked up the farmers, I remained silent; I was not a farmer. When they came for the support planets, I did not speak out; I was not a support planet. When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out. - |
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i talked about almost completly the same issues about this mail to the multihunters today ...
the general response was 1. "it depends on the case" 2. "keep suspicious actions to a minimum" 3. " you are around long enough to know what's wrong and right and how to act" i think with this rule it is pretty easy to point out the black and white areas but is very complicated as soon you come to the more complicated things like solo-players getting targets from old friends who are still in alliances. I am in Ascendancy and since we have no *real* attacks organised i join in attacks with my galmates alliance ... i dont feel myself as a support planet. i benefit as much or even more from that than the alliance i attack with. So in the end it comes down to the mood of the MH :-( |
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awesome; it's like getting into a club now; if the bouncer likes your face you are in; if he doesn't you're out.
honestly THIS IS SHIT AND THIS RULE SHOULD BE DELETED edit: or at least it should be fixed |
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Almeida,
Unless your intent is to help a specific alliance there shouldn't be any issue. |
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i have no intentions in helping any ally; my intentions are to be successful on my attacks.
but still i attack with the same alliance all the time, which gives them an advantage and is prohibited by the rule. can i get a guarantee, that i won't be closed because of this? if you give me your word that i will stay open (unless i do any other violations ofc) that is perfectly fine for me and i will instantly shut up as i trust you and always experienced you as a reasonable and honest person. |
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If you fail to see that, then maybe you should try a few more round as a player? |
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Almeida,
Let me clarify. Unless your intent is to help a specific alliance violate the alliance limit rule there shouldn't be an issue. |
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your not in the alliance in question, and you are assisting them repeatedly |
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I still do not see why a support rule should be in place. Yes it benefits the alliance making use of them, but then again, everyone is free to use the game features as they exists. If you can find players willing to "waste" their round as support planet for your alliance, by all means do. Essentially in PA the alliance who managed to get most support (either by naps, allies or other planets helping them) will win the round and i do not see why certain forms of support should be prohibited. And with the rule presented can we please ban planet naps in the same way? as it is obviously benefitting the alliance that is napped to in a unfair way, as it get less incoming than other alliances around it. In other words, where does the "fair" treatment in a rule begins, and where does it end? Who decides what is seen as fair? I can understand players finding support planets to be unfair to them, but essentially it is a way of covering up their own failure at getting extra support. I'm quite sure that players willing to be support planet, find it unfair they can't play the game the way they wanted to. Imo player creativity in using the features as presented by the game should be encouraged, not restricted. If the game designers do not want the feature to be used in the ways possible, it is up to them to make sure it can't be used in those ways, or that it is recoded in such a way that it won't be a problem. All kinds of restrictions being enforced by some human factor, are certainly not making the game more enjoyable to play. |
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aNgRyDuCk, that's exactly the reason why i started this thread, i want a clear answer like you just gave me, just i want it from a MH.
(if i was MH and had to enforce that rule i would have the same opinion as you) Fiery, a: "there shouldn't be a problem" is not a satisfying answer. if i spend my time on this game and i get closed, then it was completely wasted time. i told you that i got no intentions on helping an ally but still the ally i am attacking with has an advantage from it (at the same time i have an advantage from attacking together with them, as they provide me with scans and a better chance to land). now you know in what situation i am and if you were told to investigate my planet you would have to make a decision; so i want a clear answer: either YES you can keep attacking with your friends, or a NO if you keep doing that you will be closed |
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Round after round we have discussions about the support planet rule
the stupidity of it, the lack of clearness in it, the inability of mh's to enforce it on every1, caus they hardly have a clue what to do with it either, the fact that they sometimes allow support planets but otherwise not (1up in tag people donating all res to fund & not playing r17 & eXi out of tag in other ally cov-oppers), ... Either make it perfectly clear for everything, or get rid of it. Since it has been introduced it has caused nothing but trouble |
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maybe the rule should be only enforced on free planets so we dont see 100 free planets signed up for a certain alliance and to only support them but as soon as you pay for your planet you can play and do whatever you want with your planet?
as long as it is in the "normal" rules - no multiing etc... |
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I am still up for either dropping or hard-coding it. But the shit we have right now ain't satisfying.
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This rule is crap but that doesn't even bother me reall. What does bother me is that they keep changing rules when a round is in progress. Can they just life with it for a round and "fix" the problem in the period between rounds?
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I say get rid ofteh bloody rule
People helping out alliances that they aret actually a member of is all part and parcel of teh game of war. In real war there isnt any rules as such to stop people from helping different people etc. So why should there be in PA IF you Are going to keep the rule, state more clearly what it is that we are and arent allowed to do, and code it into the game so it is impossible for us to breach otherwise, throw the rule out the windo and writeoff any "supporting" as a part of the game. War isnt supposed to be fair... so whya re you trying to make it that way. |
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I dont like it either, so the sooner the better :)
And power to TGV and their 5-9wave attacks :D |
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The rule is just too vague and can be interpreted in far too many ways, like this post.
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Analyse the problems support planets cause, fix them as best as possible and then remove the rule. |
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tbfh all thease rules are ruining the game :(
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people not abiding by the wording or intent of the rules are ruining the game by forcing yet more rules to clarify the situation and ban behaviour which is damaging to the game.
Take a good look at your own position and what you have done before so quickly pointing the finger at others. |
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and i suppose you have an algorithm to hand which can perfectly distinguish things like farming from normal attacks or coincidental attacks?
There are rules in place because certain things are problematic at best to hard code, and others have the potential for being too limiting. By making rules, it allows greater flexibility in cherrypicking the events which are not permitted from those which are fine. Being unable to implement it in design does not lead on to just accepting the existance of something In the case of support planets, its perfectly clear and understandable. alliances shall have x members, no more. the limit of the tag size was supposed to accomodate this, but someone decided that this wasnt good enough for them. They wanted an advantage over all the others and so used out of tag support planets. This is the legacy of that choice, a choice made for purely selfish reasons - and one that everyone must live with the consequences of It is players like this, who try to bend, break or flat out ignore rules and their intents which you should be focusing on, instead of crying out about the consequences of their actions. |
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I would like to point out that Almeida perfectly managed to lead the support planet rule ad absurdum, namely by describing that he is often performing the actions which are defined as "supporting an alliance", while claiming not to have the intent to do so. It's interesting that fiery allowed it in this particular case. In fiery's defense: how would she want to measure intention of someone? Against fiery's decision: Where is that a clear and understandable decision at which point someone violates the rule or not? Even you should be able to spot the dilemma here: Everyone can simply violate the rule but if you say "no no, I didn't mean to support the alliance, I just like to play with my friends x, y and z" you can get away with it. This, however, is not obvious for most people when signing up, and as such only a selected few people will gain advantage from such loopholes. Quote:
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A (war) game is all about getting advantages over others, and you do that by using any means possible allowed by the game mechanics. Whether ppl moraly agree to them doesn't matter one bit, the option is there to use and apparantly the game admins see it as a good features because i'm sure they would have removed any form of possible interaction that isn't meant to be a option. |
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1) this has nothing to do with me beeing eXi 2) kudos for not signing the rep you spineless, brainless, whimpy twat 3) if you had half a brain you would have understood that i WANT to follow the rules. that was the main motivation to create this thread. when i signed up, attacking together with another ally WAS NOT against the rules. as the rule was created i instantly came here to ask if i could still attack together with my m8s or if i have to stop it. (i still haven't got a clear answer btw). so could you witty ****face explain to me, why you are thinking that i don't want to follow the rules? 4) tell me who you are and we can continue this convo in PM as i don't want to spam this thread with anymore of this shit 5) sorry to the rest of the readers of this thread, i am just very sensitive when someone calls me a cheater |
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