Originally Posted by
Blackcreek
Evony doesn't even want discussion about it because when people come to this forum, the last thing evony wants is any mention of people hating the company or it's policies... not necessarily anything wrong with that since they are a company and PR is extremely important.
However on that note of "public relations," I think evony is making a HUGE mistake with the way they are handling b.o.t use. Say what you want about b.o.t use and I have heard people say it's c.h.e.a.t.i.n.g but the only reason I have ever seen given for why it's wrong is because "it's against the rules" with no thought given as to the reason so many people used it. If evony had a built-in farming scheduler not only would the game be more balanced to those who have less time to play but it would also be more enjoyable all around. I know I speak for almost all b.o.t users when I say they don't want an "edge", they just want to be able to live life talk to people they know etc, not click buttons robotically. Now of course that's 'wrong' because it is against the rules but is a person wrong for wanting to use something that everyone has access to, do all that clicking for them? I don't know a single person that LIKES to click buttons like that all day. Whenever there is something repetitive and boring we humans create a tool to do it for us... not using a farming scheduler is like a person inventing the wheel but cant use it because it's 'against the rules.'
What I see evony doing is the same thing that has happened for centuries since the beginning of time:
1. There is a problem, certain people try to do things a different way.
2. The large organization refuses to acknowledge the problem and instead persecutes those who are not doing things their way.
Happened with christians under rome, protestants under the roman catholic empire, america under england...but guess what? So many people end up doing the thing that the organization that is trying to squash it had to eventually accept it and even embrace it in alot of cases through history and even other games similar to evony!
The only one that says b.o.t use is wrong is the company and the people that also say it's wrong, say it's wrong because the company says it's wrong!
Farming scheduling should be in evony and I sincerely hope it is in the beta