To run a successful game in age2 knowledge of the game will only get you so far. No matter how much of an expert you are on mechanics, teamwork, camping...name any legitimate part of game play and even if you are at the top of the food chain, you still have to compete with people the run multiple accounts. for a game where 10 cities is your limit and the number of barracks is limited by those 10 cities, there are people out there with 10,20,30 alt accounts where they produce troops and draft them into their main account/s. A person with 10 alts can have up to 110 cities producing troops for himself. You can hit these alts yes, but they are controlled by bots and all have multiple people with the login details to truce and port these accounts when under attack. Hitting the players main account will cost you troops, normally more than the defender, but while it takes you a long time to build those troops back up it takes the cheat no time because he just drafts from his endless supply of alts.

Age2 has become this way, it is considered normal game play. bots are rife, account sharing is rife, multi accounting is rife. I know it sounds like this is something i've just realized, it is not. But the situation is certainly getting worse. To try and play a legit game is pretty much impossible. Its the same old story....if you can't beat em, join em. That seems to be the only option for most people out there that wish to keep playing the game to a level where they can have sustained involvement in a servers life. Even a heavy coiner can't compete with the cheats.....what does that say about evonys business plan....? while it seem ridiculous to suggest, it also seems evony cares more for its cheats than it does for their money supply. REMEMBER.....perception is reality!

For me Evony is going to become something that I used to do. The main reason for this is my new born baby girl. However the reason for this thread is to point out the rife cheating that goes on. If I did not have to compete against people building troops in multiple accounts I could probably still carry on playing. But alas this is not the evony world we play in, so more important things need my attention. Evony is tarnished, it has become a game where cheating is accepted and encouraged, it is a place for unsporting types who only want to win at all costs. Like Tentpig has said....The game is full of people from the cupcake generation. People that will resort to anything they can to get the upper hand.

For what I can see, the game is finished. The company that owns Evony is probably just milking it for what they can while they can. There is no way thay can now make moves to see off the cheating, that would be counter productive to their monthly earnings. If they did a big U-Turn on the way they enforce the rules then i'm sure they are afraid that the majority of their player base would just simply quit in a matter of 24-48 hours. after this time it would not take long for the game to fold and the influx of monies to halt. For now if you want to play this game then it only makes sense to play it like everyone else and that means to cheat. So enjoy people!!!