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    Default Guilty as charged

    I just returned from a 3 day suspension for using the bot. I'm not here to complain or vent, I knew the possible consequences when I continued to use it. I used the bot, I got caught and was suspended. No biggie.

    I'll be leaving Evony but not in anger, in boredom. NPC farming is boring and time consuming. To compete at the fun levels in this game requires farming of resources. The bot made it possible for me to compete with players having much more time than me. The fun in this game is in the attacking and defending. The "chores" like farming and queing troop production have to represent less time and effort than the fun parts. Without the bot it doesn't.

    Developers: consider a "General" or quest of sorts that provides more automation for farming. For me the quitting threshold is the boredom from farming. With the bot, or something like it, I'd continue to play for a long time to come.

    I'm one of those who has never spent a penny on the game. You may consider me expendable because of that. However, consider that last week a player teleported 7 cities away from me after a battle, he bought those teleporters because of me. Players like me are not without merit, even to the bean counters.

    So, I thank you, Evony, I enjoyed the game. The end point for me is the boredom factor induced by manual npc farming. Remove that issue and this player would continue to play. I'm sure there are many like me.

    Be well,

    Grinding

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    Thank you for the post, and all of your comments are certainly appreciated. You're right, some of the mechanics of play in Evony Age I can be a little tedious, and that's something that all online games struggle with -- how to make tasks that are necessarily repetitive into fun things to do.

    We think that in Age II we will do a better job of making these repetitive tasks more fun, and I hope that if you do choose to take a break, that you consider coming back and giving Age II a try when it is released.

    Cheers,
    Mike

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    Quote Originally Posted by Knuckles View Post
    i am nearly peeing myself with nervous anticipation.
    Some of the victims I plunder have that reaction daily when they see my army arriving.

    Its called "submissive urination".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Valkirah View Post
    Thank you for the post, and all of your comments are certainly appreciated. You're right, some of the mechanics of play in Evony Age I can be a little tedious, and that's something that all online games struggle with -- how to make tasks that are necessarily repetitive into fun things to do.
    Or couldnt Evony just automate the farming? Believe me, just having this option would solve many problems, including problem with players quitting the game or turning to bots.
    Last edited by Han Solo; 12-18-2009 at 04:27 PM.

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    Theres a discussion in Server57 about an unrepentant bot user with screen shots of an auto-heal bot working in split seconds... Can you look at that?

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    wow, I vote for best thread ever. Minus the third post and mine. I'm not kidding.

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    haha...an minus this one too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by abracax View Post
    If you suspect any player of using a bot post the players name, server # and any additional information you have in the Harassment Report Forum

    I know server 57 doesn't have a mod, but if they did what is quoted above would be their response. You can also send them a private message

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grinding View Post
    I just returned from a 3 day suspension for using the bot. I'm not here to complain or vent, I knew the possible consequences when I continued to use it. I used the bot, I got caught and was suspended. No biggie.

    I'll be leaving Evony but not in anger, in boredom. NPC farming is boring and time consuming. To compete at the fun levels in this game requires farming of resources. The bot made it possible for me to compete with players having much more time than me. The fun in this game is in the attacking and defending. The "chores" like farming and queing troop production have to represent less time and effort than the fun parts. Without the bot it doesn't.

    Developers: consider a "General" or quest of sorts that provides more automation for farming. For me the quitting threshold is the boredom from farming. With the bot, or something like it, I'd continue to play for a long time to come.

    I'm one of those who has never spent a penny on the game. You may consider me expendable because of that. However, consider that last week a player teleported 7 cities away from me after a battle, he bought those teleporters because of me. Players like me are not without merit, even to the bean counters.

    So, I thank you, Evony, I enjoyed the game. The end point for me is the boredom factor induced by manual npc farming. Remove that issue and this player would continue to play. I'm sure there are many like me.

    Be well,

    Grinding
    You are not alone my friend. Ive had several friends who were excellent players that left the game because of the boring repetetive farming. i fear it is going to be my turn soon.

    I know for sure no one can last to farm everyday for more than 3 months unti they decided to quit. Take this flaw out of the game and i think Evony will enjoy much much more success than what it has achieved today.

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    Default Right there with you.

    I too will not deny the use of bots. In fact, I sometimes help along with some of the smaller project of building the bot. And I too am not here to complain. But I do have a suggestion as well. For the time being, until this Age II is released, allow the use of bots solely for farming. I do believe if you take this factor of the bot alone by itself, there would be no reason to complain. No medal grinding automation, no building automation (although it is very useful for someone in school), nothing but farming. Personally I believe if you were to allow this part of the bot, or make a bot with your own signature that allows for farming only and you ensure this, people would not be as outraged for the banning of bots, or so angry for the use of them. I also find the bot useful for more than the standard game play. With my computer (a windows XP system designed for windows 98) the game client lags so bad I cannot have decent conversations with my friends. These specifically are two reason why i use the bot. I haven't used it to build in ages, just to farm. and I don't use those accrued resources to ruin others, I help "raise my friends from the ashes" after someone completely decides to wipe them out. I help get them back on their proverbial feet. For now until some sort of compromise is arranged, I will simply tap into my stores of food. Supposedly I can go a couple months on my current levels. I hope this might in some way have some sort of influences on the developers of this game. It is a good game, but has some minor drawbacks that can be amended possibly by using my suggestions. Good luck to all, and happy hunting.
    Last edited by Slayer13; 12-18-2009 at 04:26 PM.

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