Alcibiades
Plant Geneticist
Fair enough DS.
I maintain that a game mechanic that has easily abused loopholes that cannot be easily fixed is 'fundamentally flawed.' Your definition may differ but what it boils down to is it was broken.
I also do think that while L/F may have helped curtail repeat attacks to some degree, there was a slightly larger playerbase to accomodate larger attacks. The free for all bounty hunting also made good sense since it made you a target from everyone who wanted a piece of you if you behaved badly enough. However, i remember when i got a red title, or a bounty on me, I just did a few attacks and managed to clear my name up pretty quickly. Admittedly this forces people to pay attention to their bounty/title range, but i don't see it as being the main thing preventing repeat attacks; or maybe that was just my playstyle and those of my alliance mates.
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I maintain that a game mechanic that has easily abused loopholes that cannot be easily fixed is 'fundamentally flawed.' Your definition may differ but what it boils down to is it was broken.
I also do think that while L/F may have helped curtail repeat attacks to some degree, there was a slightly larger playerbase to accomodate larger attacks. The free for all bounty hunting also made good sense since it made you a target from everyone who wanted a piece of you if you behaved badly enough. However, i remember when i got a red title, or a bounty on me, I just did a few attacks and managed to clear my name up pretty quickly. Admittedly this forces people to pay attention to their bounty/title range, but i don't see it as being the main thing preventing repeat attacks; or maybe that was just my playstyle and those of my alliance mates.
meh most of the comments i've noticed have been general and in that not authoritative.
i feel that sometimes people here mistake or confuse a person 'talking confidently' about a point of view they feel strongly about with the person trying to have the last say.
initally for the most part alci was just posting to clarify things as he saw them. regardless, even if l/f came back it would be under the new fc and work differently and thereby not be bringing it back. it wouldn't be the same.
so lets stop mincing words and just discuss the ideas under the topic at hand.
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