[Discuss] Activity (was: The state of the game)

[Vinnie]

2006/7/10, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>:
>
> > What saddens me is that realms with overactive players (those who can
> log in
> > twice a turn, make late-turn moves, etc.) have an advantage over those
> with
> > normal light-weight players.  Like Timothy already said, there's not
> much
> > you can do about it and it's not something you can point out in
> character.
>
> I think the main cause of that advantage is scout reports updating
> throughout the turn.  If they always gave the information as it was at
> the beginning of the turn, late turn moves would no longer be a good
> thing.  Unless all journeys were made longer so they all take multiple
> turns (which would be boring), though, that would mean you'd never
> know an attack was coming until it was too late, which is something of
> a downside...
>

That's been a point of discussion for ages. Late turn movements as they used
to exist have completely vanished already, partially due to the misdirect
code.

I wonder if having scout reports give info from the beginning of the turn
will really make the game more lightweight. I doubt it, actually. For orders
to be followed by about everyone, generals would still have to give them at
the start of the turn, preferably even the turn/day before.

But the fact that scout reports won't give real time info, but really just
the info from the turn before we just slow the process. It would make
getting early scout reports even more important, to see what your enemy did
the previous turn. At least now you can see if your enemy is moving. By the
time you notice, it's too late to retreat with the entire army, or still
react. But you have the time to prepare your move for the NEXT turn.
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