Jul 18th 2011, 8:17:19
the rd t10 example isn't a valid reason to code out the intra tag farming. Although extremely lame in the eyes of any traditional netter, it's not circumventing the intention of game mechanics that were put into place in the past.
abuse of DR and ghost acres by land trading within tag is circumvention of the intention of game mechanics.
i dont see why people mention its a political issue. the rd t10 example would be something political. what i've been describing is something to do with game mechanics.
DR was intended to curb farming. the fact that we have so few people in the game has made DR not an effective deterrent anymore. that doesn't change the fact it is still designed to be a deterrent. if there were 10,000 countries on the server then i'm positive that there wouldn't be such farming problems.
if someone makes a 2nd tag with the intention of landtrading or creating DR then people can create political issues over that.
lastly, on the "nobody's made t10 yet"... are you saying that the issue is non existant because nobody half decent has done it yet? if it ain't broke don't fix it? the fact that laf/evo/omega don't do it is the only reason nobody has made t10 with it yet. maybe I'm expecting too much as a mere player, but i'm hoping all the game devs have an attitude of proactively changing things rather than reactively doing things after someone blows its abuse out of the water.
i do apologize for not posting this on b/s. i rarely make posts and i just needed the bonus but figured I would put out something interesting for a change.