Pretty much, I use the resources available to me in order to survive.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day ;)
Plus i'm done playing, this game is silly now, basically WolfDoc has ruined it. I feel anything I can do to attack or defend myself is pointless as he will just donate to repair everyone or get their ranks up as he see's fit.
About the time wolfdoc started doing this is when a large number of active players stopped.
So good job WD, in "trying to make the game better" you seem to have made it "a hell of a lot worse"
To be honest, as long as things are within the rules i am well within my right to use them, even if it isn't morally just, but morals cannot exist in a capitalist world of competition and the only way around that would be to add these things:
If nobody has touched your servers why go to vacation mode? Just stay out and gain attack power?
My suggestions to fix this obvious problem...it is compelling that you don't see this is an obvious loophole.
- Don't let users play multiple accouts anymore. This wouldn't change much but would help. It's not realistic that one can use multiple accounts as separate entities. For one, separate entities should be completely entitled to attack whatever server they want so long as it's not at the same time, otherwise the rule is contradictive of itself considering you aren't really playing them as separate if they can't freely attack whomever.
- Add a general rule: "Vacation mode can not be abused, as it is designed for users to be able to safely go on vacation, and not to gain a sense of protection for any other reason. Any users caught using vacation mode as a loophole will have (consequence)".
- remove vacation mode.
- most people know how long they are going on vacation for. Make it so you have to input how long your account is in vacation mode for and it can not be taken out until that time passes.
- don't let vacation mode last longer than 60 days.
- have malware and baron timers reset when you go into vacation mode. File shares, adware and other virii should remain as you can't just stack these onto your own servers productively.
Of all of these, I think the last suggestion works best. Simple way to avoid the baron problem = collect before you go. Your HPD is safe when in Vac mode anyways.