by bisjac » Sat Aug 14, 2010 5:10 am
i may be be a horrible leader when it comes to PR, i been told that many times lol,
but i dont need good relations with everyone in the game. my concerns are with the immediate players near us. ONLY
the other superpowers in the game I have no issues with, because they arent attacking my people. they dont want my resources, and they dont want to live in our territory.
I guess they picked peace. and it seems to be working for both sides.
when i first told everyone about this village called Bordel, mixed reactions of kill them love them, all around. its not voting system, its a matter of who lives closer to you and who is to weak to defend themselves from a developed village.
no one knew anything about bordel, the natives not part of the empire over there didnt know much.
so i put up the standard runestones i give everyone.
"the TOH empire has expanded to this location, consider carefully how you welcome us to the area"
is that threatening? of course it is. we arent going in with flowers, we want everyone to know we are both friendly and assholes if needed.
is it a statement of our status with you? NO, its a clearly open ended discussion waiting to happen. that you never replied to (the email i left)
The new settlement was someone willing to be our friends, and care for the iron mines i found over there. and within close distance to us to be considered part of us.
was a strategic move all around that worked perfectly in every way. we were happy they were such cool people. and i promised them after my initial meetings with locals and scouting around, that it was a safe place.
You waited outside a noob's village for him to haul wood. ran out and killed him.
and went in to loot the little they had.
dont get me wrong. i love an opportunity.
but im not so weak and greedy that an easy target can give me anything to gain.
im not the monster here.
when the empire members started to hear about all this, they raged at ME. because i had a decision to make. this isn't revenge they want, they demand the place be safe for the settlement. i already attempted the meet and greet, i already attempted the contact on your terms, i even took the eventual threatening runestones, namedropping TOH policy. i see no other way to make it happen then to crush yet another unruly village.
this was not some quick idiot decision. but i will not allow my guys to just be victimized because some small village was just bored one day.