Tiberius

Then there is no harm in Alex clarifying it so that we can all start creating trade bots.

I have 0 issue with using bots for everything else because there's nothing in the game rules forbidding them. Technically it would be within the rules to have bots carry out attacks for you, declare wars etc my point is the only type of bot that is illegal in the rules is automated trade bots. So Alex, can you define and re-wire the part of the rule regards automated trade bots so that we are clear on the amount of automation that would be illegal.

Historically TKR members have refused to repay them back from my personal experience and I know I am not the only one to have experienced that. I would appreciate it if you could do that, thank you. Apart from a member having to click a link to accept the trade offer it is all an automated process. There isn't rules on bots etc for other stuff, like the war notifications etc i suppose its a loophole in the rules as it doesnt specifically cover semi-automated and lower. It does however give Nations who do use it an unfair advantage, as has been stated above, to get the same advantage you would have to sit and constantly refresh the buy/sell pages.

Other bots are in keeping with the rule. Trade bots are not, by definition of the game rules.....

Since you forgot to read the OP let me post it here again for you.... Automated Trading The use of any script, bot, macro, or other form of automated trading is strictly prohibited in Politics & War. These programs give players who use them an unfair advantage over normal players, and use of them is punishable by banishment. ----- In my case a minute or less and it was gobbled up. Couple that with a captcha and you have no chance of cancelling it. As well as being a market trader, I will put all my offers for different resources in, and then check I haven't made a mistake. Rather than taking a 1 time spot test, try larger offers, spread out throughout the day and then report your findings on who bought them. I can guarantee the alliances that use a trade bot will come out on top. My goal here is to have trade bots ability severely limited. or preferably banned. This isn't a one time thing, it has been an issue for a long time.

Or you know, people can play within the rules of the game and not have an unfair advantage over normal players.

Automated Trading The use of any script, bot, macro, or other form of automated trading is strictly prohibited in Politics & War. These programs give players who use them an unfair advantage over normal players, and use of them is punishable by banishment. --------- 01/12 06:44 am BlackAsLight of Native Australians accepted your trade offer. BlackAsLight received $15,727,422.00 and in exchange you received 7,782 food. 01/12 06:44 am Talus of Golgotha accepted your trade offer. Talus received $4,482,578.00 and in exchange you received 2,218 food. I mistakenly put a buy offer in for food at 06:43/06:44 and before I could cancel it the above happened. As we all know TKR will never return those as they do not believe in sportsmanship and fair play. My suggestion to ensure going forward that levels the playing field is and to stop automated bots, and therefore TKR members, having an unfair advantage over normal players: to minimise the amount of times an automated bot can ping the API for data rather than having a dropdown menu for selecting resources, use a checkbox instead have a minimum length of time that the API updates and before anyone says the bot isn't automated, the only thing that isn't automated is someone has to click a link, everything else is automated.

Why is utilising a different war strategy abusing the game mechanics? I mean a high city Nation could sell off infra/military units etc to engage smaller sized Nations, is that abusing the game mechanics, because ultimately you are utilising the game mechanics to give yourself an advantage? I wouldn't class our opponents as abusing the game mechanics for not beiging us either when they could, just to spite our strategy. Different war strategies/mechanics does not ruin these types of games, however not capping Nation growth will. If no 1 Nation is within the grasp of everyone, the game will keep thriving.

What? Upgrade the server. Why? It is incredibly laggy recently and is only getting worse by the day.

The best strategies in war will always become the norm. Nothing to do with Cn-style. It's what is effective and efficient. The reason PnW is going downhill is because people are continuously growing their Nations. Which means you need more time to save to rebuild. Which means longer between wars. Unless you have a cap it will continue this way. But put a cap in place and people are going to leave because they can't grow past a certain point.

So if you weren't after an easy victory why try and close the war down after a week when non-IQ did a lot of expensive damage?

Yet you had Tier Supremacy to begin with, so no it doesn't work both ways. You were after an easy victory and once you knew that you wouldn't get it you wanted out and once you agreed to terms that were acceptable to both, peace was achieved.

Put the work in, take over an alliance's leadership and make the changes you want to see?

Do something "dynamic"

All it will show on the history books when you look back is a draw. If non-IQ were really dominant at this point there would have been no white peace.Once we got tier supremacy non-IQ ran as fast as they could.