Feedback Policies for Spam Fort Battles

[NovaStar]

the only thing that has changed is that Syntex and I have changed jobs - nothing else @

Can I suggest that for off-prime battles (especially dug by non-allied towns), have MORE than 3 hours between them in the policy? It's hard enough to get onliners to 1 of them, like maybe half a dozen (and almost twice that for offline), but to get offliners to sign up for a 2nd one? I'm speaking like 3am and 5am times...

 

[NovaStar]

Oh...and just curious. If a town is in "alliance" with ONLY their own town and no others..does that count as allied-town?

 

[Goober Pyle]

Fort Fight alliances are nominally independent of game alliances and are primarily determined by fort ownership/membership and then battle history.

A townless players who always fights alongside a given fort owning alliance they will presumed to effectively be allied with them.

 

[Goober Pyle]

Can I suggest that for off-prime battles (especially dug by non-allied towns), have MORE than 3 hours between them in the policy? It's hard enough to get onliners to 1 of them, like maybe half a dozen (and almost twice that for offline), but to get offliners to sign up for a 2nd one? I'm speaking like 3am and 5am times...

The official Fort Spam policy is a policy for all markets so is unlikely to change.

The 3h component is a definitive example, but otherwise the flexibility of the rules allows individual markets to make different interpretations suitable to their market or a given world on their market.

Generally speaking the best approach is to file a support ticket about any battle you believe meets a reasonable definition of spam. This allows for documentation of a pattern of behavior that can be addressed if it is deemed abusive or otherwise mitigated in the best interests of the community as a whole.

 

[NovaStar]

The official Fort Spam policy is a policy for all markets so is unlikely to change.

The 3h component is a definitive example, but otherwise the flexibility of the rules allows individual markets to make different interpretations suitable to their market or a given world on their market.

Generally speaking the best approach is to file a support ticket about any battle you believe meets a reasonable definition of spam. This allows for documentation of a pattern of behavior that can be addressed if it is deemed abusive or otherwise mitigated in the best interests of the community as a whole.

Just curious...does this now include Ozarks, as well?

 

[Harriet Oleson]

A poll was supposed to happen in december 2024 asking if the 2 special rules of Ozarks should be maintained or not for 2025 (rule 1- FF spam policy not enforced, rule 2- fort damages possible on conditions) :
https://forum.the-west.net/index.php?threads/lets-get-ready-to-rumble.61874/

Wasn't there a poll ?

I'm curious to know players' feeback about all of this after these last months of trials, as well as if there was a poll and what were the results.

 

[NovaStar]

There was no poll to my knowledge...

I'd like it to be addressed by @Goober Pyle though.