I have not been around long but I do find most parts of this game are very likeable.Why cry about something if it's not broke.
..are you implying that I'm 'crying about' [worker-killers]?
This thread is about likes/dislikes. I wasn't 'crying' about worker-killers, I was saying that I [strongly] dislike them. A legitimate post for this thread. If you were a worker who liked everything about the game except duelling, and wanted to keep playing but were put-off doing so because of people (especially one particular person) duelling you constantly:
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...and you'd tried diplomacy, which had just been ignored, then you might be a bit miffed about that part of the game too.
Don't get me wrong, I think, overall, the dev.s have done a good job, and the game, on the whole, is interesting and moderately well balanced. Nevertheless, to me, the element of being forced to interact with other people in the area of duelling is silly, annoying and inconsistent. It's like being forced to interact with other people in the area of fort fights, or of quests or of building your town, or of doing jobs. As it is, you don't have to partake of any of those things if you choose. You can choose which parts of the game interest you, and pursue those. But duels are forced upon you whether you want them or not. And if you do want them - great, go enjoy yourself! But they negatively impact on the fun of the game for people who don't want to do them.
Like I said in my earlier post, a good solution would be to have an option to have a character that cannot be duelled, and cannot duel others (and not in a way that can be turned on and off - it would be a permanent choice). At present, the only option to avoid being duelled is to become townless, and that also reduces the game-playing enjoyment for people who want to be part of a community.