Amusing. What do you think?

[JimmyMoon]

So this monarch of an opposing KD, msgs my monarch and requests a war. Long story short, we give them the button, then war us, and by the second day they are blasting us about some war terms that not even our monarch had heard/read/seen (meaning none were ever mentioned).
Then, as we're setting up to wave the enemy monarch, she hides in vacation mode. lol Needless to say, we slaughtered the enemy, and said monarch lost their position... And is still in Vacation mode while we're in CF XD

So, the vacation mode tactic to avoid being involved in the war, what do you think? XD

[Topsy]

Y u blackmagic him?

[Palem]

Report them.

Abusing Vacation Mode is against the rules.

[JimmyMoon]

Didn't know you could report them, I'm not to familiar with reporting to be honest. @Palem, if you like I can still attempt to report... However it's likely too late.

Also: What do you mean by "blackmagic him"? I'm afraid I'm not overly adept with all the Utopian lingo.

[Palem]

If you want to report people, send an email to utopiasupport@utopia-game.com and supply all your evidence. Abusing mechanics would prolly result in a short term suspension, which would be timely given they should spend EoWCF recovering.

[JimmyMoon]

Problem is, I didn't really maintain any evidence lol. We simply went on a NS streak, and when I came back from a good night's sleep, their monarch was in vacation mode, and stayed in such, and is still in vacation mode :P

[Palem]

Poor evidence is still evidence.

[American Badass]

Maybe she went on holiday?

[tras19]

As a former monarch I would be ashamed to hide in vacation mode and as a player I would not cast a vote for any monarch who did. Its a despicable and cravenly tactic.

[JimmyMoon]

I wish I could believe it was a coincidence and I'm not one for bothering with other players styles. That's the support teams MO.
This was merely for a few laughs and to discuss the tactic that I've now been informed is actually illegal. Duly noted.

However, I highly doubt the enemy monarch went on holiday, unless it was an extreme emergency (again, I doubt it). It is all simply too convenient. She receives an NS wave, and once she logs on and notices a good portion of her army dead, she jumps into vacation mode. We asked her KD if they knew why, and the few who remained active claimed that they were unsure. nothing was said to them. If she had time to go to vacation mode, she surely had time to warn her KD. The fact that none of that happened leads me to believe that is a province lover who was unable to handle the potential onslaught that was about to reign down upon her. It really isn't my place to decide what her reasons were, to be honest, I viewed it as fear and allowed to to stroke my fragile ego. ;)

[pwner]

Abusing Vacation Mode....is it abuse if i stash 10 mil gcs and go to vac mode pre war so i can come back in war to fund dragons? :D

[flutterby]

Who cares? Maybe an emergency came up? Maybe he is actually going on vacation?

[KuhaN]

Mind blown.

[JimmyMoon]

Doubtful. Not that I care as much as you think I do. I was sharing something I found amusing lol.
It's cool though.

Who cares? Maybe an emergency came up? Maybe he is actually going on vacation?

[Alazne]

Maybe she thought she could be killed. Years ago this was normal when people would try to kill kings to make the kingdom surrender.