Originally Posted by
Pale
I'm not sure how Emeriti ruined anything for you Chrystal. You guys already had an agreement with settlers previously. The only reason Settlers noticed you in the first place was to try to avoid Emeriti. Everyone watching the situation knew Settlers couldn't avoid Emeriti by noticing you. It could only happen through some sort of diplo. No agreement could be reached so they got waved. We all know things don't work in such a way that just because you notice someone and have intention to go fight them, you're safe from others around you. You had no right to that fight in the first place. And we all know settlers was in a position to be farmed by fighting either of the kingdoms they would have ended up fighting. Some people would rather it had been you getting the farming and not Emeriti. As many people know, I don't like Emeriti in the slightest, but they had every right to wave Settlers.
Concerning the "hostile" you're referring to that Emeriti "violated", there was no hostile at all. Settlers hit to 16 points right before a month change and offered war. Instant reply by opposing monarch to say no to war offer and within minutes a CF offer was extended. Because the kd they hit was in fort, they waited 16 or 17 hours to try to farm extra acres once they came out of fortified. The other kingdom never hit or op'd Settlers. Settlers had time to hit, get home, and send out again by the time Emeriti engaged them. In what world can you run from another kingdom by waving someone 20%+ smaller in nw than you, get a cf offer and do 2 uniques worth of hits and call it a hostile? I've always been led to believe that a button has to be involved for things to be hostile. Or at the very least, the kingdom you're hitting has to respond with hits or ops or have the intention to respond in some way. I don't understand the thinking that "I'm waving so and so and as long as I keep hitting them I'm safe from you.. na na na na boo boo you can't touch me..." What Emeriti and Settlers currently have where both kds are trading hits, ops, etc. That's a hostile. I was always told 12 hours after cf offer they're free to be waved because armies would be home by then. This is, of course, debated by multiple groups as to how long you have to wait or if you have to wait for cf to be accepted. Often I think people will just answer in such a way that is convenient for them at the time.