Pardon me; I was rudely interrupted.
You see, my endeavor is to invoke as little harm on the server as possible. If I random into a kingdom that is desperate to survive I've done them harm. Or, I have to abandon my experiments and guide them to dry land.
Sadly I must explain my challenge idioms to further convey my gentle nature:
1) I do not attack unprovoked of my own volition. I may be ordered to attack, but will ignore quests of sadism. I will retaliate for kingdom mates who are incapable of retaliating themselves. I do this so that players/kingdoms who wish to exchange aggression are welcome to participate in my experiments. I'm at peace with the world until I'm invited to come out and play.
2) My retaliation targets are kingdoms of greater power balanced with their level of aggression. The more aggressive and powerful the more I will retaliate. It never mattered to me if I'm a faery retaliating an orc because I'm not driven by resource accumulation.
3) Pragmatically, I don't believe in CF. If kingdoms no longer wish to be aggressive toward each other they can simply stop. However, since we have a vast dependence on mechanical gizmos and many players can't conceive of unguaranteed peace, I will encourage CFs in light of device dependence.
Thus, I can't be recruited to a kingdom that lives in fear of larger and more organized kingdoms. The CF environment must be close to nonexistent to allow this type of behavior. I'd run a shell by myself, but the devs now require us to have a minimum 3 players/kingdom.
It's because I sympathize with players and kingdoms struggling in this game that I prefer not to random. Besides, I'm retired and doing this for different reasons than achieving chart applicable glory.
But, thank you.
Originally Posted by Bishop
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