idk about you guys, but if I go away, I can't get to a computer (because I normally go camping) and the fact that i can still be attacked, planets stolen, etc. kind of bugs me. Maybe we can have a vacation mode, where you don't produce anything, energy, mineral, artifact, research, but you can't be attacked either. Just set it to vacation mode and you can leave and have fun. If would also tell your legion that you did go away and not just stop playing


this idea was a joint effort by the members of The Rangers

+1

i like the sound of this idear +1 ,it is easier then having a freind or reletive to go on it for you .

Without limitations it could easily be abused.

For example....
I see one of my planets is being attacked... I go into vacation mode for a while and said planet is now safe.
I see I am being attacked.... I go into vacation mode for a while and I saved myself a disable.

This could be true of any number of things that happen in this game.

The only time I do not consider this able to be abused is in the circumstance of a soldier/sailor/airman deploying.

A simple validation could avoid this.

no attack last hour.
if you go into vacation mode, 24h at least.

this way nobody wanna loose 24h of production for fun.

On some games I play, vacation mode works like this:

It takes 24 hours to activate. During this time, you are free to play. However, you are no longer able to attack or guard another planet, or attack, hack or raid another player, but you and your planets will still be vulnerable.

When it activates, everything you have is locked - production, planets, etc. Nothing will stack over this time.

You will not be able to attack/hack/raid a player on VM or attack a planet belonging to them.

You are permitted x days (50?) of vacation mode per year. VM will end by either you disabling it, or your allotted days running out, whichever comes first.

i dunno if 50 days is enough. of the few times im not able to reach a computer, those times are extended periods of time that can last up to 3-4 months... i realize that it is unrealistic to ask for unlimited days, but maybe 90 days of vacation time? which would be 3 months, where if youre not coming back after 90 days most likely youre not coming back...

Yep, vacation mode is great idea and helps to protect those players who had to be away from computer for long extended period of time. Military players are a fine example who would need that mode badly so they won't be at mercy of unable to respond to anything that got invaded or anything like that..

RoE... Realm of Empires had a mode where you could trust someone in your legion to control the account. They had heavy bans/suspensions if you abused it by sending gold (Money) and in this game was armies. Anything for personal gain for the Stewart. That it. It was called stewarding. The person going on vacation would enable and when they come back they could shut it off.

You could probably activate it buy contacting Dan/The developers...That way someone cannot keep clicking it like you said...

well I was thinking you could like freeze your account for x amount of days, where until you cancel it or the time is up, you can't do anything, and there should be like a week cool down

i like this idea it will work with the right limitations great idea

This is a great idea, and i'd think 90% would agree, the other 10% bein players who would miss having easy planet steals too much.

Limits thoe that i'd think would be needed,

-24hrs to activate.
-Production reduced to per day not hour, wont get abused but also wont heavily punish those that are away
-Upkeep freezed after 48hrs into vacation
-Inactive status changed to Vacation
-Dosnt add to legion bonus
-Needs to be approved by a legions leader, removes ability to kick memeber on vacation.
-Limited to 30-90days, not to sure on that.
-Inability to login, attempting to access the game will prompt a reminder that you're on vacation and proceeding will end it.

I think the minimum should be a week. I don't think a week could be abused easily. It's also practical because a weekend is too short. A lot of people are away from their computer for less than a month so 30 days disadvantages them.

What I mean is once vacation mode is set the player can't interact with the game for a week. They can login but not do anything.

Personally I think the option of having someone in your legion take over your account is a good one. Entrusting is available on other games. The potential for abuse is if it's a permanent setting then players can log in round the clock into other players accounts. I fill my research cap in 5.5hrs. An entrusted legion mate could log in to my account while I'm asleep.

This could be an interesting new feature of the game. The problem is legions with lots of members from the same country would be disadvantaged.

It could be an alternative to the current vacation mode suggestion. Players can entrust their account to up to two other players in their legion but can't get their account back for a minimum of a week. The first time a player logins a week after setting entrusted vacation mode they automatically regain control of their account and entrusting ends. Perhaps certain features could be disabled like sending stuff but really people should be able to trust their legion not to rinse their account out while they're away. so planets would be shareable because they can be defended if attacked but the risk is a bad entrusted player could share planets from an entrusted account to take for themselves. I think there's a good bunch of players in Galaxy Legion so the risk is very small. Smaller than finding a quasi spatial expander from a TO Troop Carrier on a rainless day in London. It's worth considering though.

My vote would be for the entrusted system. I think it would be simpler.. Players can also to continue to grow their ship and rank up while they're on holiday. For those who serve in the armed forces it means they're not disadvantaged by long periods away from a computer. Or any other player who likes the game but is away from a computer for weeks.

This is a great idea and I hope Dan acts on it asap.

didnt dan already say this was soon to be implemented tho? he said he was working on it a while ago...