Hi All,
I had bought a guild pack during the KickStarter but unfortunately we did not have enough people to make the land grab. I hear there are a dozen or so inactive settlements. I'm willing to offer $500 to buy an account with an inactive settlement for my company. PM if you have interest.
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I don't have a settlement, but I do have some swamp land in Florida I think you might be interested in.
Thanks Kadere. It is hard for a company to get established if they are small.
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If you don't end up managing to score a settlement, feel free to hit up any of the members of the Aeonian League (Sunholm, Canis Castrum and Hopes End). If you can't have your own place, we definitely have a place for you somewhere, and we're lean enough that your input will be meaningful to us :)
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You can find out more about the Aeonian League here. The League has a home for everyone!
Could you tell us about your guild and what yall plan to bring to the game?
Originally I bought a guild pack for my tabletop group to have a company together. Unfortunately the alpha scared two off. I'm hoping that we can all get behind a settlement of our own. I guess I had the wrong look at things when I thought a guild pack would give us a settlement. Now that 12 settlements are MIA I'm hoping to get one. It would have been nice if GW offered them to those who bought guild packs rather than just fading away. If I have to, I will buy one.
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Talk to the leader of Blackfeathers Keep. The guy sounds like a real jerk, basically preventing other people from using the settlement because he doesn't like the game now. He hasn't been swayed by reason, maybe money will work.
Thanks Doc and all for your help. Karl, my thought was yours exactly.. I can take a chance on GW or pay cash to buy someone out who is obviously not interested in playing.
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Do you have any particular reason to think that you have the leadership skills to attract and manage the hundreds of players which will be needed to sustain a viable settlement long term, or are you ok with your $500 settlement getting burned to the ground when siege warfare starts?
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If I were the OP, I would join an existing settlement. Then begin to build up skills, gear, resources and most importantly a following. When the mechanics are finally in for settlement sieges, take a settlement for your own.
If we are to believe the old Dev Blogs a settlement, including dormant ones, will still have NPC defenses. That would mean that you can still test and learn from the siege mechanics.
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Yeah, maybe instead of investing right now to try and buy some accounts off a given uninterested party (If you can contact them, believe me it's hard) you can instead save to invest in your own Smallholding, or even wait until more personal buildings and the like are implemented.
I'd say there isn't an active settlement out there that wouldn't be interested in another fully engaged player looking to help lead other players especially if they come with bonus PoI of their own.
I see it more as an investment in the game but it is a bit depressing to see the comments about my settlement being burned to the ground and everyone doubting my leadership... Why not give someone else a chance to run their own settlement?
If anyone has any productive help, I would appreciate it. I might even be willing to give a 'reward' for connecting me with one of the current settlement owners who would like to sell.
depressing to see the comments about my settlement being burned to the ground and everyone doubting my leadership
That kind of mechanics probably won't be for a year, so I wouldn't worry about it. Just ignore Gursack. You have just as much of a chance as half the other settlements on the map that only have (realistically) like a dozen people in them playing.
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Don't be discouraged. People want you to know you have a variety of options, not just spending money. The money doesn't support the game right now; enthusiastic players do, and you sound like you are good investment for us, the community, and the game.
Your options in tl;dr
1. Buy a settlement - could be taken away or destroyed eventually if you don't have enough people your bringing in OR if you don't have the experience in this sort of game to recruit from existing settlements.
2. Apply for an inactive settlement when redistribution occurs. You miss out on playing now, risks in #1 still apply.
3. Get in game now with your group, form a company, join a settlement or remain independent, recruit and build your power base, then take a settlement either by redistribution, or war, or by rising in the ranks. Lots of settlements will have a need for leaders.
Spin the wheel or pick a number. Welcome to the game!!
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Talk to the leader of Blackfeathers Keep. The guy sounds like a real jerk, basically preventing other people from using the settlement because he doesn't like the game now. He hasn't been swayed by reason, maybe money will work.
What Doc means is talk to me, the future leader of Blackfeather Keep. If you would like to have some excitement in capturing the settlement in a legitimate manner, we are happy to have new helpers- provided we share common interests. If you manage to procure the settlement in an illegitimate fashion such as purchasing it with real cash, you will find at least one Un-Welcoming Party when you move in.
[OOC: At this stage in things, it would be a real diservice to the game and players' efforts to develop content and lore for it if you bought BFK off of Scorchbark. As to buying your own settlement, I would strongly encourage you to first join an existing settlement and establish your name in the game, gaining a following and political connections, as others mentioned, before trying to take on the responsibility of a whole settlement. A part of being a successful settlement leader is being connected; and as far as I know, you are an unknown to the community at this moment in time. Also, trying to stock a settlement on your own or with a small group of people is a royal pain in the ass and might not constitute being very "fun." Joining a pre-existing settlement would make that burden a lot lighter.]
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If you find a buyer, before going through with the purchase, you might want to check with GW if this is cool with their ToS. They haven't had a problem with people selling accounts (they might view buying an account with a settlement as just buying another account, even at a premium) but my understanding is buying in-game items for money outside of systems that are not yet implemented is not kosher.
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Talk to the leader of Blackfeathers Keep. The guy sounds like a real jerk, basically preventing other people from using the settlement because he doesn't like the game now. He hasn't been swayed by reason, maybe money will work.
Yes, the guy whom no one actually heard looks like a jerk. We know it, because the guy who's trying to steal his settlement told us.
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Talk to the leader of Blackfeathers Keep. The guy sounds like a real jerk, basically preventing other people from using the settlement because he doesn't like the game now. He hasn't been swayed by reason, maybe money will work.Yes, the guy whom no one actually heard looks like a jerk. We know it, because the guy who's trying to steal his settlement told us.
You obviously haven't read any of his posts on the AoE board - he isn't unheard from out of game, and he is, uh, abrasive. You'd probably get along like a house on fire.
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Talk to the leader of Blackfeathers Keep. The guy sounds like a real jerk, basically preventing other people from using the settlement because he doesn't like the game now. He hasn't been swayed by reason, maybe money will work.Yes, the guy whom no one actually heard looks like a jerk. We know it, because the guy who's trying to steal his settlement told us.
Given that settlement warfare and territory control is the point of the game, there will be a lot of this "stealing", ie. emergent gameplay, over the next few years I hope. :P
@others GW does not assist or hinder the selling of accounts. Current mechanics attach settlement control to a specific account, for good or for ill. I don't see the trade or purchase of a settlement account as illegitimate therefor.
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Daeglin, I'm not suggesting it IS a violation of ToS, just that it might be enough of a gray area that it's worth checking before making a deal. It would be pretty lame to go through all the trouble and then find out it is considered a ToS violation. Just trying to be helpful. ;)
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Daeglin, I'm not suggesting it IS a violation of ToS, just that it might be enough of a gray area that it's worth checking before making a deal. It would be pretty lame to go through all the trouble and then find out it is considered a ToS violation. Just trying to be helpful. ;)
Gotcha, I understand. I lean more towards the "easier to ask forgiveness then permission" side of things. ;)
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Given that settlement warfare and territory control is the point of the game, there will be a lot of this "stealing", ie. emergent gameplay, over the next few years I hope. :P
I'm not criticising sspitfire's initiative to take over the settlement. Just the amusing slander aagainst the poor guy.
What Doc means is talk to me, the future leader of Blackfeather Keep.
Nope, that's not what I meant at all.
Either way, I'm not really sure how gaining a settlement by publicly trying to humiliate the present owner and harassing them is any more legitimate than buying it from them. Or for that matter, how winning a popularity contest during landrush was a good indicator either to determine if somebody should have a settlement. After that fact, we can now see that the landrush gave settlements to a dozen people/groups who were clearly poor choices.
Personally, I'm in favor of whatever gets the settlement back in the hands of somebody who intends to do something productive with it.
Harassment and humiliation failed, so I'm not sure why this guy with the $500 isn't less deserving of a shot than you?
I can see why you wouldn't agree, but well, that's how it goes.
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Thanks to all for their help. It has been a great discussion and I'm still looking. ;)
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I am not sure if your reasons of "it's better for the game in this stage" are that authentic, sspitfire. Seems like you were seeing an opportunity here, now that we know that GW is in the process of re-assigning these sort of Settlements. Can't really fault you for that though. I think you could lead one.
As to Think Tank's offer: I think the backlash of "they are already selling Settlements for real dollars and they are barely out of alpha" in the already very sceptical world of MMO-gamers could be nasty. So I think that is not a good idea, even though I do not oppose to such transactions.
So I think it is best to create a kind off Neutral Safe Haven out of this Settlement, where Trade Coalitions can barter and trade without fear of being attacked. This would call for a Neutral, Pacifist yet business-like Leadership, for which I will reluctantly offer myself(Palpatine-voice).
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