Universal vacation mode

[rare ravine]

Either you're on vacation or you're not. Vacation mode should apply across all universes.

Also, vacation mode should have a 12h activation timer when unfortunately you should be vulnerable to incoming attacks but cannot launch attacks. Deactivating the timer should place you on 48h cooldown before you can use vmode again.

Vmode should have 24h thaw period where attacks cannot be launched after exiting vmode.

People down voting obviously abuse vacation mode to harm newer players.

Vmode should cost a percentage of your fleet.

Bottom line: vmode should be used for vacation, not by multis who log on occasionally, launch a couple of attacks only to hibernate back in vmode after a few hours. Because that's exactly what is happening.

[abstract carbon]

maybe not to this extreme, but attacking after vmode should not be allowed for a certain amount of time

[zinc valley]

"people down voting obviously abuse vacation mode" - Simply no.
Some people don't have much time for gaming. Such hard vmode-restrictions would make it impossible for them.
For example me: in last months I only have enough time for playing on Saturday or Sunday.
I disable vmode , play some hours and activate it again.
That's no multi or something else. Only time-problems

[rare ravine]

I guess you're not really on vacation are you? You're abusing vmode as god protection. If you're a high level player who can pop out of vmode and crush a bunch of lesser ranked players, then it's great for you but not so great for the rest of your universe.

I find it fascinating that high ranking vmode abusers laugh at people telling them they need to fleetsave, but they don't fleetsave themselves, they exploit a feature that only works because they're high ranking. It's pure hypocrisy and I doubt it generates revenue for gameforge

[zinc valley]

Sh*t, u got it....
I quit vmode and crush the whole server with my 20Deathstar fleet. Then back to vmode, before they catch me.

Srsly, for me, I only have time to look at the Im-Export once a day. Eventually some hours for expeditions on weekend and that's all.
Fleet is only for scrapyard xD

[abstract carbon]

so send your ships on multi day fleet saves, pretty easy enough

V-Mode warriors are definitely a thing

they plop fleets down all over. then have their friends probe people and once a target is around, they pop out of v mode and pounce

[cunning mason]

Although I do agree that vmode should be more limited than it is now, I also believe that players who lose their fleets should blame themselves and change their faulty gameplay instead of asking the game to change.

[rare ravine]

It's all nice that the lesser ranked players require infallible gameplay while the senior ranked players can benefit from simplified god mode. That's not how a game should work. It should get harder as you go up the leaderboard, not easier.

[abstract carbon]

anyone can use V-Mode

the real issues is when people coordinate surprise attacks where an active player is scouting and then the v-mode warrior lies in wait

also, plenty of people in my unis where half of their points are in ships that they can't afford to fleet save so they let them sit and go in v mode instead waiting for a target

[keen agate]

People down voting obviously abuse vacation mode to harm newer players.
Don't try to give credit to your thread by discrediting others, thanks

I could agree on the part where attacking should have a CD post V-Mode, the rest is just a poor design, sorry

[rare ravine]

Alternative suggestion, maybe vmode costs DM with moderate increase based on empire wealth.

If vmode is so important, you can pay fifty cents worth of DM for the privilege.

[keen agate]

No.
People pay for playing, not for not playing.
What is wrong with you ? x)

• "based on empire wealth", what an unfair trade

[abstract carbon]

yeah... thats not really possible