Any indications about short-term future of the alt-heavy meta in node elections?

As we all know, more and more guilds are ramping up their alts in order to get an advantage in node elections. Soon, it will not be possible for normal guilds/alliances to compete in elections with guilds that have 4-5 level 10 alts per player.

Steven has said recently that the intended design is still 1 citizenship per account, but that's not the state of the game right now.

1. Do we know if this issue is being prioritized in the near future, or can we expect the alt arms race to continue for the next months?
2. Could we maybe get a statement from GMs that voting with alts is exploiting or something like that? Or is Intrepid OK with the current state?

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Noaani

I don't see why this would be an issue at all, at present at least.

Exactly who is Mayor of a node doesn't in any way impact testing.

We know that there is an intended solution to this situation, and this situation is not in any way preventing testing - it does not need to be addressed.

If we didn't know there was something intended to resolve this, then I would agree that it was an issue.

Shaaz

They've literally said, and you repeated what the plan is. They also said it's perfectly fine for people to do until systems are in place.

How is this an important issue in any way shape or form for the development of the game and adding new things to test and give feedback on is beyond me.

sunaurus

Not saying it's an important issue, I am just looking for insight on short-term plans. If we could get some insight here, then it would help a lot with planning guild activities for the next few months, so I am sure many guilds would appreciate clarity on the situation.

Shaaz

The question was asked and answered by steven on stream.

The plan is pretty simple and easy to understand.

His stance on it currently is also simple and easy to understand - It's fine to do this.

You don't like that response so you want to.. *checks notes* brandish as exploiting?

Or you just didn't watch the stream that answered all of your questions

sunaurus

Perfect! Thanks for letting me know short-term plans have been revealed on some stream, it's good to know that the answer to my questions at least exists.

Any chance you know which stream it was, so I could find out the answer for myself?

Zapatos80

The fact that it's not 1 vote per account (person) is kind of anti-democratic to begin with IMO.

Noaani

Zapatos80 wrote: »

The fact that it's not 1 vote per account (person) is kind of anti-democratic to begin with IMO.

Depends on how you look at it.

In game people are represented by characters, not accounts.

The fact that NPC's can't vote is anti-democratic.

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