Harassment

[smackbringer]

Maybe you guys can give me some advice. I don't have that many castle age friends and frankly I don't want 500 strangers on my facebook friendslist. I know I'm going to lose Invasion/army battles. But my general is pretty strong and I usually win duels. I'm a good sport and don't mind if I get attacked sometimes. Its part of the game. I have this guy who keeps attacking me with his army over and over and over again. I can easily duel him and kick his butt but it just seems to fuel him on. Its really bordering on harassment and I'm wondering what I can do other than just getting 501 friends. I'm trying to take my dragon down but he just keeps wailing away at me and its really taking a hit on my battle points.

Any ideas?

[Darkal]

Maybe you guys can give me some advice. I don't have that many castle age friends and frankly I don't want 500 strangers on my facebook friendslist. I know I'm going to lose Invasion/army battles. But my general is pretty strong and I usually win duels. I'm a good sport and don't mind if I get attacked sometimes. Its part of the game. I have this guy who keeps attacking me with his army over and over and over again. I can easily duel him and kick his butt but it just seems to fuel him on. Its really bordering on harassment and I'm wondering what I can do other than just getting 501 friends. I'm trying to take my dragon down but he just keeps wailing away at me and its really taking a hit on my battle points.

Any ideas?

Have you asked him to give you a break once in awhile? Are you dueling him to death? It may help to dialogue with him about the situation. It may not.
Before building my army up I had to duel everyone (and won most) but finally gave in and got my army up to 500+ simply to level the field somwhat. You can add friends, add them to your army, and then either put them in a friend list (then allow/disallow them various levels of access to your info on FB) or delete them altogether from FB and they will still be in you CA army. See the Add Me threads to quickly build up your army if you decide to.

[GhostRider77]

I have seen a petition somewhere to get CA to have a bounty list like Age of Castles.
Yes, a game bully is annoying and spoils the enjoyment of the game. IME, more than three hits from the same person is taking the p***
On the side of having 500 strangers in your friends list... neither did i, but having done it, i have met many many totally fab people :) however its your perogative, just saying it may not be a bad thing as you think, and it helps when they play the games you do as you build up ALL your armies, houses, clans, mobs ect... and if you put them in a different FB list you don't see all their posts, or you have the 'hide' option..which btw i dont use, i love to see what my new found friends have been up to :)
Anyway, i waffle on... good luck sorting your game bully out :(

[smackbringer]

Have you asked him to give you a break once in awhile? Are you dueling him to death? It may help to dialogue with him about the situation. It may not.
Before building my army up I had to duel everyone (and won most) but finally gave in and got my army up to 500+ simply to level the field somwhat. You can add friends, add them to your army, and then either put them in a friend list (then allow/disallow them various levels of access to your info on FB) or delete them altogether from FB and they will still be in you CA army. See the Add Me threads to quickly build up your army if you decide to.

I would love to open up a line of communication with him but other than adding him as a friend on facebook, how can I send him a message to stop?

[smackbringer]

Ghostrider -> I'm really doing my darndess to keep facebook for my real life friends and I have quite a few over the years. Not that I mind other people in game. I wish I could transfer my Castle Age stuff over to a new facebook account that i could use just for the game. Thanks for the encouragement.

[Falco]

I would love to open up a line of communication with him but other than adding him as a friend on facebook, how can I send him a message to stop?If you look at his Castle Age profile, you can click the Comment tab and leave a message.

[Jantrix]

Also, you do not need to keep folks on your friends list once they are on your Castle Age army. So I would start a separate friends group for CA, gain your army, then after you have 501, delete them all from FL.

[Salketer]

I don't know what motivates him, but if you are a good hit gold wise he sure will keep harassing you... Make sure he doesn't get much by doing so and he might prefer spending his stamina on someone else!

[smackbringer]

I don't know what motivates him, but if you are a good hit gold wise he sure will keep harassing you... Make sure he doesn't get much by doing so and he might prefer spending his stamina on someone else!

I don't think thats it. I stash as much gold as possible but even when he's getting zero he keeps attacking me again and again. Maybe he's after the battle points.


And those are some good points about removing friends from facebook. I might join up with some of the member forums to kick this guy's ass for good.

[Headless]

I don't think thats it. I stash as much gold as possible but even when he's getting zero he keeps attacking me again and again. Maybe he's after the battle points.


And those are some good points about removing friends from facebook. I might join up with some of the member forums to kick this guy's ass for good.

If your rank is equal or higher, it's almost certainly the reason. Battle rank is the ONLY reason I attack other players now, the money is a joke and I get more xp & demi points from dragons.

[blue_budda]

Maybe you guys can give me some advice. I don't have that many castle age friends and frankly I don't want 500 strangers on my facebook friendslist. I know I'm going to lose Invasion/army battles. But my general is pretty strong and I usually win duels. I'm a good sport and don't mind if I get attacked sometimes. Its part of the game. I have this guy who keeps attacking me with his army over and over and over again. I can easily duel him and kick his butt but it just seems to fuel him on. Its really bordering on harassment and I'm wondering what I can do other than just getting 501 friends. I'm trying to take my dragon down but he just keeps wailing away at me and its really taking a hit on my battle points.

Any ideas?
My friend has a similar situation as smackbringer where he was attacked by a game bully for over 15 hours by the same bully for days. This bully must be by his/her computer all day long. My friend always stashed his money, but a couple of times when he got paid for that hour (and he was not able to stash his hourly income on time because he was at work or out for a few hours), the bully would duel with him and end up taking around $150. My friend would duel back, however some of his items like his sacred amulet doesn't show up in battle and he has two of the amulets. The only way he finally got the bully off his @ss was to recruit a lot of people to join his army to finally kick the bully's arse. The bully is gone for now, but I'm sure the bully will show up one of these days to start attacking again.

[Lady Donna]

How would I find someone being a bully towards another army member? I understand that battling is going to happen while killing dragons, but this bully was at it all day not winning gold. I know the person's name and found their fb profile, I'm looking for them on ca.

[RoboPixie]

How would I find someone being a bully towards another army member? I understand that battling is going to happen while killing dragons, but this bully was at it all day not winning gold. I know the person's name and found their fb profile, I'm looking for them on ca.

Check your battle news. The bully's name should be in there. Just click their name and it'll take you to their CA profile where you can either get even or leave a comment asking them to leave you alone.

[chupacabra]

1. If you can't beat 'em join 'em. send them a friend request with "castle age" most likely they'll accept. Once they're in your army, it's problem solved.

2. Get a bigger army, if you don't want them you can delete them after they're part of your army.

fair warning this will restrict your dragon fighting options, as for part of this you must have them as friends. If you don't care too much about that, the remove all the fake friends you don't want once they're in your army.

[desmond3008]

maybe u can post up his name n there will be some hero who will help u out to battle him haha

[Adrian Gray]

I don't think thats it. I stash as much gold as possible but even when he's getting zero he keeps attacking me again and again. Maybe he's after the battle points.


And those are some good points about removing friends from facebook. I might join up with some of the member forums to kick this guy's ass for good.

What level and rank are you, Smackbringer?

[Dayman107]

Of the many things people like to complain about in this game, for some reason, a lot of people really take offense at being dueled. These people tend to get very angry when you don't play the game the way they want you to, so perhaps this person was so angered by you dueling them that they felt they needed to "teach you a lesson?"

I think it's ridiculous, but I'm willing to bet that's the reason this person feels such anger towards you.

[GhostRider77]

14 minutes, 14 seconds ago:
You were challenged by James
You lost the battle, taking 8 damage and losing $100,000. You have lost 3 Battle Points!
14 minutes, 23 seconds ago:
You were challenged by James
You lost the battle, taking 10 damage and losing $100,000. You have lost 3 Battle Points!
14 minutes, 29 seconds ago:
You were challenged by James
You lost the battle, taking 11 damage and losing $100,000. You have lost 3 Battle Points!
14 minutes, 38 seconds ago:
You were challenged by James
You lost the battle, taking 12 damage and losing $100,000. You have lost 3 Battle Points!
14 minutes, 47 seconds ago:
You were challenged by James
You lost the battle, taking 9 damage and losing $100,000. You have lost 3 Battle Points!
14 minutes, 54 seconds ago:
You were challenged by James
You lost the battle, taking 11 damage and losing $100,000. You have lost 3 Battle Points!
15 minutes, 4 seconds ago:
You were challenged by James
You lost the battle, taking 8 damage and losing $100,000. You have lost 3 Battle Points!
15 minutes, 12 seconds ago:
You were challenged by James
You lost the battle, taking 12 damage and losing $100,000. You have lost 3 Battle Points!

[mrrar]

That is not bullying, that's chaining. Some people think it's unfair. I.. .. really don't. The penalties for dying is so miniscule, and you can get your income up to such a level that being chained (losing a million dollars) is not really big deal. I mean there's only so many times you can be chained in a row, until you run out of HP.

Bullying can suck, but getting chained is really just.. part of the game. People want battle points, why attack other people if you're losing to them?

[Falco]

I bank early and often to reduce the reward for people who chain me. From my point of view, keeping millions on hand is just begging people to take it. In real life, fast food chains put signs up saying that they keep less than $20 in change in their cash drawers; there's a reason for that. In the chaining example, you're reliably paying James $100K to hit you, so why would he stop doing it?

[CosmicChuck]

I don't think thats it. I stash as much gold as possible but even when he's getting zero he keeps attacking me again and again. Maybe he's after the battle points.


And those are some good points about removing friends from facebook. I might join up with some of the member forums to kick this guy's ass for good.

One alternative is to try and get him in your army so he can't attack you. Another is to provide your friends who play Castle Age with the URL for his keep so they can attack him frequently enough he doesn't have the health to attack you. And attacking yourself to less than 10 health before you exit from Castle Age will put you in zombie mode so you won't show up on the battle lists. If he's attacking you through access to your Castle Age Keep URL, blocking him from accessing your profile by going to his profile and clicking the report/block link at the lower left corner. You can get to his profile by clicking on his name from Battle News on your Castle Age New Feed (on the Home Page), which will take you to his Keep, then click on his name to get to his profile. Unless you actually want to report him, blocking should be sufficient

[Defyeler]

PM me his URL I'll smack him for you.

[Rutherford]

You guys don't see anything strange about his choice of forum name? Don't feed the trolls.

[~Io]

Maybe you guys can give me some advice. I don't have that many castle age friends and frankly I don't want 500 strangers on my facebook friendslist. I know I'm going to lose Invasion/army battles. But my general is pretty strong and I usually win duels. I'm a good sport and don't mind if I get attacked sometimes. Its part of the game. I have this guy who keeps attacking me with his army over and over and over again. I can easily duel him and kick his butt but it just seems to fuel him on. Its really bordering on harassment and I'm wondering what I can do other than just getting 501 friends. I'm trying to take my dragon down but he just keeps wailing away at me and its really taking a hit on my battle points.

Any ideas?

It's called sniping. He knocks you down below 10 hp, use your power attack every time your hp gets to 10. You can even right click on the attack again link & save it so that you can add it to your favorites.

[Thorynn]

First of all there are no bully's. People can only play within the parameters of the game. secondly, you need to grow a set and stop being a pansy. This is a war game. If getting your rear end beaten and pummeled upsets your delicate sensibilities you would be better off playing one of those safe farm games. If your being targeted its because you have a decent battle rank won by targeting other players. Now you can get a taste of your own medicine. If your gonna get on the forumns and cry like a little school girl everytime someone kicks your teeth in, this isn't the game for you. Either man up, or shut up.

[Arctic Wolf]

Ghostrider do you still have a link to that james ca page? and what lvl was that at? mighta been me >>

[faronc]

I really don't understand all the complaints about repeated chainings. If someone reduces your hitpoints below ten, they have to stop attacking you. Just don't heal for a few minutes and they will move on. If they really have a problem with you and are constantly checking back in then just attack your dragon every time your health gets to ten and he will never have more than a few seconds window to attack you. Once you run out of stamina just log off and you will be safe. The idea that you should only attack someone three times is just wrong. There is a reason they provided a kill counter, and it wasn't to see how few kills you could get with the greatest number of attacks. That being said, the best way to avoid chainings is to be stronger than your enemies. I have had one successful attack against me in the past three days, and he must have been out of stamina because he only attacked once.

[Sir Markus]

I really don't understand all the complaints about repeated chainings. If someone reduces your hitpoints below ten, they have to stop attacking you. Just don't heal for a few minutes and they will move on. If they really have a problem with you and are constantly checking back in then just attack your dragon every time your health gets to ten and he will never have more than a few seconds window to attack you. Once you run out of stamina just log off and you will be safe. The idea that you should only attack someone three times is just wrong. There is a reason they provided a kill counter, and it wasn't to see how few kills you could get with the greatest number of attacks. That being said, the best way to avoid chainings is to be stronger than your enemies. I have had one successful attack against me in the past three days, and he must have been out of stamina because he only attacked once.

I concur.

I fully expect to be chained quite often until my defenses are able to repel these attacks more often than not. This is a war game as stated above. Being chained happens---and you're not the only one falling victim to it. If you keep healing yourself during a chaining onslaught then you're just going to get chained even longer.

Follow the advice above. Make yourself as unattractive a target as possible.

If chaining is really getting to you then hide until the attacker tires of waiting around.

[Rheannan]

If getting your rear end beaten and pummeled upsets your delicate sensibilities you would be better off playing one of those safe farm games.

Hey, I play one of those too. :p

If your being targeted its because you have a decent battle rank won by targeting other players.

Not necessarily true. My battle rank is from other players attacking me. I've only just recently started seeking them out in retaliation for lost invasions.

Oh, and also, there was something in this thread earlier about leaving a message on someone's Castle Age page. How would I go about doing that? I'm just curious as to how it's done. I clicked a random user in the battle list to go to their keep but I didn't see an option for leaving a message anywhere.

[wyer]

Oh, and also, there was something in this thread earlier about leaving a message on someone's Castle Age page. How would I go about doing that? I'm just curious as to how it's done. I clicked a random user in the battle list to go to their keep but I didn't see an option for leaving a message anywhere.

In the keep click on their avatar or name and it will take you to their facebook page. At most times, even if you are nto their friend the send a message link is active and you can send them a message.

[Anz1984]

Also, you do not need to keep folks on your friends list once they are on your Castle Age army. So I would start a separate friends group for CA, gain your army, then after you have 501, delete them all from FL.

can somebody confirm with me if this is true?? after they joined your army you can remove them from your Facebook friends? :eek:

[Rheannan]

In the keep click on their avatar or name and it will take you to their facebook page. At most times, even if you are nto their friend the send a message link is active and you can send them a message.

Oh, well that's easy (I discovered that only a few days ago). Thanks. :)

[Mursilis]

can somebody confirm with me if this is true?? after they joined your army you can remove them from your Facebook friends? :eek:

Confirmed, they stay in your army even if not FB friends.

[Anz1984]

Confirmed, they stay in your army even if not FB friends.

:eek: that is great. Didnt know about that. Thanks Mursilis!

[The King of Nee!]

Confirmed, they stay in your army even if not FB friends.

This is true, but I have well over 800 now and dont see why the 20 army members shoulde be recieving gifts etc when they arnt a fb friend, they aslo cant see my news feed and therefore cant help when needed, there is a clich in the game coz when you through them out of your army ca just re-adds them even though your not friends. there is a thread about it in Tech I hope they will reply soon.

They are only attacking coz they win!! stop that happening, Duel and invade that back and copy n paste all of their units and goodys, then set about making yourself stronger. 90% of peeps dont bother hitting back in this game, hard to believe but TRUE.

work out the diffirence in levels between you and how many upgrade points he has on you, also look at the quests. tool up and when your strong enough go kick some butt.

Also if your worried about finding new friends on fb the answer is simple, look through the friends you do have and trust and just E-mail them to recomend players that they have and trust, bet you could fill your ranks overnight easy.

Good Luck n happy battling.

[Dazz_NB]

It's a pvp game,get stronger..this is the nature of the beast

[Sir Markus]

Confirmed, they stay in your army even if not FB friends.

HOWEVER....

Removing them from your friends list also removes the ability to help out on their critters and the like....

So keep that in mind too!

[Sir Markus]

It's a pvp game,get stronger..this is the nature of the beast

This is very true. Early on people will pummel you...tends to happen....

Work to make it NOT happen anymore. Or at least reduce the frequency of it.

[Blackeye Jack]

Just be politic about it and contact the person. I've done it on behalf of several others before and the issue was resolved immediately. Just let them know that their repeated chaining is interrupting your ability to play the other aspects of the game and if they don't stop they won't get the points anyways because you'll log off under 10hp and they won't have the chance to attack you anymore.

Usually people don't want to push other people out of the game by being a bully so once you make them aware they will stop. If you get a response telling you to eff off or them laughing at you your only option at that point it to suck it up and get stronger like some of the others suggested.

Finally this game isn't just a war game because the devs thought that it is wise to add other aspects into the game like monsters and such. It is hard to fight a monster when you don't have any health because of chaining.

Now if he's just hitting you when you're logged off, seriously stop complaining.

[Aupherizon]

I don't mind people chaining me... unless they save my profile. I have a guy doing that right now. Keeps hitting me for points, because he is 25 levels above me. It ticks me off, especially since there's nothing I can do but log out under 10 health, which seems weak. I wish I had a big brother on here to take him out and teach him a lesson, but this isn't like Mafia Wars. At least in MW, there's a hit list if you don't have high tiered friends.

It gets annoying trying to do well in this game with punks saving profiles.

If this guy were at my own level, then fair and square if you win. But to save my profile when you're 25 levels above me and hit me every time your stamina gets up, then that's just personal. I don't care if you want points or not, it's abusing the system.

Like I said, if it's a fair fight, then kudos to you. Otherwise it's just annoying.

[Frederick]

Maybe you guys can give me some advice. I don't have that many castle age friends and frankly I don't want 500 strangers on my facebook friendslist. I know I'm going to lose Invasion/army battles. But my general is pretty strong and I usually win duels. I'm a good sport and don't mind if I get attacked sometimes. Its part of the game. I have this guy who keeps attacking me with his army over and over and over again. I can easily duel him and kick his butt but it just seems to fuel him on. Its really bordering on harassment and I'm wondering what I can do other than just getting 501 friends. I'm trying to take my dragon down but he just keeps wailing away at me and its really taking a hit on my battle points.

Any ideas?

First of all, in my experience, the game is a lot more fun with a huge army. You get to see their game posts, help out with their monsters, and eaily pre-arrange monster battles as well. Most of them (not all) seem to be good people.

However, if you don't want to build up your army, you can just log off under 10 HP, so he can't attack you when you aren't online, and try to figure out a schedule for logging in when he is not online (best accomplished by trial and error at first). If he finds that he can no longer attack you on a regular basis, he will eventually give up and go away.

Alternatively, you could try adding him to your army.

[Frederick]

Of the many things people like to complain about in this game, for some reason, a lot of people really take offense at being dueled. These people tend to get very angry when you don't play the game the way they want you to, so perhaps this person was so angered by you dueling them that they felt they needed to "teach you a lesson?"

I think it's ridiculous, but I'm willing to bet that's the reason this person feels such anger towards you.

I don't mind getting dueled, but expect to be invaded in return, especially if I lose the duel. :)

[Sir Markus]

Of the many things people like to complain about in this game, for some reason, a lot of people really take offense at being dueled. These people tend to get very angry when you don't play the game the way they want you to, so perhaps this person was so angered by you dueling them that they felt they needed to "teach you a lesson?"

I think it's ridiculous, but I'm willing to bet that's the reason this person feels such anger towards you.


Seems to be true!! I would have to agree there...