Pie has been explaining what constitutes an IA currently (it’s been the same since I’ve started playing). You cannot share intel or plans regarding another family with another family. You can’t ask for shares with a certain family for nap payments… you can’t brag about how many figs you ran or how much iron you opped, can’t laugh and share info in the chat about someone wrecking their fleet on a laser trap or defense station… and of course there are the obvious ones; market aiding, and coordinating attacks with other families.
Should the IA rule be that strict though? I am sure most players have broken some of the less obvious IA examples.
Personally I think the only thing that should not be allowed is market aiding and coordinating attacks. The only thing that mods can truly track is market aiding and in game messages. Players still gossip about wrecking fleets, future plans against certain families, and maybe even coordinating attacks in private messages outside of IC.
Just curious what the player base thinks, would you prefer if IA were to be removed completely, make IC more like the real world where factions can form and conspire with or against other families? Maybe lessen the strictness of the rule and make it so only in game actions such as market aiding would be considered IA? Or is the rule fine the way it is?
