Player controlled battles???

[st.patrik]

Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
I didnt read the whole thread but the answer always used to be that player controlled battles would be non-PBEM.

I rarely watch the combats anyway. In fact Id like to see some changes so that Im not forced to watch as many as I do. Such as Arena Messages say xxxx beat yyyyy on each one so I know which were my guy. And zzzzz tried to assassinate yyyyy could maybe mention if he won. The "there was a battle" might mention xxxx beat yyyy so I dont have to watch it just to see the participants

I agree with Gandalf on this - sometimes you don't want to watch all the battles. However, if you were only able to control your pretender it would be max one battle per turn. I can also see the role-playing element - which is attractive - here. But it would fundamentally change the nature of the game to implement, plus which, as Gandalf said, totally remove the PbeM element - which is a pretty important part of the game for a lot of people (including, I suspect, the devs).