This is just a discussion with some problems we've seen and some ideas on how to solve it. Nothing is set in stone until we get enough feedback!

Hey folks, I have gotten complaint about people using multiple accounts or logging in to other players accounts. I am probably going to have to implement something in the game to help prevent this from happening. It's very difficult to do anything about it and it's definitely against the rules.

What I am considering doing is making it so that if you log in from the same computer to multiple accounts, it will send you a SMS with a code. This should make it much harder for two people to share accounts but won't require us to impose any limits in cases where multiple people share a computer as long as they have their own phone numbers. For those w/o phones, we'll need a way to do a manual verification.

Let me know if you have any other ideas and/or if this sounds good.

Edit This is just an idea for the moment. I am asking because I want feedback before I do anything. Some points people have raised that I would like to clarify or try to solve:

Q: This could be really annoying.

A: It will only be needed in cases where multiple accounts are being accessed from the same computer. Therefore most players won't ever have to do this.

Q: What if I am away for long periods of time throughout the day and have friends fill in for me?

A: There are several ways to handle this. I'll need some feedback though from you:

1. Having two people share an account is okay. It's not okay if they have multiple accounts.

2. We could allow some level of account sitting depending on activity level. So the players who are less active have the ability to designate a player to help them. I would want this to be built in the game though. I think sharing passwords is a really bad idea.

3. Allow your tribe to have control over your units when they are stationed at a SH. Your tribe would be able to transfer it between SH, force them to retreat, or even add them to assignments.

Q: What if I share a connection with someone legitimately?

A: As long as you have multiple phones that you can use to confirm your identity then you should be ok.

Q: There's always a way to bypass this.

A: This isn't meant to solve the problem completely but it could help narrow down the occurrences to a manageable state. Right now it's fairly tedious to keep track of it.

Q: What if I go on vacation?

A: We've wanted to implement vacation mode for a while where you can essentially freeze your city if you are going to be gone for some known amount of time. Your production would stop, you would not be attacked, etc...