I'm saying there could be a tickbox NEXT to the event activity, not that you turn off event activity to do so.

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A tick box to turn off PVP attacks or spreading rabies via that? I'm not sure how easy that would be to incorperate?

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Oh, I must've misread it. My bad.

But that works. If rabies didn't fuck w/ my energy, I wouldn't mind it at all.

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As I've said before it shouldn't be partially stoppable.
The event needs to be the same event for everyone. Either participate in it or don't, you can't just have the good aspects of the event and ignore the rest!

If it's not enjoyable then it needs to be changed for Everybody, not just a select few. ^-^

Tips for now though :
Don't cure every time you get rabies. Wait until you'll be logging off for the last time cure the rabies to feed your king. You can't be affected by players if you already have it.
If you have a bit more spare time you can get back online before you even refill to 80 energy, so none is 'wasted'.
I know they don't cure the problem but it may help a little.

Personally 20 energy isn't that big of a deal to me expecially as you often come across things in explore that give you +15 energy etc so that's enough for me.
Pretty much every player wakes up to having rabies during the event, it doesn't matter if a player is targeting you specifically, chances are you'll get it anyway (although if someone is targeting you in anyway you should report them ^-^)

If the 20 energy is a real big issue it needs to be changed for everyone imo

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"you can't just have the good aspects of the event and ignore the rest" The event shouldn't have any bad aspects at all.

It needs to functional. There doesn't need to be a potentially abusable feature for users to harass others with. I believe Staff has even urged users, towards the event end, to cure their rabies before it's over because rabies
A) lasts post-event
B) is hard to be rid of post event

Like...that's ridiculous. I've seen so many newbie inactive accounts that have had rabies for months and that shouldn't even be a thing. I don't want tips, I wanna be able to gather my beetles in peace without worrying about people who attack other people with rabies "for fun" or whatever.

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I wasn't replying to the main post, I was replying to the other replies where people say it should be an option.
You completely got the wrong end of the stick from my post.

I am saying it shouldn't be an option, it should be the same for everyone. If it needs to be changed then it needs to be changed for everyone.

If you read my previous two posts I clearly state that

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I don't think that's necessarily true. If you can please both parties effectively, then that's the route you should usually take is my view.

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"The mechanic itself would have to be changed"
"If the 20 energy is a real big issue it needs to be changed for everyone imo"

The tips were me trying to help people until something is changed because there is No chance it will change tonight. I never said they were a solution or substitute for a change, idk why you took it that way haha

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But there is no positive to having rabies so it's not really an option. Everyone would turn it off if the other players would all have 20 more energy than them (and they get nothing/no advantage for having it) in which case the entire mechanic should be changed so it's a fun feature and not a hinderance that everyone wants rid of
idk if that clears my point up at all?

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