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[nickson104]

There already is a system where you can only attack people of generally the same level... Preventing major players from preying on startups and such...

And everyone will still attack anyway, looting is the fastest and most efficient way to make money in the game... Your economy can power itself, but not sufficiently. In order to help you build up to raiding and looting, quests are available, varying from easy ones to difficult ones that have potential to pay off better than attacking a player.
The game is geared towards people attacking each other, without doing so not only will the game be a lot more boring but it will also take forever