Everyone has a Tavern If it's always full And if they Are not in a guild then it's more likely that they are inactive
And Friends Simple lol if you see you can sit in their tavern= THEY ARE ACTIVE
Every 2 weeks you get new Neighbors And they are Active
LOL, sorry, ran into this looking for something else and all I could think of was "this must be an old post." Why? Doesn't anyone look at the little lights (red, green, yellow) on this new (but not so new feature)? They tell you better than all that searching anyone's activity status. (I'm not a fan of the system but it's there, so might as well utilize it).
On that note, use the standard threads. I suspect that the status of a player has nothing at all to do with this conversation, really. Methinks that he's referring to 'friendly investments, aka, snipes? I have zero sympathy for snipers who don't cash in on investments. Most players feel the same.