Age 46 - Suggest changes

still not sure how long its been since mehul left - but i am glad i played this game yrs back before i returned... if this was my first time playing the game (instead of first time in 2 yrs) , i would not evenTHINK about playing for another round! anyway, i really hope next age chages focus on speed and bugs though.... not races and stats! why would i care what new stats my race has, if i spend most of my time waiting for pages to load?

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Originally Posted by princess

Making a game that appeals to the addicts, the super kds who fight for chart results and for those who just play the game in the other 90 percent of the server but wish they could be there, plus the newcomers who we need to join the game is a big problem. Mehul seemed great at keeping the top happy and attract new people for so long so hopefully whatever omac does they can bring that tone and direction back to the game

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To be honest, "the other 90 percent" are the only ones who should be considerd for gameplay changes. Those at the top are there simply because they are. If they are good enough they will still be there with changes made for the majority of the players. The top KDs don't matter in the slightest - they play their own game.

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Originally Posted by pmyraje

To be honest, "the other 90 percent" are the only ones who should be considerd for gameplay changes. Those at the top are there simply because they are. If they are good enough they will still be there with changes made for the majority of the players. The top KDs don't matter in the slightest - they play their own game.

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The top 10% also create more revenue for the owners, since they are much more active than the other 90%. So it's not as easy as just pleasing the majority. You want to please the top, because they bring in most of the money. But you also want to please the rest, because without them there is no game. Balance is the ****

I doubt they are very active clicking on the crappy adverts, but I guess if simply a page hit count is the only measure used then they are. Activity on IRC doesn't count though either so I'm not convinced the top 10% spend all that much more time in the game than newbies.

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Originally Posted by pmyraje

I doubt they are very active clicking on the crappy adverts, but I guess if simply a page hit count is the only measure used then they are. Activity on IRC doesn't count though either so I'm not convinced the top 10% spend all that much more time in the game than newbies.

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I'm trying to stay out of this idiotic thread, but this funny lol

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Originally Posted by pmyraje

1. I have no interest in penalising "waves". I said the war system should be simpler and in order to do these "waves" a kingdom should declare war (yes, gets rid of all this hostile crap and just bring back war declarations). If they don't wish to declare war they get penalised for making a whole series of attacks against the same kingdom. You have a problem with having to actually declare war before you wave a whole kingdom?
   

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Before I respond to pmyraje, I think Princess & the others making ludicrous posts about fixing the server b4 giving us some fun when the age is over in less than 24 hours, the changes are done & they can start fresh tomorrow fixing the server .... why? Why post? Have you no conception of the disruption & mass deletions on the server if OMAC were to come online tomorrow & say "Sorry, EoA cancelled. Princess wants us working on the bugs. Might take us a month, a year, who knows but Princess doesn't want us delivering the changes we have ready for you today til the bugs are fixed."

Obviously, the server needs fixing. They know that. They're doing their best. Give it a rest!

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pmyraje: For once we're in accord about some of the things you are saying.
I can't imagine being forced into war simply becuz the other kd wanted it but I do remember scrambling thru the Lu'Xors trying to find a fakey looking at other kds & who was hostiling them so I'd know who to msg so it musta been like that. It was far more exciting.

Do remember when T/M could move the meter. When I played pure t/m, cld move it 50% by myself so it was a lot easier to get into war. That oughtta be brought back. Spice up the game a little. Burned forts on the thief side.
Could you burn forts ooh? Musta been MS'ing, too. Does anyone remember exactly how it went? A lot more options - a lot less predictability - a lot more fun.

Retal wars - what a waste of ppl's time. The minute one kd reaches hostile & the other unfriendly, should be immediate war.

This system of who hostiled last being the only one who can declare has to go. Is just silly. People are fighting like war but they're not in war cuz of a technicality & meanwhile open to the rest of the server. Gotta go. The game is sposed to have a modicum of resemblance to RL. Is a war game ffs.

I used to hate burn forts because I was one of the biggest users of forts back then! War was more fun though and far less "Cat and Mouse".

People in the strategy forum nowadays seem to say that pure t/m is a waste of time now. I wouldn't know of my own accord, but I'll take their word for it. If that is so it is a really naff change. A/M, A/T, T/M should all be worthwhile options as well as pure attacker. As an attacker I find pure t/ms a real pain in the backside, but I'd rather the game be such that they can make a difference rather than being obsessed with attacks only being the determining factor in a war. Sure, attacks should be a big component, but not to the extent they are now.

people want to see T/M able to come back howabout a personality that gives

-50% offence
+50% spell power and damage
+50% thief efficency and damage

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Originally Posted by pmyraje

I used to hate burn forts because I was one of the biggest users of forts back then! War was more fun though and far less "Cat and Mouse".

People in the strategy forum nowadays seem to say that pure t/m is a waste of time now. I wouldn't know of my own accord, but I'll take their word for it. If that is so it is a really naff change. A/M, A/T, T/M should all be worthwhile options as well as pure attacker. As an attacker I find pure t/ms a real pain in the backside, but I'd rather the game be such that they can make a difference rather than being obsessed with attacks only being the determining factor in a war. Sure, attacks should be a big component, but not to the extent they are now.

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Everyone has stealth, mana, attack. How much more valuable is a guy who can attack & either thief or mage or all three? If you're talking about a kd in which there are pure attackers who are equally odious, I can see your point.
Said kd can whore all age & look for a semi active kd to war once or twice & have a chance of winning. They cannot win against a working kd.

This age will be ending in 23 hours 41 minutes.

When are they posting the next age changes? Not going to give people much time to decide, are they?

Likely tomorrow, around 2 pm their time.