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Hello,
I would like to discuss with the active players of this game and the devs if possible, the way this game is going.
Recently we have all seen a dwindling number of activity. Is it due to constant defences? Is it due to russian vacation? I dont know.
All i know is that i am ready to levelup to 15 and i am actively thinking whether i should buy diamond upgrade (thus promoting devs and the gorgeous game they have created) or this dwindling in online activity harms the game in the long run.
What do you believe? Is this decrease of activity due to defenses, russian vacation or lack of events and stuff that built the game we all knew and loved?
I am hearing your thoughts and i hope this game thrives as it should and stays online till i get kids and i become grandfather :) |
have been askin myself the same thing since ages
this game requires mind numbing toil that has killed all the hope and initiative
but whatever , i love this game and i hope this game thrives as it should and stays online till i get kids and i become grandfather :) |
I won't really be aggresive on the update part. The admins have already been having a very tough time dealing with the imbalance issues with the alternates. Introducing a new alternate would require lots and lots of efforts not on the designing part but the thought part. Because certainly the admin would not want to face negative comments after a release.
They are just launching updates slow but safe. That's how I see it for now. |
Is this decrease of activity
what decrease you are talking about ? last update of survilogs created tons of pvp in form of clan wars.
we can only say for those who wish to play free, this game becoming more and more problematic. other than that, still the best game I know ;)
if you want to play with dia upgrade and have the means to do so, do not hesitate. |
| Travel around the Portal Ruins areas and you will hardly find any suitable place to enroll this time of the day,unless you buy resources yourself ofc. That's definitely not an indicator of lower player population. There would not be enroll problem if there were less people around. |
i dont really know about the amount of activity on pvp/tourney/etc, but over the past few weeks i noticed the number of tavern tourney participants have decreased for all hours, not only on off-peak times, causing a longer wait for the tourney to start
maybe that's also a sign of decreasing activity |
We all know the good parts (new alt factions, lots of tournaments, survilongs and so on).
As for the bad parts (in my opinion) that can decrease the number of active players:
1. Real money issue.
This game used to be very easy to play without paying money. Now we have so many events that must be played in full arts that makes it very difficult to increase your gold. At least for me this is the case. I have an LG of 8 at lvl 14. Playing survilog defenses in full AP + one rented enchanted art, plus doing some occasional tourney, is enough to keep my gold balance the same. Every time my gold increases means that I have some arts in need of repair...
2. Time factor
This game used to be played at a "wish to play basis". I could go online for 5 minutes or for hours. Now due to survilog defenses and a hole lot of tourneys, we need to be online a lot longer if we wish to help our alliance and to keep our FPS/EXP rate at a normal ratio.
3. .com power gap
There is still a pretty big gap between .com and .ru alliances. We should be able to have at least 2 alliances in top 10 and 5 alliances in top 20. We are far away from achieving this and it's a bit frustrating that the future doesn't look too good.
Yes, we can leave our alliances and keep on doing one HG every 10 enrolls, but this is way to boring for most of us. And yes, we can invest more time in market research, buying cheap and selling high, but most of us don't have that time or the pleasure to play this type of game. |
what decrease you are talking about ?
The decrease we all see with online people at any given time. Used to be well over 8-10k at no event days and 13-15k (hell, i have seen 20k too) during wars or minor events. This hasn't done the game unplayable ofc but it's a minor way, a minor index that must be taken into account.
All and all i will get my diamond upgrade (alas over a course of a few months), because Death Heralds are too interesting to pass and to have more fun/help the game/help the admins, but still, some things in the game need reconsidering. |
| We are heading for updates. There have been some new animations. Eg. Dragon's breath. :) |
