How about you guys spend some time working on balance.
Listen, Coming from a MUD coder position and working on balance of a game for some time. I can honestly say without doubt that you guys have the worse balance configuration of any online text based game. What is with these random percentages for SA and DA. People spend lots of time earning both of these, and yet when used, they arent even given credit for them. A recent example which has made me quit playing your game is that I had a 160 mil DA and yet, when defending an attack, I did only 101 Mil. Seriouslly, fix it. A player should do what he has worked for. Besides the fact that defending should always have an advantage of attacking. And your Dwarf race getting a 50% bonus to DA is a flat out LIE. Also your balance system on troop losses is insane, just becouse someone has a larger army that they loose more troops, sentries and spy's? Remove that period. keep the troops losses but make it even for both, not so lopsided. its to much of an advantage to the player with the smaller army (which also happen to be the larger players that hit for millions). And last but not least, when you attack someone, your weapons should get damaged, not when you defend, as the defender you shouldnt be taking on so much damage. Its frankly an insult to get attacked while you sleep, and then come back online, see all your money gone and then owe millions to repairs your defensive weapons. if you want to have them damaged some, then change the calculations to a smaller amount.
In any case, I refuse to play your game and make you money any longer based on what i have seen and experienced in less than 2 months of playing time. Fix your balance issues, and you will find more players coming. Hell I might even come back. Or you might just find someone like myself and friends creating the same type of game, with a better balance system, and putting your game down for the count.
wasjosh
Since the % apply to everyone in game, how is this unfair?
2 months ago
sh4d0w_aLch3mis7
@lordwakko: wondering why a small army can take a large one if they have a higher SA? watch 300. or just consider what would happen if one guy owned a machine gun back in the medieval ages. thats the equivalent of SA man, it does make sense
the larger army not being able to take a smaller army's gold isn't logical though, i'd recommend changing that
5 months ago
lordwakko
Dont think so, i would say... you work hard to grow you should be allowed to take till the last penny... not our fault they have no DA! Funnier thing is if they return the HIT, they get "ALL" your cash just because they are "weaker"... !!!!???!!!!
6 months ago
lordwakko
Second, You attack someone with 500k, and has a low DA and of course smaller amount of troops ( which is not my fault they dont work on growing) and i get my SA that is by far higher and get like 25k out of those 500k.... again "ironic" after I "CRASHED" .... "DEMOLISHED" .... or any of those terms you get at result of attack!
Fair???
6 months ago
lordwakko
so true... plus u get attacks from account with 50 guys againt and army of 8000... result, the smaller account "ironic" has no casualities and the bigger account has a body count of 4-5 guys if trained.... and if you had untranied chances are you lose up to 60 guys!!! where is the logic to this issue??? I would have to say... those 50 guys where part or the left overs from the movie "300" =P
6 months ago
darnmega
yeha my 20 man army kills a 800k army
7 months ago
pamdora
How to factor in the seige and fortification upgrades then? If someone with dynamite seige upgrade attacks someone with HOG fortification & both use full strength in Sa & Da then whats the point of upgrading etc a small percent raise & a lower weapons count? Agreed make it more balanced overall (esp TFF, how does a tiny army defeat a huge one?!) as suggested but do leave a bit of chaos :)
7 months ago
Palindrome
I just read that and sorry for previous comment, the topic made it sound different, I agree that the strike/defense ratios should differ from what they are, it's pretty rough when ya smack someone with thirty million more strike than thier defense and get butcherfied.
7 months ago
Palindrome
Twilights_Judgement Dwarves 1
Elmer-RF Undead 2
Shane Humans 3
ubergold Dwarves 4
Checkman Elves 5
Gotcha14-NR Orcs 6
In just the top six is every race, I'd have to say at least the admins got the balance down this age.
7 months ago
Sil3ntLotus
I actually agree on this one.
9 months ago