Scott

So the first discussion is over, I've selected the ideas I think have a lot of potential. Below are the ideas I've selected and my personal thoughts on them.

Firstly, the 5th gang idea. I'm not going to waste a lot of time shooting this idea down again. Basically, it's a temporary fix and given a few months people will be tired of a new gangs politics just like the old gangs. I am however going to throw a different take on the 5th gang idea in to the mix that I think could work.

Rogue Viability

Rather than add a 5th gang I like the idea of allowing Rogues to use the Wasteland. So you go rogue, you get a "days as rogue" counter much like the "time as a member" counter for in a gang. Gangs can then white list you against their guards.

So if you're white listed by a gang that gangs guards will not attack you, you will also gain the ability to spawn from their HQ. If you're not on any white lists you will spawn randomly in to the Wasteland. You cannot capture land, but you can help degrade gangs control down to 0% if you sit on a square. You can attack anyone but you'll only be able to phase in to white listed gangs territory or neutral / contested squares.

The idea of this would be both 'Mercinary Clans' that help the highest bidder and an out for players who enjoy warfare but are tired of gang politics.

Warfare Enhancements (Original Post)

I'm not fond of the idea of a smaller Wasteland for non-avatars as it excludes almost the entire current player base. I'm not opposed to expanding the current Wasteland systems with more structures and such though.

Warfare Shop Items (Original Post)

I think this idea is needed as current Warfare Point rewards are mostly irrelevant. I'd like to see new items that cost a small fortune go up but are viable alternatives to Ventrix's items.

Arena System (Original Post)

I like the idea behind this, like who can defeat the most waves of enemies. But I think these sort of concepts would be better incorporated in to the Raid System idea below.

Raid System (Original Post)

This idea needs some work but I really like it. I think players would form groups (the same way they do in Fallen Sword) and then fight enemies in an asynchronous fashion i.e You're in the fight whether you're online or not. This could also be combined with the arena idea, having the group confront enemies in waves and see how long they can last.

Inventory Revamp (Original Post)

It's quite a bit of work but I'd still love to give all players far more item slots and add a proper drag / drop / stacking system to inventory. Maybe with nicer controls for combining crystals and socketing items as well.

Hospital Revamp (Original Post)

Apparently the hospital closing is putting off a lot of new players, maybe it's time we ditched that idea. Very little work but may be controversial.

Crystal Levelling (Original Post)

I think this idea would need to be simplified to be viable. I like the idea of using crystals for more things but I'm not sure I fully understand the mechanics and purpose of this system.

That's a summary of all the ideas I liked from the previous thread. Discuss further then we'll take out a few of the unpopular ones and put it up for a vote!

Legacy- Doesn't get a poll option

Legacy- gets most votes

Wow, I came in to this thread expecting a wall of criticism and complaints but was pleasantly surprised. I'm impressed you guys managed to keep this thread so optimistic for the future.

So I'll address as many of the issues in this thread I can remember from just reading it...

Solar Fleet was shut down?

Yes, we shut it down but probably not for the reasons you suspect. When we moved our servers to cloud hosting we updated to PHP 5, which was quite a lot of software changes in our old code. With Solar Fleet only having 2 - 3 active players it wasn't worth our time to update it all. Our more active games like Legacy, Fallen Sword, etc have all been updated. Cow Play persists because as the first game CowBoy made it has sentimental value, much in the same way I would keep Legacy regardless of player count.

Legacy doesn't have a forum here?

I can re-instate it if you guys want? ... it just wasn't being used for anything really as Legacy has its own internal forums we saw little point in hosting extra forums here.

Can Legacy get more updates?

Sure, I need to draw up a new roadmap really and add Crystal Removal. I've just been distracted with the Eldevin Steam launch at the moment. My work load is thinning out now though, which is good. This whole Hunted Cow site was one massive distraction that lasted a lot longer than expected.

Will I be getting an assistant?

Hopefully, next year I think we'll be recruiting again. Finding someone passionate and skilled is the problem. We always seem to get one or the other. Believe it or not web-developers who made their own online games are pretty hard to find. Macey apply for the damned job!

Road map being delayed?

The road map may not have been adhered to perfectly but I did all the updates in it. There may be some delays but at least you guys know what is coming and when. The Fallen Sword road map constantly falls behind schedule as well, it's just hard to keep up some times.

Balance problems in Crystal update?

I don't remember that many balance problems with the new update? ... we had to nerf a few things and buff a few things but that was it. I worked on the combat calculator with the players and together we worked most of it out before anything went live. Riot games employs over 1000 people and still they have to constantly buff and nerf League of Legends for balance, it's not a perfect science and I did the best I could.

Would you sell Legacy?

Probably not because it wouldn't be cheap and it's unlikely to be profitable for the person buying it. Times have changed since 2005, getting new players these days is expensive and challenging. In 2000 I would sit and learn to play a new game for weeks, these days most new players are out the door in under 5 minutes (and that goes for all our games).

I understand peoples concerns and I hope I've addressed some of them. If you want the best possible future for Legacy you guys need to help out with the new road map and make sure I'm working on the updates you guys want the most.

scott goes unloved poor guy

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Hi there folks, I just wanted to drop in and introduce myself. My name is Craig Withers, but you'll see me posting here as Tornik. I'm the new Social Media and Marketing Graduate for Hunted Cow. The more eagle-eyed of you may have noticed the job posting advertised a while back. 

It's my job, amongst other things, to grow the audience for Hunted Cow's games. What this means is that I'll be the one running our Twitter, Facebook and other social media presences. I think it's safe to say that in the past, we've not really made the most of these, and we plan on changing that from here on out. 

We've already got some very exciting ideas on where to go, and we'll be ramping up steadily over the next few weeks. In the meantime though, if you have any ideas or suggestions, please feel free to either comment here or drop me an email at press@huntedcow.com. 

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Hey Guys.

This refers to Scott. A fellow that Zorg employs to help with non critical Legacy issues. He only deals with Legacy and cannot see sensitive data, like date of birth or email addresses.

For Sword and Sigma, it is still mostly down to Zaelin and myself, though Iago and Forn help out during the weekends.

~ Grim

I hope this game will last another eight years.Double xp and gift box's!Count me in Scott!

Since pruning seems to be non-existant here; I thought a random thread about cows would be fun. Pictures, quotes, anything related to cows.

Kicking it off:

I think this might be HoofTest in a bad moooood: