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Alas that very much sounds like a record with the needle stuck in groove. same rhetoric we always get.

I love this game but with the fact that there is no new content, and events are recycled, it's just a game that can't keep my attention for too long.  Too bad because I think with better marketing strategy and support it could get off the ground.

Anniversary is such funny word, don't you think?

 

     It's my 13th anniversary in Gothador and it seems so strange...strange because I remember how vibrant and active both the game itself and this community were.  Now, the game is a ghost town and these forums are like an old, empty mansion...silent except for the occasional whisper of a Phantom passing through.  Rooms haunted by memories of the people who passed into my life because of it--some of whom remain, and some who have passed on.

 

     I could suppose that it's the morbid fascination with old, broken things--like derelict ships or abandoned trains--that keep me coming back (there's little reason to actually play anymore, except that I still love my characters), but truth be told it is that I am grateful.

 

     There's another funny word.  Grateful.  Growing up, I spelled it "greatfull".  It just made more sense to me that one was 'full of great emotion', rather than full of "a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove".  Heh.  Anyway...

 

     If it weren't for this place, there is so much I would have missed out on.  I surely wouldn't be writing in my own Universe.  I wouldn't have been blessed with my life-partner.  There would be no memories of Andor's humor, and no conversations with Frank.  And no delight in knowing that two of the games I now play will never hold a candle to Gothador in its heyday.

 

So happy anniversary to me, in this strange and formerly wonderful place.  It's been grate.  Er...great.

 

Cheers.

Superb thread and so much truth in the posts, why do the cows care about this bug? because it would mean less income for them, even though they have abandoned Eldevin, all HCS care about is squeezing every last penny they can from players, i stopped supporting HCS games a long time ago donated hard earned cash to FS, SS2, Eldevin etc, but finally realised that all this studio care about is milking the populace for as much as it possibly can, last time i posted about HCs underhand methods i had Bigrim PM me asking me not to make trouble and he deleted my post.

 

Now, while i understand that HCS need to make money in order to pay the staff, doing it by lies and subterfuge is so wrong in so many ways, can't find the post where the 14yo said he paid over hundred pounds into this game, but for a 14yo, that would be a lot of pocket money(allowance) or a big chunk of his paper round salary, HCS should be extremely ashamed of their actions (what would they say if someone cheated their kids out of over 100quid?) and delete where they say lvl50 content and regular updates, i know for a fact this post will be edited and/or removed before too many people see it, but as with all scams, better to hide the truth and milk the public, than to tell the truth and gain respect.

 

All i can say is, if i were to work for HCS and saw how they treat their loyal players, i would quit and claim benefit rather than be part of such an unscrupulous set up!

The 'vote' was flawed I have to say. It never gave the option of keeping the new system with certain improvements.

 

There was a concerted effort of certain individuals/guilds who felt their 'dominance' threatened by the newer system and wanted it gone. So they basically lead a forum campaign 'sympathising' with people who had felt THEIR wrath due to the poor initial implementation, shouting about every 'downside' to the new system instead of praising the good aspects and putting forth ideas to the bad ones and constantly calling for all the work that HCS had done to create this new content, to be thrown away. They just wanted it gone, when HCS finally caved and put up the poll, the options given were far too limited, and well, the 'interested parties' that campaigned against it got what they wanted.

 

Sad story really.

I have reviewed the topic and see as many who proclaim the allegience tokens as less valuable than those who do value them... As many say they are not useful as say they are. The key to review all of the topic's posts

For you. Not for everyone.

Make a game wide poll and find out.

IF I am not mistaken Daily Quests were introduced to mainly "force" players to login DAILY to increase FS activity !!!!

 

BUT I fear with constantly increasing the DQ rewards it's going to end up like composing (started brilliantly BUT took a turn for the worse & ended up "crippling" other game styles)

 

we seem to forget that DQs were mainly introduced to give us "something" to do (daily) & that the rewards (except for the medal progres) were a smal bonus !!!

 

currently the ones "benefitting the most" from DQs are EOC (like me) since we are overflowing with stam & it "hardly" matters how much stam a DQ needs for "us" to complete !!!

(I am still doing ALL the DQs I get when I am online, no matter the reward or how much stam they require to complete due to me overflowing with stam either way + despite my dislike towards quests in general )

 

I suggested back then IF the rewards were to increase then to give NEW & lower players better rewards then the higher lvl ones !!!

the higher (level) you are the less DQ reward you would get

the lower (level) you are the more DQ reward you would get

(both get the same DQ BUT the rewards are different for them)

 

now not only the difference in levels is growing between EOC & NEW / LOW player BUT also in upgrades thanks to the DQs !!!

 

please keep in mind to show some love to NEW / LOW players so they can catch up (level & upgrade) faster to "us" (EOC)

 

PS: hoof I have sent you a PM in FORUM about some BUGS, sorry that I did not submit a ticket since it might end up on the "LIST" "never to see the day of light" & sorry again for not posting the BUGS here BUT want to avoid players maybe abusing them until they are fixed !!!

yeah the outpost destroying event is kind lame.  we are 12 hours into it and i have 2 kills and i'm ranked 17.  every outpost is too far away to attack b/c they regen before i can get another hit off.  teleport or building a new outpost to attack from just isn't worth it.

Hi. Totally appreciate you putting in a new event.

I tend to lean on the positive side of things. This event is just bad. Your rewards in general are weak. Who wants to blow teleports just to try and blow up outposts? Anyways thanks for trying.

I think the point being made here is that you and plenty of others have already got them - and sold copious others - and now want to make them feed into the game at a slower rate to, presumably, increase their value and increase your profits again.

 

The high-end seasonal epics already command a premium price/return for the amount of stamina expended on them - they're just fine as they are.

Lol. Yeah. 1,100 fsp and 600 fsp for these epics are too low in price. Something must be done! At least it's not like I already got mine so let's make it harder for others. Oh wait...

I wanted to tell a story about how I ended up doing titan hunting after titan doubler and teleport were added, to strengthen the point I was wanting to make. But since nobody probably cares I am starting over, and just highlight what I am observing here.

 

Titan Hunting.

First it took hours to secure and clean up.

Huray Titan Doubler and Teleport were added to get people more involved.

Yeah! That worked.

And everybody had access to those buffs via the buff market.

Some players and/or guilds had a slight advantage due to a structure or enhancement.

Then things went wrong.

Donators (including me) were given a chest with an instant Teleport buff.

All of those will be kept for the more interesting Seasonal events.

Those events will become donator vs donator events.

It won't be a matter of waiting until the donators are on cooldown as too many different players will have the buff.

 

Overall this was imo a very bad idea.

 

And sure some players can debate all they want about bla bla how Pay To Win bla bla is such a great concept. Well if it is, then make the game subscription based, and do NOT promote it as a "Free Online Fantasy Role Playing Game".

 

All this does is make the game focus more and more on a small elite group. And not the large player base we all want. Cause is that not what we are all complaining about? Well PTW is not going to help.

 

That are my 2 cents.

I'm not sure why EoC players get more stam gain while lower levels players do not. Shouldn't we be encouraging and helping the smaller guy get bigger, not the bigger get even larger?

 

Regardless, I don't personally deal with epics unless throwing some on right before I hunt. Which is maybe 3 times a year. Nice to see any updates made to different areas of the game, even if they don't make much sense to me.

Ok I am on board, let's do this. Let the big changes rolllllllllllllllllllllll. You will return to the game ?? and talk to us about stuff and get things going again and if people bash your efforts, then you can say I told you so and leave. Deal

I'm down with that, I'm ahead on most of my current work so I literally have the time it's just motivation I lack.