Play imbalance is still destroying the game,
when one side CANT win, even a minor engagement, why play?
-------------------------Please consider 2 trial modes-----------------------
KINGDOM - one Paid player(who creates the alliance)
49 assigned free players, Servers divided by KIng's pay level
this will scratch the Power-Spending itch.
while keeping the kingdoms competitively balanced
OR
Pay tiers everywhere
Pay vs pay, free vs free
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if I won a free "Tournament" vs other free players
and WON and entry prize into a pay tier...
I'd PAY to keep that going, !!!
KNOWING that with my strategic skill
wont be tr*mped by UNEQUAL RESOURCES.
However I'm on day SEVENTEEN of Superclans who stalk me (See attached)
they just now Bought THREE outposts and INSTANTLY
poured out 100k tanks 2 sectors away, within THREE minutes,
taking out my HQ and my outpost
(on the other side of the map so I can
farm between daily annihilations/relocations)
and NOTHING I can EVER do.
I could play every day til 2030 ( I did the math) ]
and never compete with that
DONT MAKE ME LEAVE, (I'm at 84 days straight)
give me a TOOL to fight back,
Id pay to stay under a tier structure.
but any money I spend now,
I EXPECT to be WASTED INSTANTANEOUSLY.
this is why everyone leaves DESPITE LOVING the game.
This game (and your work) is better than to have to depend on
smoke and mirrors financing . Monopoly is a classic board game
because ALL the players GET money.
Imagine playing where some players start with money and some
have to collect cans. In 2 turns One team owns all the property
VOILA, look at ANY map in your server. That's the problem.
The rest of the suggestions here are good but useless
if the WILD WILD WEST setup remains,
You are costing yourself money.
I've seen studies on the other finance tactic.
P2W vs Competitive
Just do ONE trial and watch what happens,
the research is FREE for you, but its worth
a fortune.
attached is a downside of the wild west
wherein Superclan members plan to
"BEAT ME UP TIL I JOIN THEM",
and literally WONT LET ME PLAY UNTIL THEN,
and its working, and you KEEP that possible.
or just post a disclaimer telling free players that
they have ZERO chance of even winning a fight.
Correction- I Can beat all the cities of the people who QUIT
thats it. Your pay structure turns this great game into farmville
whether is Lions vs Christians or Cowboys vs Steelers
Competition is the draw, people BORE watching slaughter.