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#1004966 Is FS Down?

Posted by BadPenny on 30 August 2021 - 10:15

Arena changed to 15 min between rounds

i hope this is temporary change as i dont think arena was the reason for lag to punish arena players...

Not sure this is even related....
it could be tomorrow before we know anything though... it's a bank holiday in the UK

 




#1004888 Fallen Sword Update 3.4 Live!

Posted by Emperor Sidd on 26 August 2021 - 15:14

Hi Team
 
In your initial feedback post, I requested you guys to bring up potential changes for discussion before they are implements so we the players who play Fallensword every day could provide context to how the changes would play out. Dark Curse nerfs are not the answer.
 
Dark Curse nerf means:
-Defense setups is now an even more effective strategy ( It's already preferred in 90% of situations)
 
-Armor setups have to need way more attacks to compensate which is already hard to do but now given the nerf + Flinch staying as is they are not viable for PVP unless you are turtling
 
 
Going forward, PVP is going to be boring, most combats are going to end based on 2%. PVP should always favor the attacker otherwise it's no longer fun.



#1004752 Arena Update & Bug Fixes.

Posted by Tilley10 on 09 August 2021 - 23:04

I agree with the professional arena players that the spawn rates for arenas are skewed towards higher levels. It would be a very good thing to have 2 "fixed" arenas for every 100 levels - the arena level should be random as it is now within that. At the moment of me writing this, the lowest arena is level 177.

 

See comments below that agree with this.

 

Arena is slow again!  the more high level tourneys spawns the slower it becomes...

 

Seriously it should be 2 tourneys for every 100 level i have said and many agreed on it , it is fair for all players not only high level players .

 

We need this modification on how tourneys spawn ,just increase number of tourneys won't help as the tourneys will spawn at higher levels.

I agree, this really needs to be addressed!

How can Arena be a balanced playing field for all players when low levels are not represented at all!?

 

Additionally, I believe for the 2 per 100 level range ratio to fulfil its function it needs to have 1 tournament at 1 - 50 and another at 51 - 100 for each 'division' of 100 levels.

AMEN!

I feel like it can take a while to hit those sub 100 tournaments and this would be fantastic!

 

Another thing that needs to be looked at is the 25% guild limit cap for entering arenas. This makes it very hard for larger guilds to have multiple members attempt to even enter arenas.

 

See comments below for some examples.

 

Starting with removing 25% guild limit if people are using their own untagged personal gear. Sure keep it for those using tagged gear, no reason outside of that to restrict. If you are joining with your own personal gear it is exactly the same as if you were guildless or in another guild absolutely no difference.

 

Make it 25% guild limit for those using tagged gear. Let it be overridden if someone is using all their own gear.

dumb rule LOL i wont explain why, cos things are better dumb, that said, could we at least have a marker for if a tournament is maxxed on guild members, oh wait, thats smart :o

 

@Arioche or HCS Staff: It may be a good idea to create a new thread dedicated to improving the arena. These two examples would be the beginning of changes that need to be made. Also included: move discussion, make block work again, different rewards (only thing valuable is Brewers), etc.

 

Thank you once again for your consideration and work on the game! :D




#1004740 Arena Update & Bug Fixes.

Posted by EpicPiety on 08 August 2021 - 07:19

Dear Grim,

 

I am sad. Many arena players are sad too.

For more than a decade the Arena has been our reason for logging in to Fallen Sword. But the lake is dry and the fish are dying.

 

Changing the waiting time from 10 minutes to 5 minutes between rounds in a tournament, is like giving a grizzly bear 2 sardines in stead of 1, while a grizzly bear eats salmon. If the problem is in the database, please don't compromise the player experience by taking the easiest programming route. 

 

Please listen to Pointyhair, because he speaks both your language on database stuff and our language of the FS addicts.

Please listen to Shindrak, because he has made the Arena his PhD. Shindrak is the Magnus Carlsen of the FS Arena. The chess community listens to Magnus Carlsen. The FS community listens to Shindrak.

 

At the minimum, what the community really wants to hear is that HCS is working on bringing back the smoother experience of the Arena with its varied level spawns and its quick and easy tournament results. Even if this means as "a long term goal".

 

Sardines are for stray cats who haven't tasted salmon.

We are grizzly bears. Rrrrawwr.  ;)

Starting with removing 25% guild limit if people are using their own untagged personal gear. Sure keep it for those using tagged gear, no reason outside of that to restrict. If you are joining with your own personal gear it is exactly the same as if you were guildless or in another guild absolutely no difference.

 

Make it 25% guild limit for those using tagged gear. Let it be overridden if someone is using all their own gear.




#1004737 Arena Update & Bug Fixes.

Posted by Dulcharn on 07 August 2021 - 23:42

Hi there everyone.

 

The duration between Arena Tournament rounds has now been dropped from 10 minutes to 5. We hope you like the update. :)

 

~ Grim

 

Dear Grim,

 

I am sad. Many arena players are sad too.

For more than a decade the Arena has been our reason for logging in to Fallen Sword. But the lake is dry and the fish are dying.

 

Changing the waiting time from 10 minutes to 5 minutes between rounds in a tournament, is like giving a grizzly bear 2 sardines in stead of 1, while a grizzly bear eats salmon. If the problem is in the database, please don't compromise the player experience by taking the easiest programming route. 

 

Please listen to Pointyhair, because he speaks both your language on database stuff and our language of the FS addicts.

Please listen to Shindrak, because he has made the Arena his PhD. Shindrak is the Magnus Carlsen of the FS Arena. The chess community listens to Magnus Carlsen. The FS community listens to Shindrak.

 

At the minimum, what the community really wants to hear is that HCS is working on bringing back the smoother experience of the Arena with its varied level spawns and its quick and easy tournament results. Even if this means as "a long term goal".

 

Sardines are for stray cats who haven't tasted salmon.

We are grizzly bears. Rrrrawwr.  ;)




#1004583 [PvP] Feedback & Suggestions

Posted by Maehdros on 26 July 2021 - 12:46

Perhaps a scaling pvp range based on your level. Glad to see some kind of love go there. An update to ladder potions would be nice as well. I know there's so many Le that need to be created so not going to bother asking for that. Cheers!


1 to 999 , +/- 10
1000 to 1999, +/- 20
2000 to 2999, +/- 30
3000 to 3999, +/- 40
4000 to 4999, +/- 50


#1004582 [PvP] Feedback & Suggestions

Posted by Filletminion on 26 July 2021 - 12:31

Even Tiddly winks has Risk, every game needs it to be alive.

This is the most Fraught Discussion in the game.

 

Personally Bring back PvP seasons. you guys did a load of work on the original and by the end of the first season the bugs were addressed then you canned it.

 

It Seems a bit silly that one group of players are the only ones who will ever get that medal or have the chance to.




#1004439 "Shot in the Dark" !?!?

Posted by Corrupted on 09 July 2021 - 12:05

We have reached levels of gaslighting where we think it's the playerbase's fault that the game is dying.

No it's not our fault that the new player experience is bad. No it's not our fault that the game is not "balanced" between new and old players. No it's not our fault there's a lack of meaningful updates.

Players have dumped plenty of ideas in the Forums. Players have stuck around. Players keep swiping away during offers. We have done what we could.

Whatever the state of the game is today is not the players fault.


#1004182 Arena Update & Bug Fixes.

Posted by etrigan778 on 20 June 2021 - 10:27

As an arena player for years, this was a very welcome update.  I love the new sets personally, and more than a few of them are very useful in their given ranges and slots.  Its great to see the recipes added to the store for tokens instead of bought for gold like the others.  I really like being able to use arena tokens to fund more arena gear.

 

That being said, my controversial opinion is that its a little rough needing 3 SE pieces per item and only 2 arena items respectively.  Personally I'd rather see arena inventions use more arena tokens to invent.  Really go nuts with rare and difficult extraction components.  The potions are kinda the only token sink right now.  I'd much rather be able to dump 100s of arena tokens into inventing arena sets.  Not a huge deal, as this gives something to work towards and gives value to some SE drops I guess.  It just feels like whoever gets them first might end up dominating certain brackets for a few months until they become more accessible.




#1003954 Feedback and Suggestions

Posted by Undjuvion on 30 May 2021 - 14:02

Even better would be totally eliminating 5 bad relics while upgrading 5 more.

 

i dunno about overcomplicating it for the cows to decide to dismiss, i also meant 5 in each of those ranges, was just examples tho 5 total aint much tbh.




#1003913 Feedback and Suggestions

Posted by Undjuvion on 27 May 2021 - 07:47

Theoretically, the 2 seperate server idea wouldn't split player base, because while you wait for ur 150k stam to regen ur 1k stam regens in a day on the new server, keeping people playing both.

 

there was a reason i didnt try a game earlier today, it looked like fun, tho on registration it offered four servers to create an account on, i closed the page.




#1003878 Feedback and Suggestions

Posted by Toreth on 20 May 2021 - 22:00

Good afternoon Toreth!

 

I understand there may be frustration around how long it takes to get through the changes that the Players have asked for. There are indeed a number of buffs that still need to be looked at, but instead of throwing them at you all at once, we wanted to be a bit more cautious and allow Players to try out what we do change and then begin to give us feedback  :) I am very much aware of Tilley10's post. It is a great resource and full of constructive criticism that kickstarted these changes in the first place.

 

There are a few things we are working on in the background, so this has ultimately affected some other areas. 

 

What I can say though is that we do plan to bring some updates to the Arena Store, as well as tackle some of the gear issues.

 

We only ask that you bear with us! The team are also working hard on making the app the best it can be.

 

While I appreciate the quick response, there still lies the underlying issue of transparency with changes. As others have said, HCS should keep some of their cards to their chest - showing everything would take some of the excitement of surprises out of the game. And yes, while surprises are good, having EVERYTHING be a surprise could be detrimental.

 

A lot of the issues where changes need to be made comes down to a simple principle: We, the players, see and feel the effects of the changes first-hand whereas you all, the developers, generally gauge what needs to be changed based on numbers and project what's going to happen based on those.

 

I am a firm advocate for numbers as numbers don't lie - how they're presented can. We, the players, are the ones who are going to be the ones to provide the guidance needed for FS. You want ideas on navigating arena? There are players who know the arena. You want ideas on fixing the bounty board? There are a slew of players who have potential ideas. Yes, you all sit and brainstorm ideas to fix various aspects of the game that we all play, and that is greatly appreciated. The key component that's missing, though, is OUR input. We are the ones who are going to be divulging in the various aspects; I'd wager to say we're also the ones who have an idea about how to go about making overall better changes for the game we want to see succeed.




#1003871 Feedback and Suggestions

Posted by Arioche on 20 May 2021 - 12:04

I tend not to post on the forums unless I find something that strikes as “necessary” as evidenced of the Frag Finder “findings.”  That said, I do believe it necessary to bring up the elephant in the room regarding the state of Fallen Sword yet again. Nearly two months ago, you created this thread to ask for general feedback and ideas, however, there has been little to no traction on anything. When asked about specific things in your original post, there was already a previous forum topic posted by my dear friend Tilley10 providing a list of the buffs which could most notably use a rework or fix; what has come of any of that? Naught.

 

Good afternoon Toreth!

 

I understand there may be frustration around how long it takes to get through the changes that the Players have asked for. There are indeed a number of buffs that still need to be looked at, but instead of throwing them at you all at once, we wanted to be a bit more cautious and allow Players to try out what we do change and then begin to give us feedback  :) I am very much aware of Tilley10's post. It is a great resource and full of constructive criticism that kickstarted these changes in the first place.

 

There are a few things we are working on in the background, so this has ultimately affected some other areas. 

 

What I can say though is that we do plan to bring some updates to the Arena Store, as well as tackle some of the gear issues.

 

We only ask that you bear with us! The team are also working hard on making the app the best it can be.




#1003861 Legendary Event!

Posted by Pardoux on 14 May 2021 - 22:00

Problem with anything new is that within a hr its 1 fsp per item no incentive to farm and if its for frags then anything does all the same when broken down miss the days when Find item didnt work on events lol 

 

Not if it's an inventable set, using very rare items, as has been intimated for months ... 




#1003859 Legendary Event!

Posted by hades8840 on 14 May 2021 - 21:14

.. or something new. Frag collection here I come

Problem with anything new is that within a hr its 1 fsp per item no incentive to farm and if its for frags then anything does all the same when broken down miss the days when Find item didnt work on events lol 






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