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Announcements / Re: Strategus accountsharing/multiaccounting and it's consequences

« on: September 07, 2011, 10:01:20 pm »

you shouldn't be doing ANYTHING with strategus with a second key, which includes helping out strategus factions

I playing game. Working I am in the other place. Here I am playing.
I want to play as melee now. And I will play.
I don't want to delete any of my characters. And I don't do it.

At the same time I understand and respect the rules. And follow them.
As far as possible.

So I added polearm-guy to the Strategus.
If my previous "game-style" isn't acceptable for admin's\dev's-team - I can do next:
While I playing my polearm-character (as a main and only one single character) - my old character (archer)
will be moved out of the game (not technically) - just will stay at the corner of the map and do nothing,
and I will not touch at all "archer" account while playing polearm.

When I want to play archer again - I will just swap them (pole goes to the corner - archer goes back).

I don't see any rules violation in my case.
Words of rules - definitely. But I strongly follow to the spirit of the law.

Why dev's just didn't accept kinngrimm proposition?

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Announcements / Re: Strategus accountsharing/multiaccounting and it's consequences

« on: September 07, 2011, 07:17:29 pm »

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Exactly, there are many ways how to give to the players more fun and flexibility of gameplay (=enjoy).
But instead of this we have only difficulties and complexities. Without any reasons.

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cRPG Technical problems / Re: Duel server respawn timer stays on screen

« on: September 07, 2011, 05:56:38 pm »

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And respawn time is a lot longer too.

This is a main problem, IMO

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Strategus General Discussion / Re: Evaluation: Bigger armies - higher cost?

« on: September 07, 2011, 04:19:56 pm »

Idea to force players to split big armies to small is good (in generally).
But with those "stopping rules" (about account sharing) - it can be impossible sometimes to merge armies
because of players inactivity\AFK\totally offline by many many RL reasons.

So - nice idea, but give please to the leaders\officers rights to command others faction accounts directly - without account sharing.
As someone wrote - create a command point (CP) pool, and let each command have a cost ... or whatever.
But smth must be done with this problem

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Diplomacy / Re: Druzhina & White Company Contract

« on: September 07, 2011, 03:50:25 pm »

1-2 more pages and I'll have bachelor degree in "stock Markets".
Go on pls ^)

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Announcements / Re: Strategus accountsharing/multiaccounting and it's consequences

« on: September 07, 2011, 12:52:09 pm »

I have 2 characters in Strategus.

First:
This is my only one real character in Strategus.
I play them almost 1 year.
This character interacts with all entities of Strategus like:

• traveling over the map
• visiting fiefs
• gathering troops\golds
• buying\selling equipment
• attacking and is attacked
• gathering intelligence info
• transferring goods from one to other characters\fiefs\locations
• (in future) defending caravans
• (in future) crafting equipment
• applying to the battles
• etc

This character is archer. I am playing this character for a long time (see above).
I am a little tired to be archer only, and want to play, sometimes, as melee to.
It's funny to play different ways (to change play style etc)

I have many alts "on" my main character. But there is not possible to change main character
(why?). I want to do it (to choose another alt and make'em as main) - but it's not allowed.
Even if I delete my "main" character I can't assign "main" role to any of my alts.
But, btw, I really don't want to delete my characters! Why I must delete my character, in which spent many hours\weeks\months?
Is here at least one reason? No at all. It's just a rule.

Why do not to allow to change "role" of character ~2 weekly\monthly? This month I playing as archer.
Next month as cavalry (if I want to change type of the game). Without deleting characters.

Second:
Anyway - so about 1 week ago (I have 2nd key from steam WB sale-out by 5$)
I added second character to Strategus (melee).
This character NOT interacts with any (except see bellow) entities of Strategus like:

• traveling over the map
• visiting fiefs
• gathering troops\golds
• buying\selling equipment
• attacking and is attacked
• gathering intelligence info
• transferring goods from one to other characters\fiefs\locations
• (in future) defending caravans
• (in future) crafting equipment
• applying to the battles (only)
• nothing more !

This character just applying to the battles.
This characters behavior (usage) doesn't give ANY advantages to me or my faction.
(check list above and try to find out how - if you thinking other way).
He staying (right now traveling) at the corner of the map -
to do not contaminate (not to clutter) the map.
And btw - to do not gain any advantage in the battle - if it's needed -
I will not join my factions battles with this character.
To do not have any in-game advantages of this character.

But, of course - I have very big bonus doing this.
But OUTSIDE of the game. I enjoy. Not bothering anyone.
It's give not any advantage to my real character, to my faction.
I'ts give not any bonusses, it's give not any benefits.
I'ts give bonuses\benefits\advantages to only one person - me.
To the real person (human) , not to in-game characters or whatever.

And I can't do it? Seriously?

So - I am not hiding, i provided all necessary information about situation at all and about
me.
So I hope dev's don't choose worser way (punish me) or, even,
better way (just "ignore" me, cos "he really didn't anything bad - let he live").
But they (devs) just change a rules. For example by allowing to switching a "main" role
between alts weekly. Or somehow. But smth will be changed.

Cos it's not a real cruel world, it is a   g a m e.
Why to do not allow to ppl to enjoy this game more?

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Faction Halls / Re: [STR] The Strangers

« on: September 05, 2011, 09:18:42 pm »

From 5th september HanHanich and 3ABP are in vacations.
So leadership in Strategus temporary goes to the the Strangers High Council

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Strategus General Discussion / Re: Strategus item&gold reset in 60 hours (2 and a half day)

« on: September 04, 2011, 09:38:25 pm »

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Thanks a lot for detailed explanation.
It's really big project and of course we will try to help to this project.
At least by playing and bug reporting.

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Strategus General Discussion / Re: Strategus item&gold reset in 60 hours (2 and a half day)

« on: September 04, 2011, 03:52:00 pm »

Then may be (if it's beta test) we do not need to every time sit down on the back and gater the troops for the months?
May be to test some other stages\sides of the game instead a gathering troops spending months to collect them?
Just give some amount troops to each, just random assign a fiefs and see other sides of game.
Cos 99% of Stragegus is waiting and doing nothing (except forum\diplomatic games).
And if it's ok for final version, so for the beta-test it's not correct.

For beta test beta tester have Use Cases to test.

For example  - if dev's need to "test battles" - then why just not create battles and just allow players
to apply and see.
Or just gift 10.000-100.000 troops to each factions and see a battles. Every day. Many battles.
So much results for testing and analyzing.
Why not to do this?

Right now we testing only one thing - how to play Strategus essentially not playing Strategus (in fact).
We found many other things to do while "playing" Strategus. Thx the God ^) - there is cRPG and other games.

One more time - testing not means to play full game from the start to the end. Full. Long.
Many many times from the start to the end. Even if first half of the game is already tested - you need to play it again and again.
Testing means - test needed\necessary functionality. Need to test battles - let's test battles - give free troops or create battles.
Need to test caravans - give free caravans to us and we will test it very well.
Etc

I don't understand why many peoples must spend real life to gain a things (like gold\troops\etc) and test them, what can be taken in 1 minute by dev's decision.
Why???

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Strategus General Discussion / Re: Strategus item&gold reset in 60 hours (2 and a half day)

« on: September 04, 2011, 03:03:40 pm »

its a BETA

dont play if you dont want stuff to go bad, be wiped, be fixed, be experimented etc.

If we will not play - who will play?
Who will build Empires, planning smth, developing strategies, tactics etc?
Random players? Cos in this case there is no point to do smth meaningful. Senseless.
Just collect troops\goolds and random attack random target. Just for fun.
How this type of the game helps to make a game better?

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Strategus General Discussion / Re: Strategus item&gold reset in 60 hours (2 and a half day)

« on: September 04, 2011, 01:23:33 pm »

If you have the DateBase transactions logs (transaction sequence) - all those buggy equipment can be easy founded and deleted.
Manually, yes. But for last 1-2 weeks there were not more than 50-100 really big battles, which could really affect on equipment bug benefits.

Or even easier way (worser, but much easier) - just remove all equipment gained in last 2 weeks from the battles.

1 SQL query to find a transactions (buggy equipment transactions) that did after the battles (by attackers\defenders UID and a battle time).
1 more to find a list and quantity of equipment  before battle and after battle(--\\--)
1 more to fix it (just update a "current" list and quantity of equipment to the "before battle" state minus "loosing tickets in the battle").
And all.

Or really - wipe all then (fiefs\armies too).

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Announcements / Re: Strategus accountsharing/multiaccounting and it's consequences

« on: September 03, 2011, 09:40:51 pm »

In theory disallowing account sharing (generally) is a good. From one side.
But loose a battle or whole war only because account owner (who have to reinforce, or attack or whatever) suddenly ill, delayed at the work,
because car disrepairs... It's bad and unacceptable. From other side.

To solve this dilemma it would be nice to implement new feature like "an army".
Something like movable fiefs (which can be created by faction leaders).
Here is 2 possibilities : army controlled only by creator\owner or by any faction member with enough rank.
Benefits of this new entity - if army owner not appear when needed then faction leaders\officers can just change army owner to active player (in case if army controlled by owner\creator).
In case if army controlled by faction leader\officers - problem solved at all too.

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Other / Re: Ru_cRPG

« on: September 02, 2011, 10:23:27 am »

Время не вспомню, очень давно было месяц-два назад. почитал правила, все понял. Бегал голым, больше не буду.

Разбанен.

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Other / Re: Ru_cRPG

« on: September 02, 2011, 10:21:50 am »

Many thanks to ptx for great translation.
First post updated.

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Diplomacy / Re: THC

« on: September 01, 2011, 03:08:07 pm »

WHO WANTS THE VILLAGE???

Nicely located in mid – Claradia. Consists of stone villa surrounded by few minor buildings located in shades of pine trees. Picturesque area and lovely view on surrounding hills. Not overly populated. Very pleasant neighborhood. Slightly infested by magical creatures that turn into stone in sunlight, loud at night but not harmful.

First come - first served!*


*current owner reserves the right to accept the recipient, so contact the owner before acquisition. Trolls excluded. No unauthorized visits will be tolerated.

We waiting enough, so...
So... The Union decided to bring a Freedom (capital "F") and Democracy (capital "D") to these poor, miserable people starving in Tshibtin.
As usual The Union - acts first

P.s. in no one need a village - we shouldn't allow to stay a village alone, without the wise and good owner.