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Title: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: chadz on September 10, 2011, 05:30:13 am
Due to several new features and the fact that people do nothing else in strategus right now other than trying to break it for the sake of it (warning: exaggeration), strategus will be wiped, placed on hold for 7 days for internal testing, and packed with new features.

To sweeten the wait (and the rage), here's the feature list

 - geography influences movement speed or blocks it altogether ( and maybe other things, too)
 - you can buy and sell goods from fiefs that bring more profit the further you travel
 - fief owners
 - NA and EU will get their separate region in the map, so server selection will be based on the nearest fief, not on the defenders choice
- hopefully a few other more-or-less minor things
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Huey Newton on September 10, 2011, 05:31:17 am
Due to several new features and the fact that people do nothing else in strategus right now other than trying to break it for the sake of it (warning: exaggeration), strategus will be wiped, placed on hold for 7 days for internal testing, and packed with new features.

To sweeten the wait (and the rage), here's the feature list

 - geography influences movement speed or blocks it altogether ( and maybe other things, too)
 - you can buy and sell goods from fiefs that bring more profit the further you travel
 - fief owners
 - NA and EU will get their separate region in the map, so server selection will be based on the nearest fief, not on the defenders choice
- hopefully a few other more-or-less minor things

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU



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Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Tears of Destiny on September 10, 2011, 05:33:02 am
Due to several new features and the fact that people do nothing else in strategus right now other than trying to break it for the sake of it (warning: exaggeration), strategus will be wiped, placed on hold for 7 days for internal testing, and packed with new features.

To sweeten the wait (and the rage), here's the feature list

 - geography influences movement speed or blocks it altogether ( and maybe other things, too)
 - you can buy and sell goods from fiefs that bring more profit the further you travel
 - fief owners
 - NA and EU will get their separate region in the map, so server selection will be based on the nearest fief, not on the defenders choice
- hopefully a few other more-or-less minor things

AWWW YEAAAAAAAAAAH!
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Flawless on September 10, 2011, 05:33:26 am
my life is on hold for HOW MANY DAYS. Lol. I like the idea geography, will rivers be impassable?
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Snickers on September 10, 2011, 05:35:04 am
 
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- why is a full wipe not possible?
because it would take too long to see any kind of results. right now is the perfect stage to test things for the gameplay. and i cant wipe strategus any time i'm testing new values. it usually goes like this: when possible, change on the fly. when that would substantially make it unfair for certain groups, do a semi wipe. when it's broken beyond fixability, do a full wipe.
doing no wipe now would mean that those who stashed cash up to now would be really unreachable by those who would have to start getting gold now. doing a full wipe would mean it would take months to see how the values turn out. and they will probably be adapted soon again, hopefully(and probably) without the need for a semi wipe or a full wipe.

So, North American Clan gets a Town and this happens, but there is obviously no relation.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Lizard_man on September 10, 2011, 05:39:30 am
Looking forward to the new features... 8-)
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: sWalker on September 10, 2011, 05:40:58 am
You are the man/god chadz...but just make sure to put in equipment manu. from the beginning to test it in the real situations as well.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: kukufarikki on September 10, 2011, 05:44:41 am
You are the man/god chadz...but just make sure to put in equipment manu. from the beginning to test it in the real situations as well.

are you from the middle east or is your nose just brown?
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Adoptagoat on September 10, 2011, 05:45:34 am
GOATWIPE!
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: JihadistMexican on September 10, 2011, 05:46:31 am

So, North American Clan gets a Town and this happens, but there is obviously no relation.

Ever heard of coincidence.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Snickers on September 10, 2011, 05:49:49 am
Ever heard of coincidence.

Like i said, no relation.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: partyboy on September 10, 2011, 05:54:08 am
is strat still completely fucked for smaller clans?
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: HarunYahya on September 10, 2011, 05:58:22 am
It's good to see that you are doing exactly the same as what "self entitled snob" said.
(click to show/hide)

Why de hell do you tell me to take it down, when all you have to do is not fucking open the page if it bothers you. What a self entitled snob....
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: BaleOhay on September 10, 2011, 05:58:49 am
GOATWIPE!!
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Syls on September 10, 2011, 06:03:45 am
GOATWIPE!
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Uumdi on September 10, 2011, 06:06:28 am
Two thumbs up, love ya chadz
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Keshian on September 10, 2011, 06:06:43 am
So does this map the map will actually get bigger????  Ohterwise not enough room for NA clans.

Do enjoy a wipe though. 

HOW HARD IS IT TO MAKE A SECOND CONTINENT - JUST FRICKEN COPY/PASTE NEXT TO EACH OTHER WITH RIVER BETWEEN!!
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Varyag on September 10, 2011, 06:07:20 am
KEWL   :o

I see chadz is working late nights  :shock:. thx for your hard work. We appreciate it. Don't nerf xbows please  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: okiN on September 10, 2011, 06:10:11 am
It's good to see that you are doing exactly the same as what "self entitled snob" said.

It's not like it's going to stop being beta, so what he said still applies.

So does this map the map will actually get bigger????  Ohterwise not enough room for NA clans.

I already asked, he said no. :(

It'll be the same map, just divided somehow.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: HarunYahya on September 10, 2011, 06:12:36 am
It's not like it's going to stop being beta, so what he said still applies.

I already asked, he said no. :(

It'll be the same map, just divided somehow.
Divided how ?
2 Different maps or 1 part of the Calradia belongs to EU and the other part belongs to NA ?
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Huey Newton on September 10, 2011, 06:13:18 am
So NA and EU will each get half of the map right?
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: SeQuel on September 10, 2011, 06:16:32 am
Also curious about the map thing.

[21:16] <@Shik> SeQueL
[21:16] <SeQueL> You know the whole EU/NA being divided. Whats the deal on that? Do you know? Is it 2 seperate maps or 1?
[21:17] <@Shik> one map

[21:17] <@Shik> two timezones
[21:17] <SeQueL> 1 side is EU 1 is NA?
[21:17] <PhantomZero> i hope its split evenly
[21:17] <Smoothrich_> NA gets the west ocen
[21:17] <Smoothrich_> ocean
[21:17] <SeQueL> if you attack EU side its EU time?
[21:17] <@Shik> NA gets the desert and fallen territory

[21:17] <Zealot_> GOD FUCK MY ASSHOLE HAS TO RIP OPEN AND LET OUT FECIES SHIT FUCKER JESUS I NEED TO SHIT BUT I WANT TO CONTINUE PLAYING THE 1.8 MINECRAFT LEAK FUCK GOD
[21:17] <papikkikikki> two timezones?
[21:17] <PhantomZero> really Shik?
[21:17] <papikkikikki> is NA strictly EST
[21:17] <@Shik> EU gets all the green areas

http://chadz.pytalhost.com/strategus.jpg (lolololol kesh)
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Varyag on September 10, 2011, 06:20:35 am
I really really hope that if not in this release, then next release the map gets at least twice bigger and mabby a different setting, such as fantasy one. What we really miss in cRPG is magic and wizards. No kidding.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: PhantomZero on September 10, 2011, 06:22:57 am
I really really hope that if not in this release, then next release the map gets at least twice bigger and mabby a different setting, such as fantasy one. What we really miss in cRPG is magic and wizards. No kidding.

Spider Cav, finally no more bitching about archers camping on rooftops, when SPIDERS CAN EAT THEM ALIVE!
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Keshian on September 10, 2011, 06:23:20 am
Also curious about the map thing.

[21:16] <@Shik> SeQueL
[21:16] <SeQueL> You know the whole EU/NA being divided. Whats the deal on that? Do you know? Is it 2 seperate maps or 1?
[21:17] <@Shik> one map

[21:17] <@Shik> two timezones
[21:17] <SeQueL> 1 side is EU 1 is NA?
[21:17] <PhantomZero> i hope its split evenly
[21:17] <Smoothrich_> NA gets the west ocen
[21:17] <Smoothrich_> ocean
[21:17] <SeQueL> if you attack EU side its EU time?
[21:17] <@Shik> NA gets the desert and fallen territory

[21:17] <Zealot_> GOD FUCK MY ASSHOLE HAS TO RIP OPEN AND LET OUT FECIES SHIT FUCKER JESUS I NEED TO SHIT BUT I WANT TO CONTINUE PLAYING THE 1.8 MINECRAFT LEAK FUCK GOD
[21:17] <papikkikikki> two timezones?
[21:17] <PhantomZero> really Shik?
[21:17] <papikkikikki> is NA strictly EST
[21:17] <@Shik> EU gets all the green areas

http://chadz.pytalhost.com/strategus.jpg

FUCKING BULLSHIT - 80% of the CITIES ARE EU PING, so ALL THE FUCKING GOLDD.  WE get 30% of the map and we are 50% of the player base.  RETARDED - favors all the EU calns because chadz is EU and doesn't giev a shit about NA or talks to anyone about NA
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Cicero on September 10, 2011, 06:24:48 am
How can you manage to divide map ? Will there be a ghost wall at there ?
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Matey on September 10, 2011, 06:25:36 am
rofl you suckers got trolled. chadz posted that troll image ages ago.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Aseldo on September 10, 2011, 06:26:20 am
[21:17] <Zealot_> GOD FUCK MY ASSHOLE HAS TO RIP OPEN AND LET OUT FECIES SHIT FUCKER JESUS I NEED TO SHIT BUT I WANT TO CONTINUE PLAYING THE 1.8 MINECRAFT LEAK FUCK GOD


That made me laugh so hard
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Flawless on September 10, 2011, 06:28:51 am
Kesh. You got trollrolled
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Argoth on September 10, 2011, 06:30:54 am
PRAISE THE LAWD
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Visconti on September 10, 2011, 06:34:01 am
lololololololol
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: JihadistMexican on September 10, 2011, 06:35:18 am
Trolls are everywhere... In positions of power... FEAR US!
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Canary on September 10, 2011, 06:39:47 am
So, who do you guys think WON this iteration of strat? My vote goes to the FCC!
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: SeQuel on September 10, 2011, 06:41:07 am
WCo hands down.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Visconti on September 10, 2011, 06:42:36 am
ATS, duh

BIRD CLAN
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: kukufarikki on September 10, 2011, 06:44:29 am
i won i am the winner
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Snickers on September 10, 2011, 06:45:57 am
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I feel like this map is much more fair since each side of the map get 11 cities over 13-9 which is obviously not fair.

Just to be fair, i'm not saying which community should get which side, i am just saying this map if fair no matter which side your on.

If EU is gonna complain about the map, NA should be the big man and swap sides, I can't say anything for EU tho.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Keshian on September 10, 2011, 06:46:02 am
BIRD clan won!!!  Complete wipe - the anarchist BIRD clan succeeded.  Go partyboy!!

LIke the line Snickers.  Would love to actually have some oceanfront property rather than only desert.  AND NOW people cant just walk across the ocean.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Matey on September 10, 2011, 06:49:17 am
Partyboy got a 24 kill streak and nuked Calradia. BIRD CLAN wins.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Sharky on September 10, 2011, 06:57:32 am
let's BIRD them all!
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Visconti on September 10, 2011, 07:12:38 am
I like snickers map way more then the other one
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: ABCF on September 10, 2011, 07:58:52 am
gooooooons!!!!
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Tears of Destiny on September 10, 2011, 07:58:59 am
EU has more pop, hence a wee larger ratio.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Chestaclese on September 10, 2011, 08:30:42 am
You are the man/god chadz...but just make sure to put in equipment manu. from the beginning to test it in the real situations as well.

HOW COME YOU"RE NOT TALKING IN THIRD PERSON!!!
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Nessaj on September 10, 2011, 08:36:12 am
The Great Calradian Wall.

Finally.

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Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Keshian on September 10, 2011, 08:36:27 am
EU has more pop, hence a wee larger ratio.

Yeah, but most of their players seem to really really enjoy diplomacy more than fighting battles so a smaller space per population works, whereas a lot of scrappy fighters in NA, fighters need space.  Its like Ireland, its too small an island for more than 1.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Tears of Destiny on September 10, 2011, 08:37:40 am
Heh, it did seem like all of NA was in flames, that was rather enjoyable and I hope it happens again.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Snickers on September 10, 2011, 08:40:13 am
EU has more pop, hence a wee larger ratio.

Wee larger my ass they  get nearly 1.5 amount of city than we do; I doubt EU population of active strat players are that much bigger than NA. I still say there should be a fair map between EU and NA.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Tears of Destiny on September 10, 2011, 08:42:48 am
Well,, they were active, it is just... the east mostly sat around with thumbs up their butts plotting world domination with very little actual movements... where as the west/middle was actually beating the living hell out of one another and doing more then "Take a neutral village or three then farm gold! War? No, just diplomatiziz and farm MOAR TROOPS!"
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Gristle on September 10, 2011, 08:45:59 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5R_pS0h5Qk

My computer breaks for a few days and I miss all the fun.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: sWalker on September 10, 2011, 08:47:47 am
HOW COME YOU"RE NOT TALKING IN THIRD PERSON!!!

The sWalker was not talking about himself in this post...therefore the sWalker could not show you that it was still in third person.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Gingerpussy on September 10, 2011, 08:50:50 am
So this going to be another 6 months wait ?

For the love of god please separate to 2 maps. and make ports to travel EU/NA. because who the hell would like to be in the border to EU/NA ???

GL with your coding. just hope its down 7 days not 6 months again ...
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: chadz on September 10, 2011, 08:56:14 am
Please vote in the poll - it will be a good indicator on how to divide the map.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Chestaclese on September 10, 2011, 08:58:18 am
You are the man/god chadz...but just make sure to put in equipment manu. from the beginning to test it in the real situations as well.

Completely beside himself with gratitude and noticeably arroused sWalker said, "you are the man/god chadz." He then paused to reflect back on the stratagus that had taken place over the last few months and continued in some broken form of english, "but just make sure to put in equipment manu. from the beginning to test it in the real situations as well."
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Old Autobus on September 10, 2011, 08:58:37 am
Please vote in the poll - it will be a good indicator on how to divide the map.

Please do not forget that good half of europeans(mostly russian) are inactive on this forum.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Gnjus on September 10, 2011, 09:21:23 am
It's good to see that you are doing exactly the same as what "self entitled snob" said.
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Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Malaclypse on September 10, 2011, 09:31:10 am
Fucking a Chesto, I love you.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Matey on September 10, 2011, 09:34:05 am
I SEES A GNJUS! YAAARRRRR!!!!
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Adoptagoat on September 10, 2011, 09:35:18 am
It's just not possible to follow mala and matey supporting chest. too much win.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Kalp on September 10, 2011, 09:48:04 am
Quote
- NA and EU will get their separate region in the map, so server selection will be based on the nearest fief, not on the defenders choice
I don't like this idea. It will be better to give two separate maps. Then smaller clans will get a bigger chance to show up.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: mustg on September 10, 2011, 10:19:24 am
dividing map ? ridiculous
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Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: partyboy on September 10, 2011, 10:22:48 am
devs are so fucking stupid in game and chadz is the biggest manbaby of them all

this is roleplaying of course, they aren't IRL becuaese they make such rational decisions
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Kingtrisp on September 10, 2011, 10:24:18 am
NA and EU will get their separate region in the map, so server selection will be based on the nearest fief, not on the defenders choice


No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No!

That idea isnt going to work at all tbh
Title: \
Post by: partyboy on September 10, 2011, 10:31:25 am
chadz why don't you just go die in a housefire and leave the adult decisions to your dev team?

HAHA JUST KIDDING I AM JUST ROLEPLAYING MY CHARACTER WHO IS SASSY
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: partyboy on September 10, 2011, 10:33:46 am
chadz, if I were to float the idea that you were a total fucking moron who had never even tried playing the mod he created, would it be poorly received?  because I'm not saying that, I'm just saying what if I did.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: chadz on September 10, 2011, 10:35:51 am
I am now roleplaying an admin that mutes bans you.

Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: tankmen on September 10, 2011, 10:50:47 am
damn it ... half the map, i was hoping more of a exact mirror image across the ocean to the west... but that's OK too i guess....just now it means that some castle and towns i can never have... QQ
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Matey on September 10, 2011, 11:00:34 am
In defence of partyboy... BIRD CLAN.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Chagan_Arslan on September 10, 2011, 11:43:08 am
For the love of god please separate to 2 maps. and make ports to travel EU/NA. because who the hell would like to be in the border to EU/NA ???

dunno maybe a EU/NA clan
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Visconti on September 10, 2011, 11:46:28 am
Not sure if the poll is a good idea to figure out how to divide the map....  for us atleast, maybe 6 out of all our members actually use the forum and will vote lol
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: chadz on September 10, 2011, 11:53:10 am
it's the same for other clans. but the result will be the same, no matter if 50% vote, or 100%, unless there is a good reason why one continent should use the forum less than the other one.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: mustg on September 10, 2011, 11:53:25 am
seriously dividing the map doesn't make any sense... make a clon map to seperate or just leave it  , just like used to be, or just expand the map ?
and of course i have no idea which one is easier for coding cuz i dunno anything about it but i know that dividing the map would be crazy...
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Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Wiegraf_BRD on September 10, 2011, 11:54:15 am
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In defence of partyboy... BIRD CLAN.

fuck that, I think I'll make a clan called chadz.

chadz_Wiegraf

Let it be so.

As for the split, I think it is a wonderful, cold war look-alike idea.  .  .  Or, we could get two servers with two different maps and just split the continents.  Most games have multiple servers.  Why not?  In any case, should be interesting whatever way it goes.

I also am happy chadz froze the game up and will add more features.  All sides and fruitcakes were abusing the major features, and using the excuse that as long as you report it, its ok.  No, fuck you. Its not ok, beta or not.  All hackers and abusers should be banned along with 40% of their clan, innocent or not. Lay the iron hammer of communist Russia on these mother fucking goose stepping cheating asses.

"u mad?"

FUCK YES.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: justme on September 10, 2011, 12:22:40 pm
can i just say hahahahahahahahahahhahahaha
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Brutal on September 10, 2011, 12:24:27 pm
it's the same for other clans. but the result will be the same, no matter if 50% vote, or 100%, unless there is a good reason why one continent should use the forum less than the other one.
On one continent everybody speak english on the other a lot don't speak english and thus can't use the forum, good reason enough ?
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Paul on September 10, 2011, 12:39:21 pm
I guess every European clan leader should tell their subjects to get in here and vote - even if they don't usually visit the forums. Put NA into the desert they belong!
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Mithus on September 10, 2011, 12:44:24 pm
making it closed beta will not be effective, it will just put the development in slow motion, people will always find way to exploit, if you have more people playing more chances to find those bugs. There is no game free of bugs, so its normal.

Maybe starting banning people permanetly from cRPG and Strat would get people afraid of that, no matter if they are big names in the cRPG.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: dodnet on September 10, 2011, 12:51:18 pm
Why not a mirrored map? EU west in Calradia, NA east in Aidarlac  :mrgreen: or visa verse?

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You could even mirror names, so every town is unique  :D
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: hamiler on September 10, 2011, 01:00:44 pm
Why not a mirrored map? EU west in Calradia, NA east in Aidarlac  :mrgreen: or visa verse?

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You could even mirror names, so every town is unique  :D
+1 this would have my vote!
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Civilian on September 10, 2011, 01:16:46 pm
Would like to see a neutral zone the border or area between the NA and EU sections. This zone would have the rule of defender chooses or who controls the fiefs in the area chooses.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Jarlek on September 10, 2011, 01:24:35 pm
+1 this would have my vote!
+2!
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: okiN on September 10, 2011, 01:27:45 pm
FUCKING BULLSHIT - 80% of the CITIES ARE EU PING, so ALL THE FUCKING GOLDD.  WE get 30% of the map and we are 50% of the player base.  RETARDED - favors all the EU calns because chadz is EU and doesn't giev a shit about NA or talks to anyone about NA

Actually, if it's strictly all Sarranid and Khergit fiefs foing to NA, then you get 36% of towns. That should be plenty, because no matter what you keep saying, NA is not 50% of the player base. chadz has posted the data before, you're just raging because you got what your fair share instead of what you wanted.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Jarlek on September 10, 2011, 01:34:44 pm
I have been thinking a bit about it. If somebody manages to take areas from the "other" side and hold them for a long time. Could they then become EU/NA? Of course this should be activated a LONG time into strat, so that people can't just take AI villages in the "wrong" region and make them what they want them to be.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Lars on September 10, 2011, 01:41:41 pm
if it's possible please split Na and Eu on 2 different servers.

Btw chadz, is there any chance i can get my MW shield back?^^
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: chadz on September 10, 2011, 01:58:25 pm
I want to encourage everyone to vote for your preferred server continent, and also to tell your friends to vote for theirs, too - I can only work with the result I get, and the more people vote, the more accurate it is.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Jarlek on September 10, 2011, 02:08:22 pm
I want to encourage everyone to vote for your preferred server continent, and also to tell your friends to vote for theirs, too - I can only work with the result I get, and the more people vote, the more accurate it is.
Already on it Boss!
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Bjarky on September 10, 2011, 02:19:56 pm
we could merge old calradia (m&b 1) with new calradia (warband), that way we already have a template that just needs some allignment & editing.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Chagan_Arslan on September 10, 2011, 02:20:34 pm
imo give north to the North Americans... EU got plenty of crusader / muslim players that would love to fight over the desert
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Draggon on September 10, 2011, 02:24:46 pm
Seems to me that two seperate maps (mirror maps or w/e) would be the better choice.  But only time will tell in testing a split map.  It's definitely pretty crowded on the current map though, so the 2-map option wouldn't be a bad idea at all.  However, not sure how much more of a headache that would be as far as coding goes.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: marco1391 on September 10, 2011, 02:34:02 pm
Would like to see a neutral zone the border or area between the NA and EU sections. This zone would have the rule of defender chooses or who controls the fiefs in the area chooses.
+100
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Dehitay on September 10, 2011, 02:38:28 pm
Why not a mirrored map? EU west in Calradia, NA east in Aidarlac  :mrgreen: or visa verse?

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You could even mirror names, so every town is unique  :D

See, this is freaking genius and exactly the kind of thing that I wanted! Though I was personally thinking of doing it the other way so there's an ocean between the 2 server sides. Can we please get a response from chadz or the dev team about this? Just tell us if it will be considered or not?

Also, now that I see this poll, I'm curious about the other ways that I would have personally thought of to check for EU/NA. Did y'all already wipe the database for the last round of Strat? The server selection from there would have been ideal for this situation. Also, even if that's gone, can't you just do a quick query for the time zones each player has their account set to? Or do so few players set their time zones, that this wouldn't be an accurate portrayal of how the crpg community is divided?
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Spleen on September 10, 2011, 02:44:34 pm
Seems to me that two seperate maps (mirror maps or w/e) would be the better choice.  But only time will tell in testing a split map.  It's definitely pretty crowded on the current map though, so the 2-map option wouldn't be a bad idea at all.  However, not sure how much more of a headache that would be as far as coding goes.

Blue comic sans ms? wow.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Mephisto on September 10, 2011, 02:56:56 pm
Any of you guys remember Zendar? A neutral county like that could be set in the middle of the map, between EU and NA zone.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: MaHuD on September 10, 2011, 03:01:52 pm
Any of you guys remember Zendar? A neutral county like that could be set in the middle of the map, between EU and NA zone.
MEPHISTO MY DEAR.

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Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: mandible/splinteryourjaw on September 10, 2011, 03:04:40 pm
Thanks for the wipe and the new features.  I look forward to trying the new map out, finally us loners can be productive. 

The wipe is also great because we can actually get accepted to fight and help defend all the AI villages again.  Thank you.

Have you ever considered having movement speeds relative to size?  I see you have attempted to compensate for larger armies.  In my opinion larger armies should cost more as economies of scale are only economical to a certain point.  After that point you actually become less efficient and troops wander off, supplies get stolen lost, heck even bathroom breaks take twice as long  :shock:
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: BoneSaw on September 10, 2011, 03:05:35 pm
Good thing I'm going on vacation for a week! Thanks for working around my gaming schedule fellas, see ya'll in a week.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Teeth on September 10, 2011, 03:10:58 pm
Any of you guys remember Zendar? A neutral county like that could be set in the middle of the map, between EU and NA zone.
No I don't, played both mount and blades for countless of hours and I never saw anything called Zendar, what the hell is that, a taleworlds subforum is even called Zendar.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Tholgar on September 10, 2011, 03:12:07 pm
Due to several new features and the fact that people do nothing else in strategus right now other than trying to break it for the sake of it (warning: exaggeration), strategus will be wiped, placed on hold for 7 days for internal testing, and packed with new features.

To sweeten the wait (and the rage), here's the feature list

 - geography influences movement speed or blocks it altogether ( and maybe other things, too)
 - you can buy and sell goods from fiefs that bring more profit the further you travel
 - fief owners
 - NA and EU will get their separate region in the map, so server selection will be based on the nearest fief, not on the defenders choice
- hopefully a few other more-or-less minor things
That, sir, are AWESOME NEWS!  8-)
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: bruttus on September 10, 2011, 03:40:16 pm
before you all EU and NA rasist gonna respont, what is gonna happen with the clans that have members in EU and NA
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Kenji on September 10, 2011, 03:42:29 pm
What of the clanless, neutral stragglers?

Are we bound to sell our hard-earned every-hour gold and troops to the highest bidder out there? (Not that I have an objection for making easy cRPG gold :P)
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Gingerpussy on September 10, 2011, 03:44:06 pm
IF you are going to use 1 map then give NA the desert. NA population is from 25 % to 30% as we all know. Then the desert will suffice for NA clans.

But +1 for mirror map tho. great idea and easy to implement.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: [ptx] on September 10, 2011, 03:48:25 pm
No I don't, played both mount and blades for countless of hours and I never saw anything called Zendar, what the hell is that, a taleworlds subforum is even called Zendar.
AFAIK, it was a neutral town in some ancient old M&B beta version. I only started M&B after 1.xxx versions. :(
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: chadz on September 10, 2011, 03:57:28 pm
before you all EU and NA rasist gonna respont, what is gonna happen with the clans that have members in EU and NA
I'd suggest settling on the border and taking a few villages from the left and the right. Either way, it's not really a problem of the new system, me thinks.

What of the clanless, neutral stragglers?

Are we bound to sell our hard-earned every-hour gold and troops to the highest bidder out there? (Not that I have an objection for making easy cRPG gold :P)

Fief owners will probably get a cRPG repair cost reduction from owing a fief (not yet decided, some internal resistance to break first). If the economy works, I'm thinking of allowing transferring money out of strat into crpg so you neutral people can profit from it, too.

great idea and easy to implement.

why do people keep telling me what's easy to implement.  :(
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Slantedfloors on September 10, 2011, 04:10:10 pm
IF you are going to use 1 map then give NA the desert. NA population is from 25 % to 30% as we all know. Then the desert will suffice for NA clans.
What is the point of doing this? It artificially limits the amount of territory NA players can hold for no real reason.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: chadz on September 10, 2011, 04:30:09 pm
The point is that every continent should have the same space per player. When there are 70% euros and 30% NAs, it would fuck the balance to give every side 50%. It would mean that the NA place is easier because you have less enemies.

Therefore its important to get an accurate picture of how large each playerbase is and distribute the fiefs accordingly.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Dehitay on September 10, 2011, 04:35:03 pm
If the economy works, I'm thinking of allowing transferring money out of strat into crpg so you neutral people can profit from it, too.
Ha, I think only half my assets may end up going to my clan now. Fortunately, the clan is so big that they'll never notice my selfishness unless I publicly confess it or something stupid like that.

Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: okiN on September 10, 2011, 04:35:12 pm
No I don't, played both mount and blades for countless of hours and I never saw anything called Zendar, what the hell is that, a taleworlds subforum is even called Zendar.

There used to be a neutral city called Zendar on the riverfront somewhere near the northern sea shore, kind of a starter area. For a long time it was the only real town, all other places were menus from which you could visit indoor shops.

AFAIK, it was a neutral town in some ancient old M&B beta version. I only started M&B after 1.xxx versions. :(

In the big scheme of things it was around for quite a long time, but it has been a while. I think it was removed back when the map was redone to be bigger, and Swadians/Vaegirs stopped being the only two factions. Can't remember version.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: KaMiKaZe_JoE on September 10, 2011, 04:44:57 pm
mods r gods

Not sure how accurate this poll will be, and I doubt the people voting would offer a really accurate sample of the larger cRPG population. Normaly not a single fuck would be given, however the results of this poll will directly result the environment we'll be playing in. Of course, it's the best that can be done, though, I think.

Idea-- Everybody picks their server preference in strategus, can that info be used to collect data on the proportion of NA to EU players?

The terrain aspect of map travel is a great idea, and would add some strategy. I'd say more but breakfast.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Smoothrich on September 10, 2011, 04:55:09 pm
imo give north to the North Americans... EU got plenty of crusader / muslim players that would love to fight over the desert

You mean for two strats in a row EU roleplayers have tried to wage crusades against the hordes of Afghoonistan and have been repulsed every time, and now EU playerbase would rather just displace the people from their rightful homeland by chadz's decree rather then actually have to you know, crusade for it.

Afghoonistan is our birthright, EU or NA, LLJK will never stop until the deserts run green of our triple boars and red of our enemies, Allahu Snackbar, الله يمنح القوة الثلاثية قبل اﻷسطوري
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Snickers on September 10, 2011, 05:30:09 pm
The point is that every continent should have the same space per player. When there are 70% euros and 30% NAs, it would fuck the balance to give every side 50%. It would mean that the NA place is easier because you have less enemies.

Therefore its important to get an accurate picture of how large each playerbase is and distribute the fiefs accordingly.

IMO It should be based on active clans over active players, or active strat players over players; i have been EU servers the majority of players are not in a clan hence they don't play strat, but when you enter NA servers everyone but the newer players are in clans.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Tears of Destiny on September 10, 2011, 05:32:27 pm
I feel like a total douche for being in an international clan and not being effected on the outcome of what the split ratio is.

It feels good man, it feels good...
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Smoothrich on September 10, 2011, 05:42:31 pm
EU has more players yeah but they are just thousands of horrible pubbies with no interest or clan presence in Strat, given the opportunity I guarantee there would be similar amount of clans actively participating in Strategus from both NA and EU, except maybe NA just doesn't have several stupidly large zerg clans like Grey and DRZ (yeah yeah LLJK, of course).  Those clans would probably have even MORE imbalanced land due to this partition, bordermates of them will ally up and stomp the new entrants with ease since claims tend to be based around cities and there just isn't enough land.

Give that mirrored twice the size version of Strat a go, it looks awesome and its precisely what the majority of this playerbase has been clamoring for (probably).  I don't want to see the vast amount of north america clans (there are a LOT and Strat will give reason for more and more to form) be bottlenecked in some stupid 30 percent section of the map, its hardly fair, and will simply not be big enough for all the drama the NA community brings.  Either way if you divide the current map like this, I guarantee 80 percent of EU map will be UIF again within a few weeks, enjoy your fucked up Strategus balance
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: The_Angle on September 10, 2011, 05:53:41 pm
So happy to see this, I think that the effect of the new scarcity of land for both sides will either cause a crossing or really aggressive domination of both sides via. warfare.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: justjr on September 10, 2011, 05:58:54 pm
Yeah, I vote for a LA server :CRY:
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Varyag on September 10, 2011, 05:59:09 pm
Quote
Can't remember version.

I think Zendar was removed from M&B beta since 8.0 ...3 years ago...
Can't believe I play M&B since 2005...
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Snickers on September 10, 2011, 06:03:16 pm
This is whats gonna happen, the bigger NA clans will take the 30% of the map (all of the NA land), then the smaller clans will have to move into EU territory and get roflstomped; But when it come to EU everyone gets to keep the land they want, even the smaller clans.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: VVarlord on September 10, 2011, 06:06:46 pm
So happy to see this, I think that the effect of the new scarcity of land for both sides will either cause a crossing or really aggressive domination of both sides via. warfare.

And we get to smash our faces against each others all over again!
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Dehitay on September 10, 2011, 06:07:49 pm
I feel like a total douche for being in an international clan and not being effected on the outcome of what the split ratio is.

It feels good man, it feels good...
Actually, if chadz does make 70% of the map EU, Fallen will likely get pushed past the border towards the EU side. Which means EU ping for a lot of Fallen battles

So happy to see this, I think that the effect of the new scarcity of land for both sides will either cause a crossing or really aggressive domination of both sides via. warfare.
Likewise, only NA would have a scarcity of land. EU can be even more peaceful than they were in the just finished version of Strat
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: HarunYahya on September 10, 2011, 06:09:12 pm
Small clans wouldn't be able to parcipate strategus again ...
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Tears of Destiny on September 10, 2011, 06:09:59 pm
So happy to see this, I think that the effect of the new scarcity of land for both sides will either cause a crossing or really aggressive domination of both sides via. warfare.

So... you think that the effect will cause... the same thing that the NA side was experiencing all along in the desert and surrounding area? Okay, probably yeah, considering NA are a bunch of blood thirsty never dull warmongers. Meanwhile EU will be even more peaceful then before!
Actually, if chadz does make 70% of the map EU, Fallen will likely get pushed past the border towards the EU side. Which means EU ping for a lot of Fallen battles
Maybe we can straddle a border. that would work very well for us.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: The_Angle on September 10, 2011, 06:16:10 pm
I don't know about that, I saw more than a handful of European clans down in Afgoonistan back in beginning times.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Tears of Destiny on September 10, 2011, 06:18:05 pm
Oh Yes, the right side and middle of the map was very active, but it seemed like for the entire strat, the left side was busy... having wild naked parites?
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: VVarlord on September 10, 2011, 06:19:05 pm
Oh Yes, the right side and middle of the map was very active, but it seemed like for the entire strat, the left side was busy... having wild naked parites?

Worshipping donkeys.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: The_Angle on September 10, 2011, 06:19:25 pm
I think whole southern area was quite a hotspot in itself, while yes the activity in the Eastern part of the Desert were alittle bit more peaceful.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Tears of Destiny on September 10, 2011, 06:20:13 pm
I think whole southern area was quite a hotspot in itself, while yes the activity in the Eastern part of the Desert were alittle bit more peaceful.


I meant the entire Caldradian Map.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: The_Angle on September 10, 2011, 06:21:42 pm
Oh- nevermind me then.  :oops:
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: SPQR on September 10, 2011, 06:27:10 pm
A big reason that NA clans had to fight so much is because aside from NE and LLJK, most NA clans didn't have any inherited claims from last strategus unlike many EU clans, so they had to try and force their way in somewhere. Of course, if the NA side of the map is too small we're going to have the exact same problem.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Lichen on September 10, 2011, 06:27:44 pm
I would like to see things like blacksmith, messenger, thief, etc who can all do various things to effect and add depth to the gameworld as well. Also the ability to get paid in crpg gold for things/actions/goods sold etc done in strategus would be a huge motivation to play.

What of the clanless, neutral stragglers?

Are we bound to sell our hard-earned every-hour gold and troops to the highest bidder out there? (Not that I have an objection for making easy cRPG gold :P)
There should be a way to do that directly within strategus.

edit:
If the economy works, I'm thinking of allowing transferring money out of strat into crpg so you neutral people can profit from it, too.
Yes, please!
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Rikthor on September 10, 2011, 06:41:58 pm
I don't know about that, I saw more than a handful of European clans down in Afgoonistan back in beginning times.

Because Shogunate and company thought they could simply wipe us all off the map since we are so awful at the game.

(click to show/hide)

I agree with the wipe, that was needed. This percentage based land distribution not so much.  It's easy enough to game polls, I mean like what happened with Nuffen when clans started trying to get everyone they could to vote Nuffen out. Same thing when the NA Strat servers came up, with Ecko running to every vent and TS to get people to vote for his poll. 65/35% Eu/Na split, based on okiN's comment, seems a pretty bad split when you take into the activity level in strat of the Eu and NA clans.  Also seems like there will need to be something done to help small clans based on what has been said so far.

Look forward to seeing the new changes.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Tears of Destiny on September 10, 2011, 06:44:52 pm
Speaking of which, make Nuffen admin again.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Malaclypse on September 10, 2011, 06:48:23 pm
The poll is broken. Right now it only gives the option of "I would rather play on x, because x gives me better pings". It does not give the option of "I prefer to play on y, because y gives me worse pings". Please add two more options to the poll.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: chadz on September 10, 2011, 06:48:37 pm
I can't really think of a better way of deciding in what percentage the map should be split.

Also, mirroring the map (which won't happen for now due to technical reasons) does not solve this problem, because the percentage would still have to make sense. Because otherwise one region would be way emptier than the other, and that's unfair for those who happen to be in the region that's packed. That might even force people to go to the other side, just because it's less populated, which renders the whole idea of splitting the map useless.

tl;dr: find me a better way to decide in what percentage to split strategus. But something that can be calculated, not just some gut feeling.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Panoply on September 10, 2011, 06:49:49 pm
Is the poll necessary? Wouldn't you get a better gauge by looking at all the active players in the latest Strategus and seeing what their defense server settings were?

Also, I'm excited to see what you're going to roll out with in this new Strategus.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Tomas on September 10, 2011, 06:49:58 pm
The point is that every continent should have the same space per player. When there are 70% euros and 30% NAs, it would fuck the balance to give every side 50%. It would mean that the NA place is easier because you have less enemies.

I think you need a neutral zone where the defender still picks the server. 

The main thing it would do is allow Strat to react dynamically to fluctuation in player base.   For instance, if in in 3 months time there is a random surge of NA players, they will have the opportunity to effectively expand the NA side of the map and reduce the EU side.  The same will also be true for EU pop surges.

I think it will cause less headaches in the long run too.

EDIT:

tl;dr: find me a better way to decide in what percentage to split strategus. But something that can be calculated, not just some gut feeling.

I think a neutral zone is the better way.  It means you don't have to be accurate in the split.  If the NA area ends up over populated compared to EU then theoretically they will be able to use that power to gain more of the neutral zone.

 
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: chadz on September 10, 2011, 06:57:52 pm
well, a way to convert border fiefs to your timezone could be a possibility. it's also something I thought about before, so I'm not punishing the "stronger continent"
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: SPQR on September 10, 2011, 07:05:47 pm
I can't really think of a better way of deciding in what percentage the map should be split.

Also, mirroring the map (which won't happen for now due to technical reasons) does not solve this problem, because the percentage would still have to make sense. Because otherwise one region would be way emptier than the other, and that's unfair for those who happen to be in the region that's packed. That might even force people to go to the other side, just because it's less populated, which renders the whole idea of splitting the map useless.

tl;dr: find me a better way to decide in what percentage to split strategus. But something that can be calculated, not just some gut feeling.

I don't think it can be overstated just how over-crowded strategus is.

Consider how many clans had land at the beginning of the last strategus (30-40 clans) vs. how many had land at the end (maybe 15). The fact of the matter is large clans need almost an entire native faction's territory to have enough recruiting space for their players. Small clans will be forced out the same way they were before unless the map is expanded and clan-less players will still be forced out of every region.

If mirroring the entire map would make too much space, then chop off a proportional amount of the mirrored map so it fits the playerbase, but the strategus map absolutely needs to be expanded at least some.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Panoply on September 10, 2011, 07:12:36 pm
I think many of us would like to keep things in Calradia, and not Calradia and a quarter of some weird mirrored Calradia. That said, the map is overcrowded.

You could solve the recruitment problem by lessening the effect that more players in a fief has on recruit chances and gold/hour. More players can sit in a fief and recruit at reasonable rates, so each clan needs less fiefs.

It would be nice in general if more people could be fief owner. I'm not sure how practical it is to add more villages or make more "mini-fiefs".
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Keshian on September 10, 2011, 07:13:11 pm
Why not a mirrored map? EU west in Calradia, NA east in Aidarlac  :mrgreen: or visa verse?

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You could even mirror names, so every town is unique  :D

That is a beautiful way of handling it.  It actually looks like a continent then instead of a cutout.  Really would enjoy trying that.  And if you felt courageous for high profits you could bring caravans from opoosite sides of the map crossing into bad ping area for maximum profits.  But that mirror image would eb so ideal, probably the best startegus idea so far for making it more fun for everybody.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: VVarlord on September 10, 2011, 07:14:39 pm
Cant something be done about the precentage of people in a clan towards the percentage of recruiting in a village?

The less people in the faction on strat the better the percentage of recruitment vs the more members in a clan and the percentage drops.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Snickers on September 10, 2011, 07:15:12 pm
I can't really think of a better way of deciding in what percentage the map should be split.

Also, mirroring the map (which won't happen for now due to technical reasons) does not solve this problem, because the percentage would still have to make sense. Because otherwise one region would be way emptier than the other, and that's unfair for those who happen to be in the region that's packed. That might even force people to go to the other side, just because it's less populated, which renders the whole idea of splitting the map useless.

tl;dr: find me a better way to decide in what percentage to split strategus. But something that can be calculated, not just some gut feeling.

If you split the map 50/50 I doubt that one gonna be emptier than the other because, there are so many clans in NA that don't have any fiefs, so surely all the land would be taken and there are sufficient amounts of enemy for everybody.

I say NA gets 35% and EU gets 40% and 25% being neutral and you can change the server base.

I'm here trying to find a solution which is fair,  and being as unbiased as possible. In all my post i'm not pushing NA to have any advantage, just trying to make it fair.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: Keshian on September 10, 2011, 07:15:18 pm
Actually, if it's strictly all Sarranid and Khergit fiefs foing to NA, then you get 36% of towns. That should be plenty, because no matter what you keep saying, NA is not 50% of the player base. chadz has posted the data before, you're just raging because you got what your fair share instead of what you wanted.

If you take out the leaders who control the cd keys of their members and the mutiple cd keys, yes NA is equal, we are just less likely to do this or allow others to do this with our cd key when we are inactive.

Its also why I think the poll will be inaccurate - EU leaders of clans just log into all their cd keys and their inactive memebrs cd keys forum accounts and vote, whereas NA actually votes 1 for 1 with the people actually active and playing.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features and closed beta
Post by: VVarlord on September 10, 2011, 07:16:18 pm

I say NA gets 35% and EU gets 40% and 25% being neutral and you can change the server base.


This also could work maybe?


If you take out the leaders who control the cd keys of their members and the mutiple cd keys, yes NA is equal, we are just less likely to do this or allow others to do this with our cd key when we are inactive.

Whiney bitch is back.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Cicero on September 10, 2011, 07:17:01 pm
well, a way to convert border fiefs to your timezone could be a possibility. it's also something I thought about before, so I'm not punishing the "stronger continent"
what about just punishing people that will travel between two regions.Like make them teleported if EU player gonna move in NA region
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: [ptx] on September 10, 2011, 07:17:13 pm
NA clannies sure think highly of themselves :lol:

It is easy to make wars, when you don't have to expect an opposition made up of an intricate web of alliances, with players numbering in the hundreds, whenever you feel like making a move :wink:

Also, EU guys being clanless, without an interest in strat? Seriously? I tried recruiting players for a little something, something not so long ago, practically every non-new player, even those without any tag, was already in a clan.

Also, Keshian, u mad?
keep posting that shit, i don't understand how you come up with it
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: VVarlord on September 10, 2011, 07:18:38 pm
Also, Keshian, u mad?

Furious. Excuses coming out for losing.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: The_Devious_Duc_Volpe on September 10, 2011, 07:19:58 pm
My only comment is this: chadz, im glad to see you taking an interest in the game again. (or at least showing how much you care for you love child on the forums) For a while I was scared that this game would slowly dwindle and die...and that prospect made me extremely depressed.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: The_Angle on September 10, 2011, 07:20:19 pm
Because Shogunate and company thought they could simply wipe us all off the map since we are so awful at the game.

(click to show/hide)


LLJK Paranoia, uh oh spaghettio.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: kukufarikki on September 10, 2011, 07:23:47 pm
LLJK Paranoia, uh oh spaghettio.

you will lose again
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Rikthor on September 10, 2011, 07:28:06 pm
LLJK Paranoia, uh oh spaghettio.

This wasn't paranoia, this was their stated intention in a recording we made of their secret TS meetings with clans that they wanted to give the land to like Sea Raiders, etc. Sorry. Try to keep this on topic though.

I personally like the idea of a Eu/Neutral/Na split where fiefs, etc. taken in the neutral zone get set to the clan's default timezone. No clue how tough that is to code but if the mirrored map idea is out, that would be my vote.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Keshian on September 10, 2011, 07:39:56 pm
I can't really think of a better way of deciding in what percentage the map should be split.

Also, mirroring the map (which won't happen for now due to technical reasons) does not solve this problem, because the percentage would still have to make sense. Because otherwise one region would be way emptier than the other, and that's unfair for those who happen to be in the region that's packed. That might even force people to go to the other side, just because it's less populated, which renders the whole idea of splitting the map useless.

tl;dr: find me a better way to decide in what percentage to split strategus. But something that can be calculated, not just some gut feeling.

Strategus 2.0 was 3x more crowded than 1.0 and only growing more populated.  Makign twicea s much spacea nd it would still be very crowded allowing for plenty of fights, but when you keep it his small it actually reduces the activity because only 1/5th the clans can have access to owning a fief allowing them a capacity to fight near equal parity with fiefed clans and eventually 1-2 alliances own most of the fiefs instead of a constant vying back and forth between many small clans across many fiefs more simialr to the first half of Strategus 1.0. 

If you looked at the activity level and not just population you would note that NA community more active.  My clan had 90+ battles in Startegus 2.0 and only 50 active members, whereas there were several EU clans that had 2x to 3x our numbers that might have fought 15-20 battles at most and most of those were against neutral fiefs because other than leaders logging into their members cd keys, they were mostly inactive players (just look at the account sharing thread, account sharing is rampant in EU).

So maybe look at how often NA members logged into Strategus v. EU players and not just the numbers. Basically measure how many hours NA community members were logged into Strategus v. EU (you can tell by looking at what their favored settings were set to).


P.S.  Also, if doing a split make the West NA, this last version all the NA players were on the Eastern,middle, nothern, and Southern areas.  If you dont change it up , all the EU clans thata re boring will just go back to their "ancestral" and highly predictable claims instead of actually fighting.  Whereas NA will fight regardless, those EU clans might actually fight when they dont have set lands to claim anymore and its more of a first-come first-serve basis.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: arowaine on September 10, 2011, 08:11:53 pm
the big fact of all this is making people vote yeah but it is hard. There about 60% of the NA comunity that just never come on the forum cause waist of time,and there maybe 40% of the EU that do not speak english at all.But i agree we need to make it fair for both. Hope everyone will vote. Also the split will be well done hehe. yeah also what we do for the clan that are in 2 time zone Eu and Na ????
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Tomas on September 10, 2011, 08:11:57 pm
well, a way to convert border fiefs to your timezone could be a possibility. it's also something I thought about before, so I'm not punishing the "stronger continent"

That would work instead of a neutral zone so i'll be happy if you do it :)
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Dalhi on September 10, 2011, 08:19:41 pm
Keshian I understand your anger, but talking that NA has nearly same player base as EU is just bollocks, well I've noticed that in last 3 months servers are not as populated as they were eralier but still just close look at amount of players in EU and NA servers (of course I'm talking about usuall playing time for NA and EU), EU have nearly twice more players. Also you can't just say that account sharing has singificly increased players activity in strategus... lol. Even if things like that happend whose players didn't just disapeard or didn;t came from nowhere, they were somehow active. ALso keep it in mind that not everyone used it to simplify and to make transfering gold/troops faster.

And this:

you can tell by looking at what their favored settings were set to).

2680 players have their server set to EU,
772 have their server set to NA.

Besides whose facts I wouldn't mind splitting the strategus into the two worlds for NA and EU, playing with 150-200 ping is just bullshit... but I remember battle that I participated in NA server where EU players won with 1.4 K/d ratio... or so.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Cathaoir on September 10, 2011, 08:22:59 pm
- NA and EU will get their separate region in the map, so server selection will be based on the nearest fief, not on the defenders choice

Thats going to be epic.

Hopefully the trolls subside enough for Continent wide alliances to form.

eventually it'll be an Army of NA B.E.C. my old friends vs. an Army of EU shield pussies
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: SPQR on September 10, 2011, 08:25:56 pm
Keshian I understand your anger, but talking that NA has nearly same player base as EU is just bollocks, well I've noticed that in last 3 months servers are not as populated as they were eralier but still just close look at amount of players in EU and NA servers (of course I'm talking about usuall playing time for NA and EU), EU have nearly twice more players. Also you can't just say that account sharing has singificly increased players activity in strategus... lol. Even if things like that happend whose players didn't just disapeard or didn;t came from nowhere, they were somehow active. ALso keep it in mind that not everyone used it to simplify and to make transfering gold/troops faster.

And this:
Quote from: chadz
2680 players have their server set to EU,
772 have their server set to NA.

I don't think we can use this as a fair estimate since it is set to EU server by default and I'm sure there are absolutely tons of random dudes who never bothered to pick a server preference.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Keshian on September 10, 2011, 08:30:53 pm


I don't think we can use this as a fair estimate since it is set to EU server by default and I'm sure there are absolutely tons of random dudes who never bothered to pick a server preference.

Thats why you take those numebrs and see how often and how long those memebrs were logged into strategus, you would find much closer to 50/50 because half those EU were just inactives that had never switched their strategus settings from the default.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Dalhi on September 10, 2011, 08:34:36 pm
Even if half of whose players didn't set their servers preferences it's not any close to 50/50 (I guess that half of whose "undecided" are EU)

I don't see the point in voting (any way i did) i think the strat map should just be cut in half one side EU the other NA.

keep all the new stuff chadz added, but just do a 50% 50% split.
Basicly I agree with it, as I mentioned before I would love to see two seperate worlds for NA and EU if it's possible of course.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Shadowren on September 10, 2011, 08:35:13 pm
I don't see the point in voting (any way i did) i think the strat map should just be cut in half one side EU the other NA.

keep all the new stuff chadz added, but just do a 50% 50% split.

That will make it all even and there wont be as much trolling about the subject.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Kophka on September 10, 2011, 08:37:14 pm
Poll makes sense, since if 80% of the people planning on playing strategus/reading the forums about it are from EU, it would suck to have only 50% representation on the map, yeah? Same if the majority are from NA.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Slantedfloors on September 10, 2011, 08:39:40 pm
Poll makes sense, since if 80% of the people planning on playing strategus/reading the forums about it are from EU, it would suck to have only 50% representation on the map, yeah? Same if the majority are from NA.
How many of those EU clans and players play the game? From what I've seen, a huge majority of EU Strategus territory is occupied by clans who never actually do anything. They just grab a huge patch of fiefs and then sit there doing nothing.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Dehitay on September 10, 2011, 08:43:13 pm
I say make the mirror map to increase the size of fiefs and then just jam a neutral zone down the middle third where server preference is set by fief owners
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Tears of Destiny on September 10, 2011, 08:43:43 pm
How many of those EU clans and players play the game? From what I've seen, a huge majority of EU Strategus territory is occupied by clans who never actually do anything. They just grab a huge patch of fiefs and then sit there.

Maybe they were bidding their time like NE was.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Slantedfloors on September 10, 2011, 08:45:29 pm
Maybe they were bidding their time like NE was.
Which is great for them, but in actuality just takes up space from other smaller or more dynamic clans that actually want to fight battles.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: ABCF on September 10, 2011, 08:55:40 pm
eu should have no servers at first.  i heard they're really good at going in and conquering countries only to leave them to die.

ziiiiiiing
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Overdriven on September 10, 2011, 08:56:41 pm
Which is great for them, but in actuality just takes up space from other smaller or more dynamic clans that actually want to fight battles.

There are ways of smaller clans talking to larger clans to gain lands and thus gaining a foot hold  :rolleyes:

I think whole southern area was quite a hotspot in itself, while yes the activity in the Eastern part of the Desert were alittle bit more peaceful.

Eastern part was peaceful? It changed hands like what...4 times?

Edit:

The map definitely needs to be bigger though. There's simply to many people crammed into the area. The amount of landless clans floating around was ridiculous.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Keshian on September 10, 2011, 09:05:17 pm

The map definitely needs to be bigger though. There's simply to many people crammed into the area. The amount of landless clans floating around was ridiculous.

Absolutely, I would rather have chadz just figure out how to make the map bigger and create a new randomized location bigger map than develop all these new features.  There is a lot of fun already and the main thing its lacking right now is SPACE for such a large community, part of why these EU/NA land splits are so heated.  Yes, it should be a little crowded for jockeying back and forth and creating wars, but this is beyond ridiculous how compressed it is right now for the player base and clan base size.  We need a map with at least 50% more fiefs. The easiest way sounds like the mirror and even mirroring the names and just use the same fief map for the battles.  Its not the end of the world to have each map be used by 2 fiefs in a BETA.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Overdriven on September 10, 2011, 09:09:27 pm
O and I'm not sure how accurate this poll will be. I know for a fact that a lot of GK never use the forums, and no matter how important I tell them this is, I doubt they will sign up just to vote in a poll. Isn't there any other to gage this?
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Slantedfloors on September 10, 2011, 09:10:38 pm
All this talk of player percentages is worthless without actually figuring out who actually plays the game, and who just blobs up in giant alliances and never does anything.

There are ways of smaller clans talking to larger clans to gain lands and thus gaining a foot hold  :rolleyes:
Yes, well not all of us can just ask Fallen nicely and receive fiefs without having to do any actual fighting.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Overdriven on September 10, 2011, 09:11:52 pm
Yes, well not all of us can just ask Fallen nicely and receive fiefs without having to do any actual fighting.

Hmm yes because we never ever signed up for their battles, supplied troops and helped in wars  :| Fact is, small clans should take a fief early and use it as a bargaining chip.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Matey on September 10, 2011, 09:20:31 pm
Just a thought to add some more fuel to the Paranoia fire... what about all the people who have 2+ accounts and are going to vote multiple times for their preference? also, the previous stats that show X set EU and X set NA is highly innacurate... many NA players had their settings as EU all the way to end of strat because they never knew to change it from the DEFAULT setting. P.S. wont the EU side just ally all togther and crush the few EU clans who try to stand out and then sit around and be friends? Give NA a lil more room to tango.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Overdriven on September 10, 2011, 09:22:29 pm
Just a thought to add some more fuel to the Paranoia fire... what about all the people who have 2+ accounts and are going to vote multiple times for their preference? also, the previous stats that show X set EU and X set NA is highly innacurate... many NA players had their settings as EU all the way to end of strat because they never knew to change it from the DEFAULT setting. P.S. wont the EU side just ally all togther and crush the few EU clans who try to stand out and then sit around and be friends? Give NA a lil more room to tango.

Then they will go and crush each NA clan one by one whilst they wage war with each other. Then it'll just be EU only as all those clans will kick NA players out of their fiefs if they try and enter.

I wish.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Slantedfloors on September 10, 2011, 09:29:06 pm
Then they will go and crush each NA clan one by one whilst they wage war with each other. Then it'll just be EU only as all those clans will kick NA players out of their fiefs if they try and enter.
I've been completely unimpressed with the vast majority of EU clan's fighting abilities, and I'm making it my goal to ensure the reverse of this happens.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Overdriven on September 10, 2011, 09:30:12 pm
I've been completely unimpressed with the vast majority of EU clan's fighting abilities, and I'm making it my goal to ensure the reverse of this happens.

So despite all the bitching from NA about EU mass alliances...you're going to make sure NA do the same?
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Slantedfloors on September 10, 2011, 09:31:24 pm
So despite all the bitching from NA about EU mass alliances...you're going to make sure NA do the same?
Yes. My hatred of 90% of EU clans supersedes my hatred of giant alliances. I'll be sure to mention the irony of the situation in my victory speech.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Overdriven on September 10, 2011, 09:32:35 pm
Yes. My hatred of EU bitching and moaning supersedes my hatred of giant alliances.

I see we are going to have to build a great wall along the border. Mind you, technically we should be the ones crossing it :|
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Thucydides on September 10, 2011, 10:31:42 pm
Due to several new features and the fact that people do nothing else in strategus right now other than trying to break it for the sake of it (warning: exaggeration), strategus will be wiped, placed on hold for 7 days for internal testing, and packed with new features.

To sweeten the wait (and the rage), here's the feature list

 - geography influences movement speed or blocks it altogether ( and maybe other things, too)
 - you can buy and sell goods from fiefs that bring more profit the further you travel - fief owners
 - NA and EU will get their separate region in the map, so server selection will be based on the nearest fief, not on the defenders choice
- hopefully a few other more-or-less minor things

YES finally a reason for me to move around strat instead of standing around outside of a fief for days on end
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Hisagi on September 10, 2011, 10:49:21 pm
I agree with Slanted. Just because a lot of euro clans can zerg NA doesn't mean it makes them better nor should they have the advantage. Hell, if anything, the "better" side should have the disadvantage. Rather than making us newby NA have to fight Euros on Euro servers 90% of the time, make those pros fight us on our turf. Seems fair to me.

"Pros"
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Gingerpussy on September 10, 2011, 11:27:24 pm

why do people keep telling me what's easy to implement.  :(
Because duplicating stuff, like Ada kulun 1 and 2 and same with the map file and in your data bases should not be hard to do. I am not saying its not labor-some  but all duplicating is easier then remaking probably.

Pluses is:
Community want it
Community stop bitching about split and percentage
Large map
not overcrowded
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: BalrogBoru on September 10, 2011, 11:49:00 pm
Maybe this has been answered already but why aren't Eu and NA strat separate?

Like http://strategus.c-rpg.net/EU/index.php | http://strategus.c-rpg.net/NA/index.php

Hosted separately.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Matey on September 11, 2011, 12:02:19 am
really do need more land. i dont wanna see the EU super friend alliance holding 70% of the map then deciding to crush the war torn NA region.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: dynamike on September 11, 2011, 12:06:16 am
To get back on topic...

Suggestion: dynamic timezones.

Start with the split percentage you determine, chadz, plus a neutral zone in the middle. Then provide ALL fief owners with the ability to set the timezone for their fiefs. Indicate the time zone a fief belongs to on the map.

This way timezones will be able to shift and will automatically reflect the EU/NA split. When a timezone is saturated, clans will likely go out of their timezones and try to grab some more land for their continent. On the other hand, timezones big enough for the number of players will not have a reason to expand outside of it.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Matey on September 11, 2011, 12:13:19 am
i dunno... personally i would like to see the split be permanent enough to make it impractical for EU to war NA and for NA to war EU. a lot of the ideas in this thread would just encourage all NA and EU to group up to fight each other. the whole point of a split is so that there is not any real reason to go fight on shit ping or at shit hours.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: hotcobbler on September 11, 2011, 12:26:14 am
Can anyone explain why this is being done through a forum poll and not by looking at the demographics from the Strat database? It seems like that would be a much more logical route.

Not trolling, serious question here.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: MaHuD on September 11, 2011, 12:47:26 am
@hotcobbler, this is for upcoming players aswell and also people may not play anymore.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Banok on September 11, 2011, 02:24:41 am
I can't really think of a better way of deciding in what percentage the map should be split.

Also, mirroring the map (which won't happen for now due to technical reasons) does not solve this problem, because the percentage would still have to make sense. Because otherwise one region would be way emptier than the other, and that's unfair for those who happen to be in the region that's packed. That might even force people to go to the other side, just because it's less populated, which renders the whole idea of splitting the map useless.

tl;dr: find me a better way to decide in what percentage to split strategus. But something that can be calculated, not just some gut feeling.

cant you just use eu vs na server statistics? I mean not that many of the players will come vote in this thread.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Varyag on September 11, 2011, 03:39:20 am
I believe chadz will have a look at both forum poll results as well as strat and crpg databases before making decisions
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Damatacus_ATS on September 11, 2011, 04:09:12 am
Yay strat wipe!!!
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: BalrogBoru on September 11, 2011, 07:09:58 am
That being said, a forum poll will only show which side is currently most active on the forums. It probably won't reflect strategus and imho we should just have separate NA and EU strat servers anyway.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: PhantomZero on September 11, 2011, 07:34:54 am
The more sources of data to assess the amount of NA players over EU the better.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Gnjus on September 11, 2011, 09:12:30 am
What this mod desperately needs is to be brought down completely (even the battle servers), for a period of 2-3 weeks, maybe even a month, and getting intensively worked on (the Strategos part at least). People are way too itchy, nervous, blinded and addicted so this would be a perfect rest & refreshment from the game. Then, after this time expires, you give 'em a new, better version of Strat with numerous bug fixes, new map and all that, accompanied by a full database wipe so everyone gets a new fresh start and things become very interesting again. That's  the only proper way of handling it, if you keep listening to no-life grinders who just wanna keep their "hard earned" virtual generations/looms/whatever you'll never get it right. That's just my opinion, I'm not getting into any arguments here.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Serfonz on September 11, 2011, 10:33:41 am
What this mod desperately needs is to be brought down completely (even the battle servers), for a period of 2-3 weeks, maybe even a month, and getting intensively worked on (the Strategos part at least). People are way too itchy, nervous, blinded and addicted so this would be a perfect rest & refreshment from the game. Then, after this time expires, you give 'em a new, better version of Strat with numerous bug fixes, new map and all that, accompanied by a full database wipe so everyone gets a new fresh start and things become very interesting again. That's  the only proper way of handling it, if you keep listening to no-life grinders who just wanna keep their "hard earned" virtual generations/looms/whatever you'll never get it right. That's just my opinion, I'm not getting into any arguments here.

I have like 1500 hours played on Warband and that is 95% cRPG and I support this long nosed beautiful man. Down time to get everything sorted and just have the beta testers testing, then clear absolutely everything and hit the big start button.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: MaHuD on September 11, 2011, 10:59:17 am
What about the Asian people!
Since we are all whining about Americans now, we should not be racsist and leave the Asian people with nothing!
visitors can't see pics , please register or login

This guy has rights to, you know!
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Matey on September 11, 2011, 11:24:07 am
wiegraf is the crpg ambassador to asia
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: FICO on September 11, 2011, 12:59:58 pm
i don't now if it's possible, but i think it would be actually fun:

make new strat map consisting of two continents which will represent europe and america. each continent has it's time. you can travel to other continent and try to colonize it, but you have to build expensive ships, lose lot of army on a long journey at sea and fight in different time zone (and server). colonization is dangerous and expensive  :D
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Gingerpussy on September 11, 2011, 01:26:36 pm
Here is a new map i found that fits the NA community.

(click to show/hide)

and get them some archers and a bunch of AI horsearchers as well.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Dehitay on September 11, 2011, 02:19:36 pm
Here is a new map i found that fits the NA community.

(click to show/hide)

and get them some archers and a bunch of AI horsearchers as well.

Another person who thinks Canada doesn't matter. Nor Mexico or the central American countries, but they don't speak English as a primary language.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: ManOfWar on September 11, 2011, 05:08:05 pm
Here is a new map i found that fits the NA community.

(click to show/hide)

and get them some archers and a bunch of AI horsearchers as well.

hah we kicked them injins out before, well do it again
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Keshian on September 11, 2011, 05:10:26 pm
hah we kicked them injins out before, well do it again

Maybe we should make the Californian settlements into a Chinese ping server.  Wait till you try to fight for those places with 330 ping  :twisted: .
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: hotcobbler on September 11, 2011, 05:10:52 pm
What this mod desperately needs is to be brought down completely (even the battle servers), for a period of 2-3 weeks, maybe even a month, and getting intensively worked on (the Strategos part at least). People are way too itchy, nervous, blinded and addicted so this would be a perfect rest & refreshment from the game. Then, after this time expires, you give 'em a new, better version of Strat with numerous bug fixes, new map and all that, accompanied by a full database wipe so everyone gets a new fresh start and things become very interesting again. That's  the only proper way of handling it, if you keep listening to no-life grinders who just wanna keep their "hard earned" virtual generations/looms/whatever you'll never get it right. That's just my opinion, I'm not getting into any arguments here.

I get what you're saying, but a game of this kind can only really be tested under "real world" conditions. Sure, you have the beta testers for the first rounds of testing, but you never know what will happen until the players get ahold of it. You need to have both in order to know what works and what doesn't.

Like it or not, we're all 2nd round beta testers. chadz and co. have no obligation to do any of this work, so I'm willing to be a part of the guinea pig machine in order to get it right.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Tears of Destiny on September 12, 2011, 12:08:48 am
Because Canada does not exist  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Joseph on September 12, 2011, 04:21:20 am
really do need more land. i dont wanna see the EU super friend alliance holding 70% of the map then deciding to crush the war torn NA region.

We (Greece) Shall hold them (Persia) out !
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Tomas on September 12, 2011, 01:32:43 pm
What's the actual aim of the EU/NA split?

If it is just about promoting EUvsEU/NAvsNA and discouraging EUvsNA then i'm not sure a split will be enough.  There's plenty of people out there for hire that mean an EU clan could attack an NA fief and hire NA fighters to do the work.  Or vice versa.  An EU/NA alliance could also be really overpowered as if attacking an NA clan, the EU ally can attack using the NA ally's members for the battle, whilst the NA clan being attacked can't easily attack the EU clan back without an EU ally of their own.

I can think of a few solutions to this that might help.   Personally i'd like to see them all.

1)  Force clans to have a max of 25% of their roster filled by non clan members when attacking.  I don't think this should be applied to the defending army's roster as it would serverely hamper small clans abilities to hold onto land.

2)  Severely tax the transfer of troops from 1 clan to another.  I'd say this should happen anyway as it discourages silent partners in wars.  Before anybody complains you will still be able to make deals for troops if you just factor the tax into the negotitions.

3)  First of all, code the game so that whenever you take a fief you can pick either the server of the closest fief or the server of the 2nd closest fief to be the server of the newly captured fief.  If both these 2 closest fiefs have the same server then obviously there won't be any choice in the matter.  If they are different, you get a choice but once you have picked there is a 1 week cooling off period before you can change it.  This makes the border between EU and NA slightly dynamic which allows the game to react to changes in NA/EU population.

However, in order to make this a less favourable option than staying on your own side of the divide I suggest doubling troop upkeep for armies that are closer to a fief that has a different server from that of the closest fief owned by the army's clan.  Bit of a difficult one to explian so i'll give an example. 

Say that Yalibe is EU and Reindi Castle is NA.  If the EU clan wants to attack Reindi Castle then once they get closer to Reindi Castle than Yalibe, they will have to pay double upkeep.  If the EU clans decides this is fine, proceeds with the attack and takes Reindi Castle then they will be able to choose which server they want to set the castle to.  They get this choice because Yalibe is the 2nd closest fief and it is EU, whilst Ehlerdah is the closest fief and is NA.

If the clan decides to set Reindi to EU then the double upkeep rule will still apply if they decide to push on and try to take another NA fief.  If however they decide to keep Reindi Castle as NA then they will be able to push on without worrying about double upkeep so long as Reindi remains in their possession.

This rule is complicated because it is the only way I can think of to implement any kind of increased upkeep rule without punishing clans with both NA and EU members.

Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Flawless on September 12, 2011, 04:33:36 pm
The only real solution is a separate continent. The issue with NA vs EU is the time difference and ping difference. Na and Eu players have to fight a horrible times(4 am or 1 pm anyone who has to work or has school cant do this) to fight each other and most use that to their advantage and do it on purpose. The Ping difference provides one side with a tremendous advantage also. Manual blocking is very difficult with 180+ ping. So most sides adapted to a ranged strategy when on bad ping OR enlisting an EU clan to help. But a third issue is that strat is over populated as it is now. The seperate continent would provide some space for small clans to be active and even solo players to have some fun instead of being pushed out by all the 50+ member clans.

So, I ask that in the final strat we have a separate continent!
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Draggon on September 13, 2011, 03:43:26 pm
The only real solution is a separate continent. The issue with NA vs EU is the time difference and ping difference. Na and Eu players have to fight a horrible times(4 am or 1 pm anyone who has to work or has school cant do this) to fight each other and most use that to their advantage and do it on purpose. The Ping difference provides one side with a tremendous advantage also. Manual blocking is very difficult with 180+ ping. So most sides adapted to a ranged strategy when on bad ping OR enlisting an EU clan to help. But a third issue is that strat is over populated as it is now. The seperate continent would provide some space for small clans to be active and even solo players to have some fun instead of being pushed out by all the 50+ member clans.

So, I ask that in the final strat we have a separate continent!
^ This x2.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: chadz on September 13, 2011, 03:45:29 pm
Not this.

It would just benefit the smaller continent. (if you were referring to two continents of the same size).
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Flawless on September 13, 2011, 04:20:18 pm
Not this.

It would just benefit the smaller continent. (if you were referring to two continents of the same size).
Im thinking more along the lines of almost two separate strats. So continents that are unable to interact. 
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: chadz on September 13, 2011, 04:26:29 pm
yeah.

That's not possible, because why should the smaller continent have an advantage (of having more space)
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: [ptx] on September 13, 2011, 04:33:19 pm
What does it matter, really? What will be unbalanced so much by that?
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: marco1391 on September 13, 2011, 04:42:17 pm
just saying, I agree completely with splitting the timezones and give some lands to eu battle server and some other to na battle server(I would like also neutral zones in the line between na and eu btw with the current sistem)but imo having one strategus per country would kill part of this game and also limitate the diplomacy metagame
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Keshian on September 13, 2011, 04:53:33 pm
yeah.

That's not possible, because why should the smaller continent have an advantage (of having more space)

If you have a borderlands that can change like you mentioned before, but did it with the mirror image map it wouldn't favor one group over another.  If EU has more ACTIVE members than they would take those borderlands fairly quickly and convert them to EU ping.  Or you could even draw the line a 1/5th of the way into the other half, but the main thing is we really really need more space on the map for the number of players we have.  Right now almost 2/3rds the clans never even had the chance to own so much as one village and by the end only 1/10th the clans even had 1 fief.  COmpact space like that very heavily favors massive clans over smaller clans, whereas more space gives greater power to smaller clans as its harder for larger clans to hold larger spaces.

Plus with the new gold features having more land is not really an advantage as its just more you have to protect with limited amounts of gold.  But it would allow many mid- to small- clans a chance to own a fief, which adds to the diversity of the map instead of only having 16 fief clans because all the advantage goes to 200+ member clans in an overly crowded map.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: chadz on September 13, 2011, 04:57:18 pm
well, more land and fiefs will be done eventually. I actually like the idea of having a different map every strategus wipe (+/- 6 months)

but for now, that's not possible.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Keshian on September 13, 2011, 05:01:49 pm
well, more land and fiefs will be done eventually. I actually like the idea of having a different map every strategus wipe (+/- 6 months)

but for now, that's not possible.

This makes me a sad panda  :cry: .


(But yeah a new map each time would be awesome, get rid of all these silly ideas of old territorial claims that makes people just sit where they shat last time)
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Bjarky on September 13, 2011, 05:04:14 pm
well, more land and fiefs will be done eventually. I actually like the idea of having a different map every strategus wipe (+/- 6 months)

but for now, that's not possible.
This makes me a sad panda  :cry: .
but not the first sentence  :D
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Joseph on September 13, 2011, 05:13:32 pm
I 100% agree with 1 continent, even if two be a good idea, I don't want to wait 4 more months.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: MaHuD on September 13, 2011, 06:34:52 pm
As if every EU clan had fiefs :/
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Jarlek on September 13, 2011, 07:48:59 pm
I 100% agree with 1 continent, even if two be a good idea, I don't want to wait 4 more months.
While two continents would be slightly annoying, having a lots of Island map sometime would be a nice brake. Of course, only if they find and write a nice way for sailing and/or boat battles :D
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Bjarky on September 13, 2011, 07:54:40 pm
yeah it would be a cool thing to have alot of people making different maps and then have a poll about it for the next to come. :D
after this upcoming strat ofc.  :wink:
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: justjr on September 13, 2011, 07:57:15 pm
But we dont need different map for now, maybe in 6 months ^^
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Jarlek on September 13, 2011, 08:01:22 pm
But we dont need different map for now, maybe in 6 months ^^
We are still testing to find bugs, introduce new stuff and the like so of course don't spend time on new maps. But when we DO have an official "release" of strat :D :D :D
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Bjarky on September 13, 2011, 08:47:39 pm
But we dont need different map for now, maybe in 6 months ^^
yeah it would be a cool thing to have alot of people making different maps and then have a poll about it for the next to come. :D
after this upcoming strat ofc.  :wink:
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Thucydides on September 13, 2011, 08:52:05 pm
at this rate CRPG will NEVER BE FINISHED :/
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: MaHuD on September 13, 2011, 09:00:34 pm
I don't mind that, a finished product doesnt get any patches :)
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: pro.fail on September 13, 2011, 09:33:53 pm
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Post by: Anhy on September 13, 2011, 11:15:17 pm
maybe do Europe map ? Calradia its a not true.
after 6 month add any region... USA, Africa, Asia )
This is a good idea. Look at how the Russian clan RED captures Territory in WOT :mrgreen: http://challenge.worldoftanks.ru/uc/clanwars/maps/earth/reg_01/
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: [ptx] on September 13, 2011, 11:18:55 pm
maybe do Europe map ? Calradia its a not true.
after 6 month add any region... USA, Africa, Asia )
This is a good idea. Look at how the Russian clan RED captures Territory in WOT :mrgreen: http://challenge.worldoftanks.ru/uc/clanwars/maps/earth/reg_01/
That is the russian server. I'd be surprised, if something other than a russian clan captured half the world there :lol:
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Serth on September 14, 2011, 12:13:21 am
play on the EU side, the EU_cRPG_3 server gives me better pings

I lold, ping is fine... The ammount of players the server can handle on the other hand... Well, i have a ping of 50 and i lagg like a bitch anyhow...
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Anhy on September 14, 2011, 10:55:35 am
That is the russian server. I'd be surprised, if something other than a russian clan captured half the world there :lol:
shit  :mad:  :mrgreen:
but, european map - its a good idea.
i hate calradia
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Belatu on September 14, 2011, 11:41:35 am
Idea : Leave one hour after conquering one city to determine if that place shall be played in NA server or EU server. After that it cannot be changed

Maybe this is how it has been  for years but you know I am so noob and the only thing I read in this forums are spam forum and what chadz post so I have no clue of how this game works

 8-)
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Tomas on September 14, 2011, 02:06:48 pm
Idea : Leave one hour after conquering one city to determine if that place shall be played in NA server or EU server. After that it cannot be changed

Better to only let poeple change if the server of the 2nd nearest fief is different from that of the nearest fief.  If it is, let people change whenever, but add a 1 week cooldown on changing.

That would only allow changes on the border between EU and NA and stop opportunistic changing to suit situations, but it would still allow felxibility for mixed clans.  I still think more needs to be done to dissuade NA/EU wars though as otherwise we'll see NA and EU clans expanding over the borders before they have taken all the fiefs in their starting server areas which defeats the point of the split.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Valdian on September 14, 2011, 06:19:31 pm
Ya more room for NA players ban those cowards from brd who are causing this wipe
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Tears of Destiny on September 14, 2011, 06:22:32 pm
Ya more room for NA players ban those cowards from brd who are causing this wipe

Going out on a limb here and guessing that the Hospitallers still are mad about the fall?
Your post was not even remotely on topic.  :|
I also don't think BRD can be called cowards if they and the rest of the FCC has more wars and battles then any other clan... *shrugs* You are confusing me good sir, care to elaborate?
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Greziz on September 14, 2011, 10:07:50 pm
I just used a translator on his text.

He said BRD MADE ME BUTTHURT!

But you know how reliable those internet translators are tears.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: JihadistMexican on September 15, 2011, 03:55:04 am
I just used a translator on his text.

He said BRD MADE ME BUTTHURT!

But you know how reliable those internet translators are tears.

they added n00b r4ge to the language list??
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: SchokoSchaf on September 15, 2011, 09:21:04 am
What about all the mystical new features that would give other gameplay options than owning thiefs and mass recruit/hort troops/gold?
Like 70% of the playerbase is EU? Well, shortage of something (e.g. space, resources) produces more thieves, bandits, raiding parties and most of the time new technologies to bypass the shortage.
I guess, if there was more to do, people wouldn't be so eager about owning a thief. Yah, I know that's not true and never gonna happen.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Flawless on September 15, 2011, 06:48:24 pm
Ya more room for NA players ban those cowards from brd who are causing this wipe

Oh. Was that your castle we took?
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Kingtrisp on September 16, 2011, 10:19:48 am
Why is this even happening???  :shock: :shock:

Eu won anyway... :)
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Jarlek on September 16, 2011, 04:46:50 pm
2/3 to EU then. GREAT SUCCESS!

Sorry, NA. Just had to say it. Please don't be mad (except ToD, cause he sexy when he mad :D)
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Keshian on September 16, 2011, 04:50:30 pm
2/3 to EU then. GREAT SUCCESS!

Sorry, NA. Just had to say it. Please don't be mad (except ToD, cause he sexy when he mad :D)

Actually its about 63%, (2/3rds is 66.66% and 3/5ths is 60%, so halfway between the two).  All the multi-account users won and those who log into their clanmates ids win too. :(
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Casimir on September 16, 2011, 04:55:42 pm
obviously only eu do that i guess...
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: VVarlord on September 16, 2011, 04:56:31 pm
Actually its about 63%, (2/3rds is 66.66% and 3/5ths is 60%, so halfway between the two).  All the multi-account users won and those who log into their clanmates ids win too. :(

Dear lord dont you ever stop?
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Keshian on September 16, 2011, 04:58:45 pm
obviously only eu do that i guess...

pretty much

Most NA players come from too independent, non-socialist, capitalist culture to just hand over their cd key info to clanmates after they paid money for that cd key.  Its a capitalist culture thing - very strong sense of personal property and also less likely to subsume yourself to the state (or clan).

I could say the same to you VVarlord
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: VVarlord on September 16, 2011, 05:03:33 pm
Cheese sir? With your whine sir?

If you all listen really closely you can here the smallest violin in the world playing just for kesh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve2dYMeGb3s
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Greziz on September 16, 2011, 05:08:45 pm
My prediction is that the NA fight viciously over their small land area. While the eu clans sprawl out luxuriously over their map side till they get bored with their land and decide to attach their monocles lift their tea cups and say but one word in their tightly knit tea group and that word will be a simple yet all too meaningful "N.A?" Where all involved will simply restate the same word in the affirmative before amassing and crushing the smaller land area that will be woefully overcrowded.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Jarlek on September 16, 2011, 05:18:48 pm
My prediction is that the NA fight viciously over their small land area. While the eu clans sprawl out luxuriously over their map side till they get bored with their land and decide to attach their monocles lift their tea cups and say but one word in their tightly knit tea group and that word will be a simple yet all too meaningful "N.A?" Where all involved will simply restate the same word in the affirmative before amassing and crushing the smaller land area that will be woefully overcrowded.
And the problem is???

xD

But really. I believe in democracy. And if 2/3 63% wants to do this, then by a democratic decree, you are all obliged to bend over and TAKE IT IN THE ARSE!

Cause you're not against democracy, now are you, TERRORIST?!?!?!??

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Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Greziz on September 16, 2011, 05:35:25 pm
I blame the N.A who didn't vote as we have much more than 372 some odd n.a player just many fewer n.a troll forums I guess.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Tears of Destiny on September 16, 2011, 05:42:07 pm
The percentage of votes were slightly higher for NA then I though, I am mildly surprised.
The total amount of voters for both sides though are much smaller then I had anticipated.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Lt_Anders on September 16, 2011, 05:45:10 pm
If the nacrpg.net statistics are accurate, then 1524 people played on the community servers this month, yet only 367 voted.

There IS a disparity between players who play and those who get on the forums often.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: chadz on September 16, 2011, 05:46:46 pm
It's actually more than I expected, 1000 voting in the forum is quite a lot. Maybe this can be used right away to ban some multi-acounters.

If you voted more than once per IP, better explain it now :P
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Kalp on September 16, 2011, 05:50:52 pm
lol
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Keshian on September 16, 2011, 05:58:15 pm
Maybe this can be used right away to ban some multi-acounters.

If you voted more than once per IP, better explain it now :P

+1  :D
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: VVarlord on September 16, 2011, 06:08:41 pm
It's actually more than I expected, 1000 voting in the forum is quite a lot. Maybe this can be used right away to ban some multi-acounters.

If you voted more than once per IP, better explain it now :P

Post results lol
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: chadz on September 16, 2011, 06:09:52 pm
I'm probably more surprised than you guys, but nothing was found, really.

Even less IP duplicates than what would be normal...
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Oberyn on September 16, 2011, 06:10:45 pm
pretty much

Most NA players come from too independent, non-socialist, capitalist culture to just hand over their cd key info to clanmates after they paid money for that cd key.  Its a capitalist culture thing - very strong sense of personal property and also less likely to subsume yourself to the state (or clan).

I could say the same to you VVarlord

So retarded XD.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: VVarlord on September 16, 2011, 06:11:19 pm
I'm probably more surprised than you guys, but nothing was found, really.

Even less IP duplicates than what would be normal...

Does this then give you exactly what you needed for the new strat map?
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: chadz on September 16, 2011, 06:19:41 pm
ok, so the numbers should be around:

type    tot    NA   EU
village    110    40.7000    69.3000
castle    48    17.7600    30.2400
town    22    8.1400    13.8600

So we need an area with around 41 villages, 18 castles, 8 towns. Any suggestions? with drawn map, if possible :P

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/9845/mapinenglishcopy.jpg
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Tears of Destiny on September 16, 2011, 06:22:35 pm
We do have a lot of talented artists here. Worse comes to worse you could "blow up" the map for more room, but I highly recommend making a sticky calling for artists to submit map prototypes, and emphasize that terrain does matter with the new strat (like mountains not crossable etc).
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: VVarlord on September 16, 2011, 06:25:49 pm
Give a proportionate map of the earth a try?

Give the NA clans something to fight over and also give the europeans something to fight over. The "themed" clans also have areas outside of that to fight over, with the russians having so much rooms they cant find each other.

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Fallen version. <3
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Keshian on September 16, 2011, 06:27:08 pm
Give a proportionate map of the earth a try?

Give the NA clans something to fight over and also give the europeans something to fight over. The "themed" clans also have areas outside of that to fight over, with the russians having so much rooms they cant find each other.

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Fallen version. <3

Dibs on Africa
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: chadz on September 16, 2011, 06:30:19 pm
As said before, creating a new map is, for this round, not in the realm of possibility. It would require a system to duplicate scenes, according to their location, create castles, etc etc.

This is simply too much work for now. It is something that we're interested in, though.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: chadz on September 16, 2011, 06:39:11 pm
we're might use
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Post by: Lt_Anders on September 16, 2011, 06:40:37 pm
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Which is coincendently one of the 2 choices you did.

CHOICE NUMBER 2!
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Keshian on September 16, 2011, 06:41:40 pm
http://i51.tinypic.com/b54nl0.jpg (http://i51.tinypic.com/b54nl0.jpg)

I think that is probably the simplest division

very well done +1, its the division based on chadz's survey numbers and sicne the west is more diffuse with fiefs its not a ridiculously compact area.  Also, almost all NA clans were east before so no pre-claimed areas, everything up for grabs so more dynamic action.  Full approve, nice work braeden.

Not a big fan of that one Anders, its way too restrictive for its size (narrow bridge between desert and west thats NA, and leaves all the easily travelled lands in EU territory only.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Tears of Destiny on September 16, 2011, 06:43:31 pm
I like choice number one for what chadz posted, but for obvious biased reasons.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Lt_Anders on September 16, 2011, 06:45:50 pm
very well done +1, its the division based on chadz's survey numbers and sicne the west is more diffuse with fiefs its not a ridiculously compact area.  Also, almost all NA clans were east before so no pre-claimed areas, everything up for grabs so more dynamic action.  Full approve, nice work braeden.

Disagree. I think the chadz #2(which was also my choice) Is better. It Clearly, via natural boundaries demarks the NA/EU split, with a small section that's not, but has large open space therby making things easy to differentiate. It also shakes up the more warlike EU factions(Risen, Bashi, blah blah) into having to take other area's away from preclaimed lands. It unfortunatly still leaves the big 3 EU factions(Fallen, Greys, DRZ) with their already held claims.

Also, if they do add in boundries to the map(impassable mountains, etc) if makes the NA side for more interesting. THe EU side gets less terrain advantages, while the NA gets far more Terrain hinderences further making attacks by EU clans harder.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: VVarlord on September 16, 2011, 06:48:54 pm
Disagree. I think the chadz #2(which was also my choice) Is better. It Clearly, via natural boundaries demarks the NA/EU split, with a small section that's not, but has large open space therby making things easy to differentiate. It also shakes up the more warlike EU factions(Risen, Bashi, blah blah) into having to take other area's away from preclaimed lands. It unfortunatly still leaves the big 3 EU factions(Fallen, Greys, DRZ) with their already held claims.

We will stick our selfs in any spot and defend it till the last man, you happened to try the same and got squashed last time.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Keshian on September 16, 2011, 06:50:20 pm
Disagree. I think the chadz #2(which was also my choice) Is better. It Clearly, via natural boundaries demarks the NA/EU split, with a small section that's not, but has large open space therby making things easy to differentiate. It also shakes up the more warlike EU factions(Risen, Bashi, blah blah) into having to take other area's away from preclaimed lands. It unfortunatly still leaves the big 3 EU factions(Fallen, Greys, DRZ) with their already held claims.

Also, if they do add in boundries to the map(impassable mountains, etc) if makes the NA side for more interesting. THe EU side gets less terrain advantages, while the NA gets far more Terrain hinderences further making attacks by EU clans harder.

Its extremely compact, making anyone playing essentially on the border with EU, whereas map 1 actually makes it a solid landmass where if you are  small NA clan that doesnt want to be on the border, you dont have to be.  Map 2 gives way too big an advantage to Eu side, whereas Map 1 is more balanced.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Lt_Anders on September 16, 2011, 06:53:38 pm
Truth be told, the only part not really compact is the center part of the map. Most of the map IS compact.

We will stick our selfs in any spot and defend it till the last man, you happened to try the same and got squashed last time.

You'd fend off angry NA clans, on NA ping, and NA times to hold your claims? Damn stupid EU. If that's how you wanna play ball, your grave.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Jarlek on September 16, 2011, 06:56:07 pm
I like choice number one for what chadz posted, but for obvious biased reasons.
Same.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: chadz on September 16, 2011, 06:56:36 pm
I actually doubt that a lot of NA vs EU is going to happen. I cant see the reason why someone would put himself at such a disadvantage, ping wise.

The advantage for NA in having a long landmass is actually trading, though (gives bonus based on distance, so the longer you can travel without touching the "enemy" continent, the better for the gameplay)

However, currently we're favoring #1 (NA in the north)
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: VVarlord on September 16, 2011, 06:58:31 pm
However, currently we're favoring #1 (NA in the north)

Cant wait!
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Thovex on September 16, 2011, 07:00:06 pm
I actually doubt that a lot of NA vs EU is going to happen. I cant see the reason why someone would put himself at such a disadvantage, ping wise.

The advantage for NA in having a long landmass is actually trading, though (gives bonus based on distance, so the longer you can travel without touching the "enemy" continent, the better for the gameplay)

However, currently we're favoring #1 (NA in the north)

I favor 1, since then it's not just EU in the middle, but also NA.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Lt_Anders on September 16, 2011, 07:00:23 pm
You kidding? The goons have already said, regardless of the map change, they going to fight hard for their precious afgoonistan.

Hmm perhaps a Wierder map. Something to TRULY break up old claims. Only map I've seen do it partially is the one By breaden, but That still leaves 2 Big EU with their claims.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Keshian on September 16, 2011, 07:18:14 pm
I actually doubt that a lot of NA vs EU is going to happen. I cant see the reason why someone would put himself at such a disadvantage, ping wise.

The advantage for NA in having a long landmass is actually trading, though (gives bonus based on distance, so the longer you can travel without touching the "enemy" continent, the better for the gameplay)

However, currently we're favoring #1 (NA in the north)

Have you looked at the one Braeden made???  Well your #1 is better than your #2, braeden's is better than the #1.  Basically the shorter the border, the deeper the lands go where you can have more fiefs farther from the EU/NA border.  With both your maps, chadz, almost every fief is too close to the NA/EU border. 

There is still plenty of land to roam with braeden's but his use of the ocean to cutoff the western side (which is the most diffuse fiefs on map so more land area/travel for the number of fiefs), gives a lot more depth to the NA side instead of just a long stringy mess.  It will actually feel like a continent in itself instead of only a borderland to the EU lands.  It really adds a lot more richness and depth to the NA side of things instead of just shuffling them off to the side and it meets your criteria.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Lt_Anders on September 16, 2011, 07:20:11 pm
Agreed Braedens is well done. It splits up 1 Major EU, plus the other warlike EU's into other area's.

In order of Preference: Braeden's, chadz #2, chadz #1.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: chadz on September 16, 2011, 07:21:44 pm
the problem with braedens map, iirc, was that it had too much sea access, which should be roughly the same for both continents for reasons not yet to be announced  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Keshian on September 16, 2011, 07:30:36 pm
the problem with braedens map, iirc, was that it had too much sea access, which should be roughly the same for both continents for reasons not yet to be announced  :rolleyes:

Im at work and cant do this right now, but can anyone see if there is a way to do the map of chadz #1 without Ichamur and Reyvadin (so border is snow-line there) and include Suno and Praven?  The western fiefs are far more spread out, so this would add more landmass to balance the small number of fiefs in calculating trade over distance and it would also make the Northwestern and Mid-Northern fiefs actually be rather distant from the border, which I know many clans would want.  it would also make the sea access roughly the same then like chadz mentioned.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: MrShovelFace on September 16, 2011, 07:32:26 pm
lazy chadz is lazy
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Lt_Anders on September 16, 2011, 07:37:31 pm
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Yea there ya go. I like this map MUCH more than all others. Pretty neat split.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Keshian on September 16, 2011, 07:39:37 pm
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Yea there ya go. I like this map MUCH more than all others. Pretty neat split.

Thank you, that looks beautiful.  Really like how it would play out and it fits the criteria for chadz and actually gives balanced sea access to both sides like he wanted.  +9000.  chadz, can we use this map???
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Varyag on September 16, 2011, 08:00:21 pm
I wish strat had more connection to the crpg (for example in terms of gold income) so peeps can have more incentive to participate in start.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Braeden on September 16, 2011, 08:20:39 pm
the problem with braedens map, iirc, was that it had too much sea access, which should be roughly the same for both continents for reasons not yet to be announced  :rolleyes:

Yeah, good reasons too.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Oberyn on September 16, 2011, 08:22:22 pm
Won't trade between EU and NA clans be possible?
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: pillagingpanda on September 16, 2011, 08:24:28 pm
Really like that map Anders +1 :D
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: BaleOhay on September 16, 2011, 08:40:36 pm
I imagine it is a hard line, the border. No fighting and converting fiefs to your own timezone in this round of strat?
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Freland on September 16, 2011, 08:45:22 pm
Of all those maps chadz's first one is my favorite.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Lt_Anders on September 16, 2011, 08:46:36 pm
Of all those maps chadz's first one is my favorite.

But, but I like my chadz #1 rendition! It's cools and not unbalanced!
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Keshian on September 16, 2011, 08:48:02 pm
But, but I like my chadz #1 rendition! It's cools and not unbalanced!

Don't forget, he's fallen and you dropped Ichamur.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Braeden on September 16, 2011, 09:02:50 pm
Zaffa, that doesn't really hold to the planned numbers.  There are, according to the poll, a lot more EU strat players, thus they get more land.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Braeden on September 16, 2011, 09:08:58 pm
Won't trade between EU and NA clans be possible?
It will, but its nice if it is possible to have your caravan stay where you can fight bandits at your best.  But yes, caravans across the line are entirely possible afaik.

I imagine it is a hard line, the border. No fighting and converting fiefs to your own timezone in this round of strat?
Nope.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: PhantomZero on September 16, 2011, 09:21:06 pm
I would like to point out that in Picture #2 the village of "Mazigh" is actually a part of the desert.

Also I support option #2, because on the bottom, with the inclusion of terrain actually effecting things,  the terrain favors the defenders heavily. It would help further balance the issue between having a larger EU portion, with a smaller but more defensible NA portion.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Vingnir the Wanderer on September 16, 2011, 09:24:53 pm
Zaffa, that doesn't really hold to the planned numbers.  There are, according to the poll, a lot more EU strat players, thus they get more land.

I think the planned numbers may be a little off though - A.D.D. americans not reading the strat forums not voting.... I know I missed my vote lol.

I think the map should be slighty more 'even' between the 2 areas, than basing it solely on the vote numbers, as others have said, the NA may become overcrowded.

But I really dont know its just something to think about.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Rev_zaffa on September 16, 2011, 09:26:34 pm
Bit more inline with the numbers "based on total holdings"
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NA
castles: 18
villages: 45
fiefs: 9
total holdings: 72

EU
castles: 28
villages: 61
fiefs: 13
total holdings: 102
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Bjarky on September 16, 2011, 09:35:29 pm
I would like to point out that in Picture #2 the village of "Mazigh" is actually a part of the desert.

Also I support option #2, because on the bottom, with the inclusion of terrain actually effecting things,  the terrain favors the defenders heavily. It would help further balance the issue between having a larger EU portion, with a smaller but more defensible NA portion.
#1, LLJK can take the "white desert", vote for change  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Centurion on September 16, 2011, 09:38:22 pm
we're might use
1.
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or
2.
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i support pic number 1 from chadz i would rather be north than in the south
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Civilian on September 16, 2011, 09:41:55 pm
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Yea there ya go. I like this map MUCH more than all others. Pretty neat split.

Liking Anders rework of map #1.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Centurion on September 16, 2011, 09:43:26 pm
Liking Anders rework of map #1.
actually yea didnt see that one i like the that one more
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Karmazyn on September 16, 2011, 09:58:28 pm
I feel strat without NA territory would be much more fun.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: SPQR on September 16, 2011, 10:30:36 pm
I also vote for chadz Option 2. Better defensive terrain from the inevitable EU invasion.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Lt_Anders on September 16, 2011, 10:43:33 pm
actually yea didnt see that one i like the that one more

Kesh gave me the idea. Kesh really likes that map (http://forum.c-rpg.net/index.php/topic,15457.msg226551.html#msg226551). I'm going to have to agree, (biased) I like that map. I think it'd work quite nicely.(/biased)

Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Centurion on September 16, 2011, 11:04:10 pm
Kesh gave me the idea. Kesh really likes that map (http://forum.c-rpg.net/index.php/topic,15457.msg226551.html#msg226551). I'm going to have to agree, (biased) I like that map. I think it'd work quite nicely.(/biased)
eh if it was kesh's idea nvm then lol jk still is a good idea
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Devestater on September 16, 2011, 11:06:36 pm
I actually doubt that a lot of NA vs EU is going to happen. I cant see the reason why someone would put himself at such a disadvantage, ping wise.

The advantage for NA in having a long landmass is actually trading, though (gives bonus based on distance, so the longer you can travel without touching the "enemy" continent, the better for the gameplay)

However, currently we're favoring #1 (NA in the north)

Either map is fine for now since it is only temp. As long as it comes back up soon! Please!
Personally I would prefer NA in the south but that is just me.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Hisagi on September 16, 2011, 11:12:10 pm
Kesh gave me the idea. Kesh really likes that map (http://forum.c-rpg.net/index.php/topic,15457.msg226551.html#msg226551). I'm going to have to agree, (biased) I like that map. I think it'd work quite nicely.(/biased)
I don't like how the EU get a capital city basically in our territory. Just saying
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Rev_zaffa on September 16, 2011, 11:13:59 pm
I don't like how the EU get a capital city basically in our territory. Just saying
That is why I changed that with my rendition of the map:
http://forum.c-rpg.net/index.php/topic,15457.msg226717.html#msg226717
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: PhantomZero on September 16, 2011, 11:35:38 pm
#1, LLJK can take the "white desert", vote for change  :mrgreen:

I don't think this will work out quite the way you think.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Bjarky on September 16, 2011, 11:48:13 pm
I don't think this will work out quite the way you think.
it wasn't meant to be serious, it's up to the devs how to alocate the space anyway  :wink:
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: arowaine on September 17, 2011, 12:28:31 am
get strat back soon we want to play :D hopefully it will be back in 1 or 2 day :D thanks god
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Visconti on September 17, 2011, 12:39:42 am
I prefer anders map much more to chadz first one, but i also like then 2nd map chadz posted
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: LLJK_Siggy on September 17, 2011, 02:51:57 am
If you take my desserts away i will kill myself.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Overdriven on September 17, 2011, 02:58:19 am
I think NA should be in North. Anders map looks good.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Joseph on September 17, 2011, 03:05:45 am
Just hope it won't take too long. Go for the easiest solution .  :o
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Lt_Anders on September 17, 2011, 03:40:12 am
I think NA should be in North. Anders map looks good.

I feel so loved!
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Trebor on September 17, 2011, 05:57:23 am
Personally i like the second one.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Warcat on September 17, 2011, 06:07:00 am
Personally I like the 1st one chadz put up, I'd be happy with the steppe being split.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: kinngrimm on September 17, 2011, 07:43:17 am
another suggestion, the numbers should fit, not sure about the seaports which were mentioned
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Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Xarcenian on September 17, 2011, 08:01:24 am
What would be really cool is if you could input soldiers into strategus even as you would have for defend the virgin kinda stuff but with real upgrading soldiers that started as peasants.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Niemand on September 17, 2011, 08:58:28 am
I want an own strat-server for my clan. so only invited people can play there. against NPCs. So: A Singleplayer-Coop. Everyone would be happy with that, i guess.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Belatu on September 17, 2011, 12:18:16 pm
Fire Vs Ice  ?!?!

I like it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQOC8BQ11nE
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Overdriven on September 17, 2011, 12:55:50 pm
Edit...got it wrong again

Yup definitely Anders.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Cosmos_Shielder on September 17, 2011, 02:10:40 pm
We totally don't care about the map! Just put strategus back!
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: VVarlord on September 17, 2011, 02:14:33 pm
We totally don't care about the map! Just put strategus back!

There will be a wipe eitherway so dont expect massive battles straight away, just the small 500 vs 500 village battles that start thing off last time
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Centurion on September 17, 2011, 02:17:54 pm
another suggestion, the numbers should fit, not sure about the seaports which were mentioned
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i dont mind this map i like this one more than anders...sry anders... but plz just hurry up and decide lol
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Danath on September 17, 2011, 03:23:36 pm
How do we get Strategus for AU?
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Dehitay on September 17, 2011, 04:19:19 pm
How do we get Strategus for AU?

I guess you would need to set up official AU servers. Or at least one Duel - Strategus official server. And then convince chadz that you make up more than 1% of the community base so you can get at least one village. Out of curiosity, is China close enough to Australia to share a server without one of the countries getting painful ping? An official Chinese server would add the Asian community to your own, and you may end up making up enough of the player base to get a few fiefs
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Danath on September 17, 2011, 04:24:02 pm
Ping is about 170 to china, abit too shit... also they no spek engi
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Danath on September 17, 2011, 04:31:53 pm
Would be awesome. The OZ community are the spartan's of this game no one would get our fief, ever
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: PhantomZero on September 17, 2011, 05:58:18 pm
Would be awesome. The OZ community are the spartan's of this game no one would get our fief, ever

Sounds like a challenge.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: ManOfWar on September 17, 2011, 06:00:49 pm
Would be awesome. The OZ community are the spartan's of this game no one would get our fief, ever

Good thing arrows are not affected by ping so much
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Keshian on September 17, 2011, 06:01:54 pm
Soooooo, any word on which map was selected and when its going to roll out??
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: MrShovelFace on September 17, 2011, 08:49:32 pm
Would be awesome. The OZ community are the spartan's of this game no one would get our fief, ever

yeah ping wont save u from fallen archer hordes or lljk plated charger tactics
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Mike_of_Kingswell on September 17, 2011, 10:38:11 pm
yeah ping wont save u from fallen archer hordes or lljk plated charger tactics

Yours truly, Fallen Archers! <3 <3
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Matey on September 17, 2011, 11:31:52 pm
i prefer the NA in south map.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: MaHuD on September 18, 2011, 01:19:00 am
Soooooo, any word on which map was selected and when its going to roll out??
So any chance you are ever going to shut up and just wait?
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Keshian on September 18, 2011, 01:22:32 am
So any chance you are ever going to shut up and just wait?

What crawled up your butt and died?
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Dehitay on September 18, 2011, 03:35:00 am
What crawled up your butt and died?
I'm gonna go with the Spirit of Strategus. I hear that particular spirit is a bish
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Braeden on September 18, 2011, 05:17:27 am
Soooooo, any word on which map was selected and when its going to roll out??

Yes.  It was "none of the above."
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: SeQuel on September 18, 2011, 09:16:07 am
I vote for the North.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: justme on September 18, 2011, 10:46:32 am
make new map and no worries :D
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: BalrogBoru on September 18, 2011, 06:06:13 pm
The ratio looks to be going 2:1 to eu so give NA the warband official khergit and sarranid lands and give the rest to eu.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Tennenoth on September 18, 2011, 06:08:24 pm
The ratio looks to be going 2:1 to eu so give NA the warband official khergit and sarranid lands and give the rest to eu.

D: Hands off Halmar!
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Dehitay on September 18, 2011, 06:23:54 pm
chadz, it's been over a week now. Can you open the beta so we can abuse game-breaking bugs and call you a horrible person again?
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Thovex on September 18, 2011, 06:25:19 pm
yeah ping wont save u from fallen archer hordes or lljk plated charger tactics

Fallen Archers are just run-shoot, but this is now disabled :V
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Keshian on September 18, 2011, 06:47:42 pm
Fallen Archers are just run-shoot, but this is now disabled :V

Ahhhh, but beware the shoot-run, far more dangerous and stilll very possible.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Kafein on September 18, 2011, 07:20:23 pm
Taking advantage of natural borders :

visitors can't see pics , please register or login
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Camaris on September 18, 2011, 07:33:49 pm
Isnt it a little big for only one third of the population? ;)
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Keshian on September 18, 2011, 07:38:02 pm
Taking advantage of natural borders :


Doesn't really use any natural borders.  Prefer pretty mucha ll the other maps.  Also, chadz says he needs to balance out access to sea between NA and EU, which this wouldn't.  Also, chadz said in IRC he already made his decision and it was none of the maps provided.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Tears of Destiny on September 18, 2011, 07:44:11 pm
I predict a trololol and the dead center is NA for the first few weeks.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Keshian on September 18, 2011, 07:48:40 pm
I predict a trololol and the dead center is NA for the first few weeks.

I could see him sticking random isolated cities and villages around the map being NA so they can easily be taken by EU which gets most of the fiefs already.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: arowaine on September 18, 2011, 08:05:55 pm
Good let hope we get strat today then!
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: urface on September 18, 2011, 08:47:36 pm
Come on an aus fief / aus strat server.

Bring on your arrows! We will watch you lag in the shade.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: VVarlord on September 18, 2011, 09:00:36 pm
Come on an aus fief / aus strat server.

Bring on your arrows! We will watch you lag in the shade.

This. Also give china there own section the map. 4 quarters!
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: SeQuel on September 18, 2011, 09:10:43 pm
This. Also give china there own section the map. 4 quarters!

Maybe we can give them a city so they can farm gold and sell it to us for REAL LIFE MONEY.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: VVarlord on September 18, 2011, 09:14:07 pm
Maybe we can give them a city so they can farm gold and sell it to us for REAL LIFE MONEY.

lol ^^ this
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Warpeasant on September 18, 2011, 09:39:23 pm
Maybe we can give them a city so they can farm gold and sell it to us for REAL LIFE MONEY.

shity thing is we gotta borrow real world money from them to buy it than...
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Kafein on September 18, 2011, 09:48:49 pm
Isnt it a little big for only one third of the population? ;)

There are exactly 8 towns, 18 castles and 41 villages in that NA area.

Doesn't really use any natural borders.  Prefer pretty mucha ll the other maps.  Also, chadz says he needs to balance out access to sea between NA and EU, which this wouldn't.  Also, chadz said in IRC he already made his decision and it was none of the maps provided.

aww, not cool :s

However I don't see how you could find a border with more natural barriers than this : the rhodock mountains between jelkala and veluca, mountains between shariz-durquba and halmar, the cliffs of uhhun castle then mountains on the west and north of ichamur. Only a few NA villages aren't in this protected zone : saren, mazigh, bhulaban, shulus, uslum and hanun, and many castles literally sit on the breach in the natural border.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Braeden on September 18, 2011, 10:40:07 pm
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Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Keshian on September 18, 2011, 10:42:30 pm
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Here is the new official map from IRC:

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/4029/u32p3p1d2.jpg

NA shafted again
80% of coast is EU
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: VVarlord on September 18, 2011, 11:09:00 pm
Here is the new official map from IRC:

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/4029/u32p3p1d2.jpg

NA shafted again
80% of coast is EU


Shafted. : )
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: VVarlord on September 18, 2011, 11:16:21 pm
Let the claims begin  :wink:
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Kingtrisp on September 18, 2011, 11:53:29 pm
Here is the new official map from IRC:

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/4029/u32p3p1d2.jpg

NA shafted again
80% of coast is EU

You mad?
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: EyeBeat on September 19, 2011, 12:15:52 am
wow

This fucking sucks.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Centurion on September 19, 2011, 12:21:29 am
who has what half of it?
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Keshian on September 19, 2011, 12:22:21 am
who has what half of it?

We get the smaller side :(
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Rev_zaffa on September 19, 2011, 12:24:48 am
The map needs to just be this. It is only logical.
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Thir is in NA territory ffs.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Centurion on September 19, 2011, 12:25:15 am
so just to clearify thats the north?
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Hisagi on September 19, 2011, 12:25:52 am
The map needs to just be this. It is only logical.
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Thir is in NA territory ffs.
I agree. The territory is right there, might as well give us a little more shore room.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Keshian on September 19, 2011, 12:28:10 am
so just to clearify thats the north?

Yup
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Centurion on September 19, 2011, 12:28:33 am
ok thx
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Centurion on September 19, 2011, 02:07:17 am
when will strat be back?
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Joseph on September 19, 2011, 03:08:09 am
Can't wait.

Let the blood flow  :twisted: .
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Visconti on September 19, 2011, 04:28:17 am
Wow.... that map is terrible
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Braeden on September 19, 2011, 04:32:51 am
The map needs to just be this. It is only logical.
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Thir is in NA territory ffs.

NA gets smaller territory because the NA playerbase is significantly smaller than the EU playerbase.  Port Towns are a significant part of what needs to be proportionally divided.  3/4 NA/EU is appropriate.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Rev_zaffa on September 19, 2011, 08:00:02 am
NA gets smaller territory because the NA playerbase is significantly smaller than the EU playerbase.  Port Towns are a significant part of what needs to be proportionally divided.  3/4 NA/EU is appropriate.
I understand what you are saying. However, I'm sure you notice that Thir is essentially going to play out as being an NA holding that is played on an EU esrver. The holding is just to far into NA territory. I just can't imagine a sustainable EU presence there considering its location.

Besides, the EU sea ports are spread out over a distance, while the NA sea ports are all right next to each other.

Speculation:
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Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: White on September 19, 2011, 02:49:09 pm
No matter what is done, there will always be somone who dosnt agree with the actions taken.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: ArchonAlarion on September 19, 2011, 11:17:47 pm
well, a way to convert border fiefs to your timezone could be a possibility. it's also something I thought about before, so I'm not punishing the "stronger continent"

Why not apply this to all fiefs? Attackers experience some ping attrition when fighting incumbents, or is this an entirely bad idea?


*edit: Also, why is NA in Vaegir, Nord, and Khergit territory? When I think of EU players I think of those cultures, with NA being Sarranian, Rhodok, and Swadian. Idk, just strange.

NA players care less about russian, scandanavian, asiatic cultures than EU players. We like pseudo-pop anglo-esque shit (I'm a knight Guys!), Greco-Roman (I'm in the american military!), and arabian stuff (mostly for lulz). Its sort of obvious when you think about the irl continental histories ancient and recent...

Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Devestater on September 20, 2011, 02:39:16 am
I could see a 60 40 but not what it is now. plus EU gets the best castles. Just kinda lame if you ask me. But i guess we should just hurry up and test this out before the game dies!
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: DesDope on September 20, 2011, 11:02:10 am
From all the whining and bitching I gather chadz ruined the mod - again? :)

As for trading issues: What is the problem to trade between NA and EU territory? I keep reading things like the coastal towns are too close to each other in NA territory while the EU has nicely spread coastal towns. So? Trade with whoever you want to, you are not restricted to stick with towns in your own territory ...

It is great to see people crying about every single change each and every time. Has been like this for years and I will enjoy it for the remainder of my life because it beats crappy TV shows. Now go on flinging poop at each other and at chadz, because - obviously - this time he ruined the mod for good and killed the game. :D
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Bjarky on September 20, 2011, 11:21:48 am
exactly, finally we will be able to trade some goods in the whole map, it's gonna be interesting to test out the possibilities  :D
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: okiN on September 20, 2011, 04:14:23 pm
As for trading issues: What is the problem to trade between NA and EU territory? I keep reading things like the coastal towns are too close to each other in NA territory while the EU has nicely spread coastal towns. So? Trade with whoever you want to, you are not restricted to stick with towns in your own territory ...

It seems people are terrified by the idea of intercontinental trade because if they get bushwacked off their home turf, they'll be at a disadvantage. Apparently making deals and securing protection along trade routes has never crossed their minds.

I understand what you are saying. However, I'm sure you notice that Thir is essentially going to play out as being an NA holding that is played on an EU esrver. The holding is just to far into NA territory. I just can't imagine a sustainable EU presence there considering its location.

I'd be very interested in seeing NA players try to capture Tihr. I can think of a couple of EU clans who might object rather strenuously.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Majer on September 20, 2011, 06:14:16 pm
Why not craft a new map? After all, the land is only a texture with fixed position of settlements (I believe it is adjustable within website map engine)

We could make a map, with two continents, both having sandy, snowy, and green lands. One with towns with battles always taking place on EU, and other one with US (with 2-hour delay between east-most and west-most village/town within continent. If any EU faction fancy conquering US lands or vice versa, they would always (whether attacking or defending) fight on town's time zone.
Also, we could have an neutral smaller continent between dedicated ones (Atlantis?) which would have settlements available to the most populated group. Within this "Atlantis" battles will take place in the time preferred by the owner.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: kinngrimm on September 20, 2011, 06:41:44 pm
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because it needs time and effort and the current solution was something which was doable in a pragmatic way in a short term.
There are idears and discussion how to establish either NA and EU server with each the same map or include a mirrow of the map and extent that way the map as also creating/enlarging the current map. Still it needs time and effort, so please be patient.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Majer on September 20, 2011, 07:32:43 pm
I see no point switching from bad solution, to another bad one. So I suggest just wait and implement a proper strategus map, instead of having one not-good from the start, just waiting to get wiped again.

Also, I don't get the idea of mirroring - basically just number of settlements matter, nothing else.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: [ptx] on September 20, 2011, 07:34:02 pm
Or rather, you don't get the point.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Majer on September 20, 2011, 07:52:07 pm
Because there is no point.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: [ptx] on September 20, 2011, 08:16:16 pm
Or maybe you are just slow.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Jarlek on September 20, 2011, 08:35:18 pm
Or maybe you are just slow.
He is.

First I was gonna tell him that it was already explained, but thought "meh, it's 25 pages. He probably didn't read them all".

Then he kept on being a derp and I'm just gonna say:
ARE YOU SLOW!?!?
They ARE gonna have different maps. They ARE gonna change map every now and then. But they CAN'T and WILL NOT because now they are focusing on IMPROVING Strategus ITSELF! Go read the rest of this thread instead of just derping with a "new" suggestion at the end of it and then being angry and whiny when people explains shit to you.

BAH! Stupid people makes me angry!
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Majer on September 21, 2011, 01:52:37 am
The thing is, the whole split is pointless. Of course if by "improvement" I guess you mean actual subject of discussion. Throughout whole topic I couldn't notice any approved decisions regarding other aspects of strategus.

HURR DURR
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Thax on September 21, 2011, 02:39:57 am
Strat should be postponed until both maps are ready. Noone enjoys playing on 120+ ping. It isnt fun. (exceptions ofcourse)

Also EU needs to prove they can win because they lost every war for the last 50 years so they play slow and boring making no mistakes as if this is the reproving ground for the failures of their various societies (Im looking at you russia, not including how you invaded that beast of a nation Georgia). Americans like to play and play hard without worrying about proving themselves because we arent insecure with our place in the world. The two playing styles dont mix.

I personally dont like the beginning of strat peasant simulator with archers the only ones actually playing and the rest of us being useless archer targets.

Now with archers getting a buff it will be even worse.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Joseph on September 21, 2011, 03:20:05 am
Strat should be postponed until both maps are ready. Noone enjoys playing on 120+ ping. It isnt fun. (exceptions ofcourse)

Also EU needs to prove they can win because they lost every war for the last 100 years so they play slow and boring making no mistakes as if this is the reproving ground for the failures of their various societies (Im looking at you russia). Americans like to play and play hard without worrying about proving themselves because we arent insecure with our place in the world. The two playing styles dont mix.

I personally dont like the beginning of strat peasant simulator with archers the only ones actually playing and the rest of us being useless archer targets.

Now with archers getting a buff it will be even worse.

You seem to forget that we are talking about a game not real life,
You probably hide behind a rock like they all did.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Tears of Destiny on September 21, 2011, 03:26:43 am
I don't know anything about other countries.

I agree.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Thax on September 21, 2011, 03:44:27 am
Im talking about my opinions on the reasons for the boring care-bear style of hand holding that prevails in EU. 

My first statement is what should matter....postpone strat until there are two maps.

 
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Knute on September 21, 2011, 04:56:39 am
Im talking about my opinions on the reasons for the boring care-bear style of hand holding that prevails in EU. 

My first statement is what should matter....postpone strat until there are two maps.

Maybe there will be separate EU, NA, OC and AS strategus maps someday, but to put everything on hold to set that up now would be like moving sideways.  I'd rather see the game move forward and become something even better with resource trading, crafting, new game modes, boat fights and just more stuff to do on the strategus map before splitting up to accommodate everyone's ping.  This split EU/NA map is happening, think of it as an experiment and if it doesn't work out they can always take it down and try something else.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Warcat on September 21, 2011, 06:33:31 am
Hopefully there will at least never be two seperate maps. I think choosing what server you want as it is is a good system. But I don't see any need to completely reward the factions with the attitude of "eww, you live on other side of the ocean and have worse ping than us, we don't want you." I think intercontinental clans should have somewhat of an advantage in that area, not that I'm biased or anything.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Jarlek on September 21, 2011, 05:16:59 pm
Strat should be postponed until both maps are ready. Noone enjoys playing on 120+ ping. It isnt fun. (exceptions ofcourse)

Also EU needs to prove they can win because they lost every war for the last 50 years so they play slow and boring making no mistakes as if this is the reproving ground for the failures of their various societies (Im looking at you russia). Americans like to play and play hard without worrying about proving themselves because we arent insecure with our place in the world. The two playing styles dont mix.

I personally dont like the beginning of strat peasant simulator with archers the only ones actually playing and the rest of us being useless archer targets.

Now with archers getting a buff it will be even worse.
So much fail...
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Thax on September 21, 2011, 07:44:40 pm
Yeah you bring alot to the table with your over-used and outdated "fail" comment.

Two maps isnt too much to ask...its not fun to play on 120+ ping and everyone who has had to compete at that ping can tell you the truth of my statement.

The exceptions to the ping problems are ofcourse archers...
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: [ptx] on September 21, 2011, 07:55:48 pm
Why do people think they should get a reply longer than "fail", when they make the derpiest of posts?
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Thax on September 21, 2011, 08:09:28 pm
EU thinks NA is getting too much...NA thinks its getting too little...The majority of players, I believe, want two maps. Take a poll.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: [ptx] on September 21, 2011, 08:38:52 pm
ARE YOU SLOW!?!?
They ARE gonna have different maps. They ARE gonna change map every now and then. But they CAN'T and WILL NOT because now they are focusing on IMPROVING Strategus ITSELF! Go read the rest of this thread instead of just derping with a "new" suggestion at the end of it and then being angry and whiny when people explains shit to you.

BAH! Stupid people makes me angry!
Which part of this do you people not get?
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Xant on September 21, 2011, 08:54:44 pm
Im talking about my opinions on the reasons for the boring care-bear style of hand holding that prevails in EU. 

My first statement is what should matter....postpone strat until there are two maps.

I completely agree. EU players are playing with boring care-bear style because of wars waged in the EU before they were born. The bitter defeats have been imprinted into their genetic memory and now they fight tooth and nail not to have the same happen in Strategus. Goddamn losers, all of them.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Thax on September 21, 2011, 09:05:43 pm
So most ppl over there dont care about their history either? People really are people.

The clans with players on both sides of the pond are the ones who dont want two maps. I dont care what they would rather have or what they call stupid. Simply take a poll then start replanning your clan set up.

Do I think we will get two maps...ofcourse not, just like I knew strat wouldnt be re-opened in a week.

"BAH! Stupid people makes make me angry!" fixed for stupid
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Xant on September 21, 2011, 09:12:48 pm
Dude, I just agreed with you that people here totally care about RL wars that happened before they were born when playing Strategus.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: [ptx] on September 21, 2011, 09:16:07 pm
And i thought illiteracy was eliminated in the western world...
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Thax on September 21, 2011, 09:23:55 pm
You should read up on it...here you go.

http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Shameful-Secret-of-Illiteracy-in-America&id=23757 (http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Shameful-Secret-of-Illiteracy-in-America&id=23757)

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Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Kazak on September 21, 2011, 09:49:03 pm
Strat should be postponed until both maps are ready. Noone enjoys playing on 120+ ping. It isnt fun. (exceptions ofcourse)

Also EU needs to prove they can win because they lost every war for the last 50 years so they play slow and boring making no mistakes as if this is the reproving ground for the failures of their various societies (Im looking at you russia, not including how you invaded that beast of a nation Georgia). Americans like to play and play hard without worrying about proving themselves because we arent insecure with our place in the world. The two playing styles dont mix.

I personally dont like the beginning of strat peasant simulator with archers the only ones actually playing and the rest of us being useless archer targets.

Now with archers getting a buff it will be even worse.

Every time you say dumb shit like this. Kitten dies. I advise you shut up till the end of your days or at least not to say what you don't know.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Thax on September 21, 2011, 09:58:03 pm
You hit the nail on the head but it hurts my feelings

Im sorry, Im just bluntly honest.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Kazak on September 21, 2011, 10:01:43 pm
Im sorry, Im just bluntly honest.

Really, not aggro'd with your quote frame.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Tears of Destiny on September 21, 2011, 10:04:42 pm
Im sorry, Im just bluntly honest.
I think maybe you need to visit various parts of Europe or immerse yourself in the various cultures, and perhaps also brush up on your history a bit. Europe does not have a singular cultural identity no more then the countries in North America do despite being on the same continent. Additionally, "Europe" has not lost every war in the last 100 years, so I have no idea where you are getting that.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Xant on September 21, 2011, 10:10:20 pm
I wasn't aware "Europe" had even warred against anyone.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Warcat on September 21, 2011, 10:11:42 pm
One could argue that with all the death and destruction there are no winners in war, and that Switzerland is the only true winner in the last 100 years. Just saying...
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: [ptx] on September 21, 2011, 10:23:07 pm
I wonder, which society is failing in this thread?
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Xant on September 21, 2011, 10:23:23 pm

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Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: SquishMitten on September 21, 2011, 10:30:19 pm
so what wars has the 'EU' lost in the last 50 years, and what wars has America won in the last 50 years?
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Thax on September 21, 2011, 10:34:58 pm
Well if you count the cold war or the first war in Iraq...that would be 2 wins NA.

Also, for the slower, one of your various societies lost the cold war. -1 for them.

What happened in Bosnia? Oh yeah they lost. Gosh. -1
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: [ptx] on September 21, 2011, 10:36:15 pm
Someone tell me he is trying to troll us or something...
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: SquishMitten on September 21, 2011, 10:39:56 pm
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good job naming 2 'wars' that you were allied with the EU in
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Thax on September 21, 2011, 10:41:56 pm
By allied you mean EU followed our coattails like always?

I agree
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: SquishMitten on September 21, 2011, 10:46:01 pm
sure why not, thus by your point system we get +11 points for first gulf war alone
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Tears of Destiny on September 21, 2011, 10:46:11 pm
Thax I am hereby disowning you from the United States of America... Or the Human race for that matter...
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: okiN on September 21, 2011, 10:47:59 pm
Troll down. Skip the gloating phase, get back to talking about Strategus. Further OT spam gets warned.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Osiris on September 21, 2011, 10:51:11 pm
any ETA on strat?
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Devestater on September 21, 2011, 11:18:14 pm
so what wars has the 'EU' lost in the last 50 years, and what wars has America won in the last 50 years?

^^^Seriously? Terrible attempt at trolling. LOL!^^^
I would like to know what country he is from!
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Joseph on September 21, 2011, 11:29:55 pm
Stop talking about wars, you guys are all nerds playing crpg.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Keshian on September 21, 2011, 11:35:45 pm
Stop talking about wars, you guys are all nerds playing crpg.

Hey, you better not be putting down Nam, I was busy killing commie bastards before you were even born (totally kidding - don't get your bonnets in a bustle)
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: kukufarikki on September 22, 2011, 01:58:57 am
Stop talking about wars, you guys are all nerds playing crpg.

is the subject of war too touchy for the french?
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: BalrogBoru on September 22, 2011, 02:07:29 am
is the subject of war too touchy for the french?

BOOM!

Haha, quite.

Back OT: Any news on when the new map will be up? Now that the lines have been drawn and siege battles have been tested.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Xant on September 22, 2011, 03:42:07 am
is the subject of war too touchy for the french?

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Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Dach on September 22, 2011, 03:44:37 am
Sorry to break your fun, but I don't think this will upset Joseph...

He's french-canadian, not french  :P
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: chadz on September 22, 2011, 09:47:40 am
might take another week, actually - we're currently working on a new spawn system in the battles, and those have to be tested thoroughly so we don't need another wipe straight away, I intend to keep this round fair and bug-free.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Matey on September 22, 2011, 10:03:19 am
might take another week, actually - we're currently working on a new spawn system in the battles, and those have to be tested thoroughly so we don't need another wipe straight away, I intend to keep this round fair and bug-free.

well last time you said a week, everyone knew it was chadz time... but is this additional week also chadz time? or is it normal time? im pretty sure 1 week chadz time is close to a month in normal time :D
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Uumdi on September 22, 2011, 10:09:26 am
Haha, take as many "chadz week"s as you need, buddy.  I'm excited for strat, but I'd wait months for it to be 97% bug-free.  Just don't go Duke Nukem Forever on us.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Joseph on September 22, 2011, 02:10:17 pm
is the subject of war too touchy for the french?

I hate them more than you do.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Leshma on September 22, 2011, 02:34:37 pm
What happened in Bosnia? Oh yeah they lost. Gosh. -1

Dude, I was born in Bosnia and lived there when that war started. I've seen that war with my own eyes and in some way I survived that war. You have no right to talk about it, you who never been there and who probably have no clue where Bosnia really is. But I do agree with you that you guys (USA) had something to do with that war, after all war is the perfect opportunity for making money and that's why big countries love to provoke wars in smaller, poor countries. After all, you have to sell all those weapons you're spending billions of dolars every day :wink:

At that time it was Bosnia, now it's Libya. Pretty much same scenario...
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Kafein on September 22, 2011, 02:43:19 pm
Dude, I was born in Bosnia and lived there when that war started. I've seen that war with my own eyes and in some way I survived that war. You have no right to talk about it, you who never been there and who probably have no clue where Bosnia really is. But I do agree with you that you guys (USA) had something to do with that war, after all war is the perfect opportunity for making money and that's why big countries love to provoke wars in smaller, poor countries. After all, you have to sell all those weapons you're spending billions of dolars every day :wink:

At that time it was Bosnia, now it's Libya. Pretty much same scenario...

Poor little Gahdafi :cry:
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Leshma on September 22, 2011, 02:45:57 pm
He's not poor the slightest bit but people who live in war zone certainly are. That war has nothing to do with him, it's just an excuse to steal oil or to force better deals.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: kinngrimm on September 22, 2011, 02:49:53 pm
off topic

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snap

i don't know shit about who started that one or if USA AND/OR other contries had to do with it in the first place, so that part seems to me guesswork, but i am pretty sure that weapon manufactures don't care about that part as long there is war somewhere. And those weapon manufacturing companies have in some big countries a huge lobby working the politicians and again BUT ;) i am not sure that would be the case in the USA as they never spend trillions on war efforts and therefor haven't got an military industrial complex employing huge workforces and the USA never had military bases in over 120 countries around the world to secure there geo-political and economical interests so still guesswork i guess  :rolleyes:

PS: i have heard rumors that 1/4 to 1/3  of the offical population(not counted the grey zone of millions of homeless people and/or just illegal immigrants) are directly or indirectly working for the military, anyone who has numbers please pm me a source
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Keshian on September 22, 2011, 03:58:00 pm
Now you guys are sounding as bad as Thax - everyone should shut up about real wars.  The Muslims and Orthodox peoples in that area had been fighting since the time of the Ottoman Empire and even earlier.  The U.S. had nothing to do with the start of the Bosnian war.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: BalrogBoru on September 22, 2011, 04:01:25 pm
PS: i have heard rumors that 1/4 to 1/3  of the offical population(not counted the grey zone of millions of homeless people and/or just illegal immigrants) are directly or indirectly working for the military, anyone who has numbers please pm me a source

Wow, now I have to look that up. If that's true it's a precedent only set by einstein.

might take another week, actually - we're currently working on a new spawn system in the battles, and those have to be tested thoroughly so we don't need another wipe straight away, I intend to keep this round fair and bug-free.

Thanks for responding amidst all the off-topic spam =) Just don't kick me off the god damn roster the moment the test battle starts this time!!! There was about 100 of us sitting in TS and like a sick donkey I was rejected! =D
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: Keshian on September 22, 2011, 04:23:46 pm
might take another week, actually - we're currently working on a new spawn system in the battles, and those have to be tested thoroughly so we don't need another wipe straight away, I intend to keep this round fair and bug-free.

Could we get it a few days earlier then that??  Even after it starts it will be a few days at least before anyone can even successfully attack a village - much longer for castles and cities, so there is far less of a rush for their spawns.
Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: OdinLives on September 22, 2011, 05:01:47 pm
Oh Shit.
It looks like i dont have to help bringing all down, do i?
pm me if everything works so i can do some modding again.

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Title: Re: Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!
Post by: VVarlord on September 22, 2011, 05:05:30 pm
Oh Shit.
It looks like i dont have to help bringing all down, do i?
pm me if everything works so i can do some modding again.

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lol