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General Discussion / Re: What made you rage?
« on: March 27, 2012, 05:06:58 pm »
the red fog of Mars
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General Discussion / Re: My take on why the siege became so popular after the xp boost
« on: March 24, 2012, 01:45:10 pm »Disclaimer: This post may contain biased views!
Back in march 2010, when i started this game (on the 22nd server) i was completely drawn in by the magic. The big fields with two opposing armies facing off in fight of biblical proportions. Most people were decked in misc gear and there were almost zero knights, horses were rare, few snipers (1-2), some range and a massive amount of melee players. There were debates about the best skill-route, armors, players etc.
Then drama ensued and cRPG changed,
Now instead of the 222 slot server the 22nd clan provided, we had a small 60 slot server ( got upgraded fast tho). Maps changed from open fields to more infantry friendly. Gold & experience gain was slow, and there was a soft-cap to level. Some started to power-level and in a few days/weeks more knights emerged. Medium armor became the norm. The game was still awesome fun, and there was a much larger quantity of melee players as opposed to ranged & cavalry. People were still unsure about the class-routes as there was quite a bit of math behind it all.
Then some shitkid decided to ddos cRPG, which resulted in a database-wipe.
chadz improved much in cRPG, but the players had gone from casuals to power-gamers. Ill admit i was once counted among them, playing for hours upon hours, caught in the mindless hunt for the next level and new armor.
Now everyone was looking to maximize their exp & gold gain. After a few days some people had heavy armor (which had earlier been reserved for a few dedicated gamers, among them BNCshrek, the first to reach black-armor). A week passed, and just like that, heavy armor was now the norm. But it did not stop there; horses, xbows and archers emerged in massive numbers.
Now a few months laters, there are hardly any people not following one of the cookie-cutter builds. Maps has changed to cater for increasing population of cavalry & range. It has been days, if not weeks since i last played a battle on a map that favored infantry.
Q: What does the above text have to do with the current siege phenomena?
Nothing and everything.
You see, in this gaming era everyone feels entitled to be the hero. No one will settle for the side-kick. In the start people were more relaxed towards this game, but as it became more and more popular, the min-maxing started. Now we have a influx of range & mounted players, in addition to the tin-cans. You can no longer play the game as you see fit, if you intend to make a name for yourself (there are of-course exceptions to every rule). Even skilled Mount & blade vets are using the most overpowered armors and weapons, even in duels. After some of the custom made weapon & armors made it into this mod, the old weapons have seen little to no use. Tears are a perfect example of this; It got range, speed and damage, why would anyone use anything else? AFAIK the ninja clan is the only clan still using some form of equipment code for their members. Im happy with my choice of being a ninja, but sometimes, when i lose to worse players because everyone else is using the most ridiculous weapons & armors, i get frustrated.
Thrown into this mix of crazed power-gamers are the casuals and the people refusing to play the min-max game. After dying repeatably to projectiles and horse-bumps for months now, i think people have finally found a sanctuary, still somewhat untouched by the taint thats plaguing the rest of the game. Its so relaxing not to be forced to spin 360 degrees all the time, to look for incoming cavs in additional to dodging arrows. And even if you get shot to pieces, you only have to wait a maximum of 30 seconds before you are up and running again.
I have no clue what future lays ahead of cRPG..
Only chadz and a handful of people really have a clue on how the future cRPG will look like. I doubt the players mentality will change for the better, min-maxing is here to stay. However steps can be taken to ensure a fair and fun game for everyone.
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General Discussion / Re: Sell me on your clan.
« on: March 24, 2012, 01:39:13 pm »
We have more banner leechers than members.
We are a musical bunch and will quite ofter spontaneously break into song and play music on TS.
We have no leader.
We have the best outfits.
We have SpaceMArine fridays
We have ooVoo fridays
We have a druid
We spend far too much time playing and being on TS
We jump off things
We are a musical bunch and will quite ofter spontaneously break into song and play music on TS.
We have no leader.
We have the best outfits.
We have SpaceMArine fridays
We have ooVoo fridays
We have a druid
We spend far too much time playing and being on TS
We jump off things
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General Off Topic / Re: Show off your motorbikes...
« on: March 20, 2012, 11:36:17 am »
I have had a few in my time, here are the ones I have at the moment.
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Bikes are epic fun!!!
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Bikes are epic fun!!!
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General Discussion / Re: Byzantine Armor Pack
« on: March 11, 2012, 02:35:56 am »
Ooooh I'm gonna look even sexier than normal.
Cheers for Sorting this out Ujin and all from the Byzantium clan for pitching in the cash!!
Cheers for Sorting this out Ujin and all from the Byzantium clan for pitching in the cash!!
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Faction Halls / Re: [Byzantium] Basileia ton Romaion (Recruiting EU)
« on: February 12, 2012, 03:50:02 am »11
Faction Halls / Re: [Byzantium] Basileia ton Romaion (Recruiting EU)
« on: February 11, 2012, 08:19:17 pm »
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Spam / Re: Cavarly is broken
« on: February 04, 2012, 02:22:45 pm »
Cav should be more expensive, a horse plus feed plus livery costs a fortune, always has. In this mod they are 2 a penny and way to cheap. I agree they should be devistating in combat. But there should be less of them around. Simple.
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Game Balance Discussion / Re: Petition to revert the patch
« on: January 27, 2012, 06:31:58 pm »At first i thought archers got overnerfed. Now i think they are actually at a pretty good spot.
Xbows and Throwing need a buff atm. I wouldn't touch archery ,personally ( flame on).
You must be trolling you used a bow lately
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Faction Halls / Re: [Byzantium] Basileia ton Romaion (Recruiting EU)
« on: January 26, 2012, 12:41:29 pm »
Testing...
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Faction Halls / Re: [Byzantium] Basileia ton Romaion (Recruiting EU)
« on: January 21, 2012, 09:36:30 pm »
No. I know its wierd, she is always tired after it, but I am not. Its cool, so I can stay up and play a bit or watch tv while shes already sleeping.
Believe it or not, I am a (at least some people stated that) hardcore gamer with a girlfriend. A FEMALE girlfriend. And shes pretty cute and handsome. But as I am a attractive and muscular guy, that not a surprise
EDIT: Just imagine me like my avatar, but a bit smaller and not THAT muscular, and glasses
Picture needs posting in the Byzantium mug shot thread after that comment, apparently I look like a computer game character
