Strategus wipe - new features - vote for your continent!

[Keshian]

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.

[Overdriven]

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?

[Slantedfloors]

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 

Yes, well not all of us can just ask Fallen nicely and receive fiefs without having to do any actual fighting.

[Overdriven]

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.

[Matey]

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.

[Overdriven]

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.

[Slantedfloors]

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.

[Overdriven]

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?

[Slantedfloors]

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.

[Overdriven]

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

[Thucydides]

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

[Hisagi]

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"

[Gingerpussy]

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

[BalrogBoru]

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.

[Matey]

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.