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[RobertOfDrugsley]

Well, it's an old mod for an old game by now. I'm pretty impressed we still have the player numbers we have.

I like how the game has score now (because the kills and death of old couldn't show who did well as support players), but I have to admit that it's a bit flawed. For instance being a shielder on a map with a bridge is almost free points. No-one really cares because it doesn't bring a reward, so I rarely get called a shieldwhore.

Valor does better imo.

[karasu]

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[Grumbs]

Its hard to pinpoint exactly what makes the game get less popular, its probably a whole bunch of factors. There are big artificial limiters for new players as well as experience/skill. Levelling to a decent level probably takes too long, you start with no looms. Looms are too strong imo with no drawbacks. +10 body armour after retiring like 6 times is a long journey and can be gruelling if you make it your goal. I bet people lose interest levelling up before they even get +3 gloves and body

So they are levelling up a low character for a lot of their time, they have undergeared guys and they suck at the game. They might try playing ranged but will lose interest as the game's strengths lie in its melee mechanics. If newbies want to shoot stuff there is no real reason to do it here rather than anywhere else unless you have a bow fetish.

Old players will get bored of any game. Without new guys to replace them the game will slowly die out. Its important to look at specifics as to why people leave though too. A large % come for melee mechanics and the game devs seem to want to have people standing around holding shields. The game gets very boring sometimes, and a boring game will not retain players

About the scoring/reward system. I think its pretty good. If you reward the losing team too much people will learn to play more selfishly. Right now you have to make your team win. Doesn't even matter if you get 100 points in a round if you don't make your team win, you should perhaps get a chance of valour, but you still didn't do enough so just take it on the chin and try again next round.

[Christo]

Ah come on CMP, what will remain in general if you guys move everything here?

Dramaturge doesn't like.

[XyNox]

Page 2, nobody yet said its because of ranged.

I ... I am so proud of you guys.

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[Grumbs]

I implied it in my post

[XyNox]

I implied it in my post

*reads again*

DAMMIT ...
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[Armpit_Sweat]

It is an old game after all... Hard to expect many new players at this point.

Besides, cRPG forum is a much more interesting game. Here is some good old forum spam:

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That is about 3-10 "+" material right there, i will level up in no time! See, that is why you are a peasant with 1 renown, and i am a fuckin' Marshall. And if you post cats and bouncy tits, it's like an x4 multiplies to your "+"'s! A photoshopped picture of a developer is a forum valour 

[Fartface]

Another great way to farm valour is just to offend the people making posts.

[LordBerenger]

I'd give you a time machine so you could go back to 2010. Then you would cry even more and cut yourself. Today is easy mode.

[Fartface]

I'd give you a time machine so you could go back to 2010. Then you would cry even more and cut yourself. Today is easy mode.

Send me to that time please!

[Christo]

I'd give you a time machine so you could go back to 2010. Then you would cry even more and cut yourself. Today is easy mode.

^

[Gurnisson]

Page 2, nobody yet said its because of ranged.

I ... I am so proud of you guys.

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I can't manage more than 5 consecutive rounds with my main on eu 1 because of ranged. If I try playing, I just end up rejoining with my 1h cav and go for the ranged that targets me or annoys me, since I can never get my revenge as a pikeman.

[Sniger]

+'ed

i dont 100% agree but i like that you do the post despite what you prolly knew was gonna happen.

the world is in great need of ppl like you and me buddy

and yes, the mod have lost a great deal of players. why? im not so sure why, i just know its a fact.

we are in terrible need of new blood. but problem is that new blood cba playing cus its either too unfair they are getting constantly pwned (banner balance?) or you could be right its cus the ppl who would find this mod interesting cba playing it due to the score system... dunno.

personally i blame banner balance on FFA servers (not in strat i see the point with it in strat)

notice the cool rules popup when you log on

notice the frikkin awesome amount of players?

i fear these poor guys have no idea about banner balance and what it is and in what magnitude its used.

[CptMike_TheBasque]

Update bump