Upcoming "Revival" patch

[pepejul]

OFC !

[AwesomeHail]

pepe king before harald"?

nice.

[Voncrow]

Wasn't the page count at 30 yesterday?

[Dolphin]

Wasn't the page count at 30 yesterday?

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Everyone is just to excited ;D

[Dooz]

Wasn't the page count at 30 yesterday?

it was 0 four days ago

[Tydeus]

it was 0 four days ago

No, we had a draft up for a few days before posting this. 

[Tears of Destiny]

Well goodness gracious.

[oralroberts]

Hurry the hell up Tydeus.  WE want Pwn!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Someone tickle me

[DrTaco]

No, we had a draft up for a few days before posting this. 

Wait, so this is still in the planning phase?

[Artyem]

We know that this patch will reduce the amount of horse archers, but will it reduce the amount of cavalry in general?  There's been a ludicrous amount of horsemen using great lances, and it's ridiculous because the great lance may as well be one of these:

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[MURDERTRON]

We know that this patch will reduce the amount of horse archers, but will it reduce the amount of cavalry in general?  There's been a ludicrous amount of horsemen using great lances, and it's ridiculous because the great lance may as well be one of these:

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Well, I guess that's what happens when you nerf actual cav classes into the ground, they go HA and couch cav.  And then ranged go unchecked.

[Artyem]

It'd be cool if the great lance wasn't a guaranteed 1 shot kill that can be reused with practically 0 penalties.

[Tydeus]

Wait, so this is still in the planning phase?

What? Pretty much everything has been done. We've spent the last few days finalizing ideas and updating things based on feedback we've had so far.

[Keshian]

Add back ladders and siege equipment to siege please - make it fun again.

Quadruple current xp on strategus to keep it alive if you do a new one - also revert back to strat 1 or 2 mechanics - much simpler and more enjoyable.  Lot more fights.  Also let payouts to non-faction members in strat fights with strat silver be crpg gold when they receive it.  Just need to tweak economy to make things incredibly cheaper and gold much harder to make so the economy matches crpg - less incentive to splurge too much on mercenaries, but adds to overall incentive to participate and fill rosters.

[Tibe]

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I guess those changes might raise the population a bit for some time, but it will drop again, because the basic problems of the game (balance of classes regarding the game mode, upkeep system, marketplace, multiplier system, banner balance) are not being fixed. People will get demotivated for the same reasons like before.

Nobody has stopped playing because of the changes which will be implemented here, and making the start easier for new players won't influence the problems the game has in general.

The more I think about it, those constant nerfs and this downright retarded sticking to "No! You keep your character and looms!" whenever a patch was applied surely had their fair share in demotivating players.

- You disallow players to respec or redistribute loom points after a patch which changes builds or weapon balance
- You introduce the marketplace feature, including training lessons and blacksmith for ridiculous amounts of gold
- For players who are dedicated the marketplace offered a place to make a lot of money and respec/rearrange loom points best to the "flavour of the month"
- Result: the players who play MOST and most likely BEST have no money problems any more (= constantly running around in better equipment), and can adjust to changes the best
- After any change, it takes time until people find out which are the most effective builds, and then it takes time for the devs to adjust the balance accordingly
- With free respecs (the planned 7 day system is fine by me and should have been implemented right away) this system would be much faster and less clumsy, allowing a much faster balancing process

But no, for some reason people decided that players should stick to their builds, making every patch a real gamble if you had an effective build. Of course people quit if you punish them without having done anything wrong. Or can you bring forward a single good reason why you forced people to stick to their builds and heirlooms? A single one? I bet you can't.

And as I listed above, that's only one of many many reasons.

I think you are overcomplicating things. Im not sure but im quessing the players we've lost due to retarded patchingprinciples that fuck up builds is around 10-20. The real reason why people leave is that we've just overplayed it and when theres little variation people leaving eventually is inevitable. I've only heard of a couple people leaving and QQ cause their builds got destroyed and id call those people overexaggerating shitlords. Man  up, make another build, choose another class, adapt, deal with it. Dont throw a fucking tantrum and take it personally every time some updates dont go your way. But yea, thats not the reason why servers got empty. People got tired and left. Thats it.