dardar wrote:ive seen stuffs on other games were u can get directed to the forum.
PM me the game please, I'll use that info to promote this idea further
dardar wrote:ive seen stuffs on other games were u can get directed to the forum.
schuesseled wrote:And Yes, If someone attacked me with a knife and I had a cannon I would shoot them with it.
Age old saying that, "Dont bring a knife to a gun fight"
Reason, youll get dead.
FuzzyBear wrote:the rule about the market not in use for 2 weeks is silly, wats the point of it?
FuzzyBear wrote:the rule about the market not in use for 2 weeks is silly, wats the point of it?
schuesseled wrote:And Yes, If someone attacked me with a knife and I had a cannon I would shoot them with it.
Age old saying that, "Dont bring a knife to a gun fight"
Reason, youll get dead.
Mojo Rising wrote:Yes, of course, let's increase the starting stats of n00bs in a game that is already suffering out of control growth. Are you folks really that stupid or did my brain miss the memo that all the others were going on a cruise to the Bahamas? Did the ascension update not prove that making it easier to grow in a game is NOT necessarily the way to IMPROVE it?
If you want to make it easier for n00b accounts to grow without losing interest, there is one very simple way and it will fix everything: RESET the servers. That way, everyone starts on a relatively equal footing then, although those that have played before will have a leg up but not much of one because, unlike some of the posters in this thread, I find the game to be quite simple to figure out, at its core, which is what Jason should go back to. Eliminate raiding, eliminate miners, eliminate MSs, eliminate planets, implement ascension right away and make descension a part of it from the beginning, only allow one ascension every six months (at most). Voila! You have fixed every problem in the game and made it so that the n00bs are on a relatively equal footing with the vets and you have curbed the out of control growth that is SGW right now.
By limiting ascensions to one every six months you won't have the spate of quick ascensions that occurred shortly after the server opened with 100s of LG+1s running around less than a month after ascension was implemented. Not only that, but implementing descension from the very beginning of ascension will force people to put LF towards the ascended stats as well as the other stats and not let them just stock up on charisma, production enhancements, and fleets (or at least, not nearly as much).
As far as money making goes, it will increase Jason's coffers as people will be buying USSs to build up accounts and get the ability to trade. I would also make it so that you can still take two PPTs per week if you wish but only one could be bought with ingame resources. The other you would have to pay cash for. This will further line your coffers Jason, but still allow the casual player to have weekends free if he so desires without paying cash
Will people quit if this happens? No doubt. But Jason, look around you, people are quitting already. I did, KGC and a few others have, and I know a lot more that are planning to quit after the war is over (note to those people involved in the war: it is over). You can either have a lot of people quit and have a game that is NOT going to attract new people to it (or if it does, make it so boring for them that they quit) or you can grow a pair, use the common sense that God gave you to see reason, and reset both servers, with the changes outlined above. You will fix every problem that you created and you will make a game worth playing again. Currently ascension is beyond broken and nothing but a total reset can fix it; main is quickly headed that way and besides, in order to reset ascension, you need to reset main with it as well.
Please note that this is a suggestion from someone who is outside the game now and has no plans on coming back, even if you were to change things. Because I know you Jason. And you can't resist the urge to muck about with things that don't need mucking about with. You also can't resist making updates that, instead of being fair to everyone, screw one group over royally while benefitting a second group immensely (the ascension updates, the MS updates). But, as a former playtester, former master of ascension, and someone who understands the fundamentals of this game, having a few good accounts and giving other people something to strive for is better than handing everything to the masses on a silver platter and having every account be the same after six months. Do the game a favor, do yourself a favor: RESET BOTH SERVERS NOW, whilst you still have a core group that will continue to play. Also, by resetting the game, it will be a lot easier to catch the people who hack the game and get cheated resources. So you won't have to worry about groups like TLE gaining control of the game as well.
I shall get off my soapbox now. I wish everyone the best of luck in this game and, I hope for your sakes, as well as for future players of SGW, that Jason listens to me but am realistic enough to know that he won't because my idea makes entirely too much sense and sense is anathema to Jason. Unless something truly screws just a small group over, it is not a good update. Screwing everyone over equally is out of the question.
Mojo Rising wrote:If you want to make it easier for n00b accounts to grow without losing interest, there is one very simple way and it will fix everything: RESET the servers.
By limiting ascensions to one every six months you won't have the spate of quick ascensions that occurred shortly after the server opened with 100s of LG+1s running around less than a month after ascension was implemented. Not only that, but implementing descension from the very beginning of ascension will force people to put LF towards the ascended stats as well as the other stats and not let them just stock up on charisma, production enhancements, and fleets (or at least, not nearly as much).
12. Main server reset. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN FOLKS!!!!!
Stickman wrote:12. Main server reset. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN FOLKS!!!!!
From the read before you suggest topic.