Should recruitment links be abolished?

[Aram]

Recruitment links are being abused. There is no skill in spamming everyone to get ur link clicked, and the 50 click limit is still 50 too many. What about the players who have invest hard earned naquada in unit production. That's a proper strategy. Not gaining units based on how much you can spam. Lets face it, recruitment links are being abused. I bet you most ppl who joined this game DID NOT come through a recruitment link. A good side effect of this is that with no recruitment links being clicked, it will speed up the servers considerably, leading to faster gameplay. This is a game about skill, not about how well u can spam.

At the very least the units gained through recruitment links per day should be reduced to 10. That will make ppl cocentrate on unit production instead of relying on recieving their units freely, they'll actually have to spend naquada on it, instead of just buying more and more weapons. I know the more skilled players in the game will agree with me.

PS: And no, spamming your recruitment link to everyone doesn't make you skilled at the game. You know who you are that this is directed to.

[_Apophis__]

Loser!
Yeah, ruin it for everybody with your lame idea's.

[forgive_me]

one word......NO

whay dont we cot of unit production /day?.......do u dont undarstand that goauld are dependet (by race bonus)...by the units thay have.....if recruting links are cot of...than goauld shoud get deleted from the race list......its worse enouf that the recruting wass limited ....now u want it out.....as i sad NOOOOO.......

thats my opinion.....

[Amun'Ra]

I dont see the big deal, A commander should be clicking on his officers links anyway and vice versa. And anyway how else are new players ment to get decent cash and troops to make an impact? yes is all nice saying we should get rid of them when were all in like the top 200 but what about those guys right down at the bottom who get only 1 unit per day? We were all there once you know and how did we get big? by giving people our links and asking them to click on it. Personally I dont spam my link all over the place I just used to until I could save up the money to spend on unit production.

But it is a part of the game, knowing where to place your link so you will get the most clicks is a skill in its own right. If you take away the link all those players right down the bottom might as well quit because they have no chance (or almost no chance) in getting any higher than they are.

[IcER]

I personnally believe clicks should be limited more, why?

Because its very open to abuse, requires in my opinion NO tactic skill, and I just cant see how it benefits the game. I imagine most the the top players get most of their clicks via their officers who are providing units anyway. I honestly cant see how anyone can be against this unless they have over 10 officers or post their link in forums chatrooms etc...and if they have that many officers YOU HAVE A HUGE BONUS ANYWAY.

Apophis: How does this ruin the fun? It is just limiting an element of the game which requires little or no skill

forgive_me: I dont understand how this has any specific disadvantage for the Goa'uld if you want more men just invest more heavily in unit production...your bonusprovides you with more naq so that you are able to do this more than any other race.

If you cant tell, I have always hated clicks since I first saw this game.

[Enfant Terrible]

I dont see the big deal, A commander should be clicking on his officers links anyway and vice versa. And anyway how else are new players ment to get decent cash and troops to make an impact? yes is all nice saying we should get rid of them when were all in like the top 200 but what about those guys right down at the bottom who get only 1 unit per day? We were all there once you know and how did we get big? by giving people our links and asking them to click on it. Personally I dont spam my link all over the place I just used to until I could save up the money to spend on unit production.

But it is a part of the game, knowing where to place your link so you will get the most clicks is a skill in its own right. If you take away the link all those players right down the bottom might as well quit because they have no chance (or almost no chance) in getting any higher than they are.

A lot of people don't read the forums so they won't know a lot about the alliances etc. A new player can get a decent number of troops just by focussing on building up their unit production when they start. Don't forget the production upgrades are actually very cheap at the outset.

I think the reasoning that eliminating clicking will reduce server load makes a good point to get rid of something that I don't feel adds much to the game. I say drop the recruitement links.

[Sleipnir]

I have never been too fond of the click system and it's potential for abuse. Getting 50 extra units per day is a very big bonus IMO. How much does it cost to upgrade your unit production from 0 to 50? I don't know exactly, but I know it's a lot, let alone from 100 to 150. It's an increase of naquadah production of 72000 per day, lasting forever (almost, since death rate is so low). So, is that reason enough to completely scrub it? I think not.

It could be altered though. How about giving something like 5000 naquadah per click. For someone who's just started that's quite a lot. For someone in the top 100 it's very little. Even at 50 clicks, it's only 250k.

Or, it could be used in conjunction with another idea that's been flying around here: charging up special attacks.

[Enfant Terrible]

How about giving something like 5000 naquadah per click. For someone who's just started that's quite a lot. For someone in the top 100 it's very little. Even at 50 clicks, it's only 250k.

I like this idea a lot. Sounds to me like a good way to go.

[forgive_me]

i dont like the idea because it destrois...the bonus of a race........if u want this than sugest wath shoud goauld get as a extra.....

[Enfant Terrible]

The goa'uld get 6250 naq per link click up to 50 a day. That's a 25% bonus on income

[forgive_me]

The goa'uld get 6250 naq per link click up to 50 a day. That's a 25% bonus on income

W A T H ?
u guis get...extra bonus ...cheper weapons and trainings....cheper spy levels...WIDOWT LIMITATIONS.....and u want to actuali limit the goaul income???????

N O

as i exlaind...its a viable limit to unit upgread....the units dont produce enouf to count in the costs....so wath is this.......

do this modification and u guis can wary of 1 less goauld....

6250 naq.....ok....lets say its ok...but asgard tauri get the 10% cheaper weapons to only 1 weapon....and they get there extra bonus attack/defence on only 25% of there weapons...haws that....????

[[SGC_ReplicÅtors]]

ummmmmmm no

they too valuable to throw away and plus maybe my unit productions does make my click some what obsolete but i still click it!

why because is a free unit and plus what about those ppl that that less then a 100 units its another way of gaining units i suppose

[Enfant Terrible]

If clicks are eliminated every one loses that turn based income. If the goa'uld get a bonus on naq per click then they get a bonus others don't. It's perfectly fair.

And you keep talking about the tau'ri attack bonus. Yet never do I hear any goa'uld point out that in addition to the 25% bonus on income they have a 25% larger bank and free deposits into this larger bank.

Having a bigger bank is hugely beneficial, particularly when looking to upgrade a spy level. The goa'uld are at no disadvantage whatsoever.

[Forum]

hmmm... they get 25% more income,and no bank fee, but same size bank... i never thought of increasing bank size... but it does make sense
and - for a number of reasons, the unique click will stay - and stay limited... right now it is 50 /day -- which is HUGE for new players, not that much for higher rank players, so servers that purpose as well as a few others that go beyond single players....
the limit may be looked at, but for now the 50 seems ok...
I have also stopped the ability to abuse it.

If clicks are eliminated every one loses that turn based income. If the goa'uld get a bonus on naq per click then they get a bonus others don't. It's perfectly fair.

And you keep talking about the tau'ri attack bonus. Yet never do I hear any goa'uld point out that in addition to the 25% bonus on income they have a 25% larger bank and free deposits into this larger bank.

Having a bigger bank is hugely beneficial, particularly when looking to upgrade a spy level. The goa'uld are at no disadvantage whatsoever.

[forgive_me]

hmmm... they get 25% more income,and no bank fee, but same size bank... i never thought of increasing bank size... but it does make sense
and - for a number of reasons, the unique click will stay - and stay limited... right now it is 50 /day -- which is HUGE for new players, not that much for higher rank players, so servers that purpose as well as a few others that go beyond single players....
the limit may be looked at, but for now the 50 seems ok...
I have also stopped the ability to abuse it.

hail almaity Forum :D


and pls do lock at the bank size......its 2 days worth of naq...but its one of 2 things left to upgread...the other is unit production.....and its about money......

aldow i have just stared using the bank after more than 1 weack in wich i didnt deposit nothing it woud be good to have a biger bank...