I personally just don't see the devs doing anything that would constitute old players to return, or new players to stay. They have screwed up so much, and as always they are just listening to us without anything really happening. They say it takes time to implement ideas obviously so, but if they would quit wasting time on stupid events many of us couldn't care about it would get done sooner. This game still has a lot of potential, but the devs without a doubt will not reach it. I don't understand how they could honestly think these upgrades and new lands were justifiable. Because of a few that spend a ton of $ to bc doesn't mean the rest of the community should suffer as a result. Kaw_com is a waste of an account and space he only replies if someone is mentioned eb's or spending money, or in this case a ton of people tell them how screwed up their decisions have been. Even when he does respond it's a generic response he probably had relayed from the ignorant devs. They are stupid enough to not realize how many people have left the game, and hardly any are joining now. They just don't care, and are trying to gather up all the money they can before they either sell the rights to someone else or shut it down like the other ata games.
So appoint a committee to vote/pick ten ambassadors. I mean anyone can read through forums and tell who the mostly sane, leveled headed people are . Or just have devs pick them.
Although this may sound funny and ironic from my position, I believe HTE should be removed entirely from kaw. This will stop mass inflation and force kingdoms to eb to work upwards to hit the harder, better paying ebs. Most big players just sit and do hte to hoard virtual gold to buy allies. Just in the best interest in the community remove hte, refund all the money for seals people would still have in their possession. I do say too keep rotwb, honestly that eb can help small players get the boost they need to start working in this game. Have these small accounts do hte they can llbc in a matter of days and hlbc within 1 month of game play
@spilatch-Who chooses the committee? No one will agree upon who is chosen. I'm not sure what point of "been tried" you don't understand. We even had developers in a 3rd party group, ready to enact this idea. The PLAYERS could not agree on who should be in the group that discusses idea's with developers. So the idea fell through. Devs did decide, after New Age started the "No to Eb" movement. They created KaW_Com. Thanks NA for that.
I do remember that initiative, Mickey. The process of choosing (or electing) committee members ended in a fiasco, noone could agree on the process itself to start with. The idea was interesting and it came at a time where I had the impression that contact to the devs was easier than nowadays. Mods like Moose or Wulf seemed to have good entries there, something I totally miss nowadays. Maybe I'm mistaken though (due to a lack of communication...). The expansion into new lands isn't that bad for the game as some might think it to be. Until now, new lands and their horrendous prices were more of a gold sink for "end-game" players and allowed smaller players to get some quick stats with the first few lands and buildings. Something more worrysome is a comment one of my clanmates did: KaW's economy is starting to closely mirror our (capitalistic) economies. 95% of the wealth is in the hand of the top 5%.
Lol won't spend money on this game lb players will but eventually the game will stop being supported devs go look
Devs appoint committee or ambassadors . If I can read forums for 15 mins and understand who the morons are so can they. In terms of kaw comm idk how much credit or thanks should be given for something that essentially doesn't exist ( sorry kaw comm , but we all know you didn't work out exactly how both sides had hoped)
Spilatch, at that time devs refused to be implied in the committee nomination process, it was up to the community to come up with something. It failed miserably... In a certain sense, devs have chosen some KaW ambassadors afterwards, the Valiant Knights. Not sure if one could build upon that, their numbers are pretty limited.
@spilatch- already been tried. Still not getting what you don't understand. Mods are supposed to be ambassadors to our players. You are arguing for redundancy. Which isn't needed. I can read forums for 15 minutes and tell you would never make a developer chosen list.
@DN- valiant knights is a joke. They made someone who openly steals accounts in KaW store a valiant knight. Even after numerous reports from moderators and owners from KaW Store they refuse to fix or even acknowledge their mess up. Instead they sweep it under the rug. I wouldn't rely on valiant knights for much more than being popular.
I don't really think devs know the majority of its customers. Most do not contact the developers, use forums or complain yet could be great people that help others for no reward yet go unoticed. The new lands are what they are I guess we all have to live with it knowing the end goal has been moved just about out of the mid range sites for now but who knows what will happen. I have spent a fair amount on this game but realise the lb spend lots more. It was always going to happen. Perhaps these new lands are devs attempt to claw back excess gold floating around kingdoms. I would rather the clan structure come first. We have a eb that some can't hit another 20 clan spaces could help. Kaw has focused on two pvp events that was exciting despite flaws. The equipment from eb has been a challenge MITH equipment also. Now the last T ebs have been great pay and the chase of the scroll has been some kind of chase still only enchanted one ring. To achieve LC is not a end game it's just something else to work too. I played this game before the EB exist stats was shocking pvp was hard and gold was not easy to get.
@Mickey: yes, I guess I was a bit too subtle and should have been a bit more sarcastic. I wouldn't even say that VKs are popular as they seem almost inexistant and irrelevant. Except for Mango and UCP (who sadly disappeared weeks after his nomination), I can't even tell you their names...
I don't think Devs see everyone here as ice cream customer. Devs see players as crack heads needing their next fix
A goal has a negative impact when it is perceived as not achievable. I suspect few will ever achieve this goal, and hence it has a greater negative than positive impact.
If the game was dieing, there would be no promos, no new releases, no new buildings, no updates at all. That's when the game is dieing. I have played a game that was completely neglected by its developers. No updates, no anything for 2 YEARS. That's what a dead game is like, and this game isn't quite the same as that or near 'dieing'. While this game was its finest in 10-12', i still find the new contents enjoyable. The community might be suffering from the neglection from the developers, but hey, we still play. HTE promos might not be suitable for everyone, but there are people who enjoy them. So, let em spend their bucks, and quit whining.. Stop being a ******* ****.
At this point I wouldnt even care if they sell the rights, maybe we get less crappy devs than we have now. So please do ATA