My 2 cents here... op has a point here, and honestly, as a big player, why still sink low to the 100mil range, when you can already volley a player to 100B or even 1T? The amount of gold you get from the volley does not help much to you nor the player receiving it. If bigger player genuinely wanted to help, maybe hire junk allies off the newer players or play drop volley with the newer folks, you will get true respect from them.
About the game dying.... believe me, it won't die if top 300 lb are still around, for they are the VIPed customers which will keep this game around for as long as it will not be a great quarrel among them. You see, if 10 more strips like the fashion of Teja happens, there's a chance for drastic change in the game for the game risks being perished. But since Teja couldn't held his promise and returned, then, be sure that the same addiction afflicts other lb players. Very few lb players have the courage to stand against this addiction. Even if they leave, new players who are ready to pay-to-win will come up and strive delusionally to be the best around. The last line sets it. For every player who decided to continue with KAW, did so for they longed to be the best around. Now, since you're lamenting low-cost allies, means that you are squirming about it. Cya!
Are you aware that everyone can hire up to 250 allies? As a new player, why would you hire someone who is worth 1Bil, if you can hire 50 players who are worth 20Mil each? Installment, Budgeting, hello? A new player hires for the purpose of having max plunder.. That example could apply to other ally-price ranges, too..
Have you actually looked to see how many 20m allies are available? That is half of the problem here. Research before replying. Saves time for me having to reply to your pointless responses. Sure you don't agree with me, but at least bring an argument of substance before spurting your words all over the forums.
The devs should look to implementing ShadyMarine's suggestion about NPC bot allies in all the ranges. A few thousand of these from 10,000 gold to BC stats would eventually stabilise the market and provide longevity to the game, because we need a gold sink! You know something is wrong with the market when a BC ally is 15 Trillion.
Why does it matter what size player owns a 1 bill ally? The ally is still 1 billion. It still cost the same amount. Fyi, maybe they have those cheap allies cause a smaller player asked them to clear them out so they could upgrade or buy an active ally.
I'm not saying that either. My main owns small allies from that same reason. What I'm saying is "Stop buying allies from smalls if you are a big player" unless, like you stated, it has been asked as a favour.
@Violence It's not that difficult to search. 20Mil, 50Mil, 100Mil.. Amuse me.. A new player hires an ally for the purpose of reaching max plunder. It's a war game with economic competition. Instead of rants, why don't you suggest some ideas. Makes the forum productive.
Don't get all snappy. Do you believe we would be in this thread if there were 20m allies in the market? " hello ". Really? Lol The allies below 1b in price are volleyed up almost immediately. Leaving nothing for smalls to use for mp.
Again juke... Please think before you reply. #1 - go and look at the ally market at the number of accounts available to hire within those ranges. #2 - do you realise how long it takes to get 100m when you are small, without max plunder you get 1m per attack. #3 - this isn't a rant, it is a suggestion. Please, spare your mindless input.
@Violence What are your suggestions then? How would you resolve the inflation? Where are your ideas? Tell the big fishes to buy their own kind? Clearly, it's a rant thread. So, amusing. Goodluck.
Many new players are volleyed to 2-3 bill anyway... If youre small, just invest in several even smaller allies. It makes money anyway, and you need it. There may not be a vast number of small allies, but there are enough.
The odd thing about how kaw sets up a new player is, its just a pseudo head start illusion. The most important thing that new players are oblivious to is how important "Max Plunder" is. What good is there in having all your low lands opened if you are only getting 10-50k an attack? There are tons of new players who go for days not realizing that allies are 99% of you potential gold earnings. Honestly no one should have to own a one billion gold ally. New players should start with a spell that grants max plunder for a set amount of time and as it is about to expire a quick tutorial should pop up and explain it. Then they could save 5-10bill real quick and hire in that range. But thats not how it is. Instead they get what seems like a great advantage but no means in which to take advantage of this so called advantage.
A simple solution would be to introduce a value cap based on the players cs. Not only can this be adjusted when necessary, it would not apply to accounts after a certain cs level is reached. There are no resets anymore so ally bombs are irrelevant so therefore inflating the value of no status accounts is not required.
I agree again to am extent, however I believe that the prompt should come up at the beginning, giving players the chance to reach max plunder long before the spell runs out. But yes, that is a great idea none the less.
Not well thought out, can't stop "big players" from buying small allies... Need to consider what "big players" are and even then it wouldn't be fair to them not being able to buy whichever ally they wanted.
I only made it to page 2. Maybe this has been covered, apologies if that's the case. It's important to remember that not everyone who volleys new players over 1B do it selfishly. The player getting vollied has an advantage with the extra gold flow; I've vollied multiple ppl knowing they'd prolly go inactive with the intent of helping. My solution is not a new idea. Add a max plunder spell onto the new player spell. Couple this with a message from kaw halfway thru the spell that explains in detail how the plunder system works. Players shouldn't be expected to find basic gameplay in forums. Besides I like kaw message. It makes me feel warm inside.