Super Server game balance
I recently started a new game and attempted to join server 028.
I was automatically forwarded to the new Super Server SS2.
I've been on that server for approximately 11 days now, and have already advanced the big shots at Evony some of my hard earned dollars. Because afterall I realize that this is a buiness and its only fair to support the game if I am enjoying playing it.
Now its come to my attention that the balance of game play may have been altered for the super servers, especially with reguards to medal drop rates.
I did see the sticky thread at the top of this forum about game mechanics and the reply from the ADMIN person is dated July 09! I believe his remarks may be somewhat out of date.
I've been able to find out from other players that the Rose medals do drop from level 10 valleys; however they no longer appear to be dropping from the low level valleys.
This is a somewhat discourageing situation for a new knight looking for a promotion. I've been hitting a level 1 hill repeatedly for the past 2 days with no results. I believe that I should be able to get a cross or rose medal from that hill eventually, at least thats the way it works on a standard server.
I found no offical notices from Evony that the game's mechanics have been tweaked for Super Servers. And they've done nothing to discourage new players from joining these servers.
While I should clearly prefer to join a newer game server; this website has no server status page with game start dates posted that i've been able to locate.
If the balance of gameplay has been tweaked on these super servers to match the higher ranked players in the game, and make it unfair to new players, then I think i have a valid issue with the Evony people.
I wrote a ticket under billing/accounts and I'm waiting for a reply; since the matter does involve a sum of game coin I thought that was appropriate.