problem with generic statements like that is you tar everyone with the same brush, including those trying to make constructive suggestions to improve the game. not all change is bad lancelot :)
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i agree, and im sry. i know that a lot of people do use constructive criticism, and those people i respect and value as fellow evony members, it just saddens me that it seems like the majority of people are not like that anymore.
Couldn't agree more... but that is why we have the option or choice of buying bonus packages.... asking for gamers suggestions and then giving them what they need but with a pricetag is unethical. Every other similar game on the net has an option to let poeple get on with thier real lives and still return to a frozen/protected account... and they do that for free because most devs understand that RL sometimes (dammit) gets in the way of gaming, but we'd still like to game after the pesky RL situation goes away.
I have parted with real cash for this game... when i have choosen to do from one of the many 'please give us money' mails that evony sends... but to ask me to then give them more to protect the account i have built and speant money on? Extortion, and proves the devs care more about profit than the players of their game.... which in the long run is a dreadful businiess model.
How do you put this thing in vacation mode? I don't see any buttons anywhere. Am I missing it?
If it was free, I would probably go into vacation mode every week for a couple of days or so. It would give me a break without fear of attacks or troops starving.
The problem is, everyone would probably do the same thing. Then you end up with the problem of not having as many options of who to attack and for a lot of players that would kill the fun.
That's not even talking about those who might try to take advantage of a free vacation mode in any way. A dollar a day is a bit steep I think but I can see why they would want to put a price on it.
I Myself don't like VM. For me I think you would be stupid to activate it for a two Week Holiday or even for a week. anyone who can play this game well, could make your frozen city, resources and troops look like garbage within that time frame.
So I personally will never use it, and I'll be happy when I see cities staying very weak, while I keep advancing within the game. VM will just leave your city in the past.
I'd much rather my account br frozen, than plundered every day while i'm away.
I'm going to be away whether it's in VM or not, i can't help that, RL takes precedence over evony... BUT.. i would prefer it that the hard work i have put in is still there when i return, sure others will have two weeks on me, but MY game will be as i left it, not reduced to no defences left, a minus pop and resources and possibly the loss of cities, all because RL got in the way.
The devs ask for our money daily, sometimes we give it... that is our choice, but to force a payment by ransoming your past hard work if you need to be away for whatever reason, is imo unethical. If there was an item you could win for a VM, or if we could exchange unwanted items for cents, then i would have no problem with a pricetag, as it is, i believe a pricetag for a VM that is free on every other game of this nature around, is a slap in the face to the vast majority of the gamers the devs targeted with thier ads.
As for Rodri's 'i'd go in it every few days' - simply, you can't, it doesn't allow for that, and frankly, what would be the point? You would remain behind while everyone else grew. VM should be used when neccessary and when being away is unavoidable, using it for any other reason would be like shooting yourself in the foot. And for the few who would 'abuse' it, should it really not be readily available for the majority who would use it properly, because of a silly few who think it's a bit like an extended truce? (except without the resources and building, y'see)
Once you reach a certain point, there is no way to grow any further. You log on to farm npc's for food and if you are lucky, you find someone to attack. It becomes a chore and that is why I would drop into VM every so often.
Think about somebody other than those already maxed, or even you if starting on a new server.
I am maxed on 3 servers, i wouldn't put them in to VM, no need... but the new server i'm on? That needs protecting. The vast majority of players are not maxed and would like to protect their game for when they have to be away
true points. I mean if it didn't cost a cent I would use and abuse it (don't see the point in spending money on a game where great gamers will do better paying nothing). I mean it would only be a logical thing to do and it wouldn't actually be called abusing vacation mode, It would be using the systems provided in a beneficial way.
Spending money on the game is not my thing so I just ignore this vacation mode as it is now an illogical path of action. I can still survive if I hop off for a week even if my alliance is in full fledged war. also If I were on vacation theres always places where I could find a place to connect online to check on my game. So I personally see Vacation mode as an option that is unavailable and unneeded for me, just like on some other Free games were certain locations and items are reserved for paying customers.
ironically, vacation mode makes it less likely i'll spend money, and more likely i'll quit if i need to get away from the game. i do have a life after all and this is just a silly game for kiddies.
i guess evony calculated i am a minority and they could make more money via extortion. it's been quite an eye opener seeing how evony behave like common criminals in a virtual world with real world effects and consequences.
if you don't like it, just quit. there are plenty of other games that don't use dirty tactics to get money. need i say more?
Just a question,i just activated my vacation mode for 2 days yesterday,i check the auto extension box...so today when i log on the main page,there is no option to cancel my vacation mode as i wanted to cancel my vacation mode earlier...is there any way to do it?
it doesn't work.
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I too just came off vacation mode as I needed a bit of a break from the game.
I read the earlier posts and took my game off vacation mode.
Good thing too found out I had gone through hundreds of mil in food.
I was paid my money for something that worked. there was more than a few hours of my time put into getting that food and building the troops that refuged.
If I would have known that I would not have payed. I think there needs to be some sort of correction here. Wonder how many others will come back finding that everything they have done is gone. Im lucky I caught it before I lost a million troops. Where do we file bug report because I did and got a jiberish email telling me about login problems.
Already fought one in a war who activated vacation mode now! Remove it already!
Summary of Current Vacation Mode:
Epic Fail.
However, hope still lies on the horizon!
LOL you guys haven't used it, it doesn't consume NO food! EVERYTHING stops and I can see that it worked for mine, if it didn't work for yours that's a bug report.
What do they mean by frozen???? I just tried that Vacation mode and food is still consumed making this mode completely USELESS...and not worth being used..
Food is NOT consumed :P stop hating!
Holiday mode -
rather than making it so people have to cancel all their research, builds, troops line-up etc and lose a third of the resources they pumped in to make those troops in the first place.
Why does holiday mode not just pause everything for the vacationer.
Also...valleys can be attacked while ur on holiday and can't be defended...this sux balls as vacation mode is a lil different to truce.
3rdly..things like excalibur...this keeps on burning through ur days when ur on holiday. considering this is either obtained via the visa card or through cents won off the wheel this too should be paused.
Vacation mode is a good thing for those who don't want to return to all their troops refuged and cities plundered to the crap....
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but there are a few more issues u need to iron out with it...