And since the last post of dawnseeker about 8 days ago, all contact with Evony has completely gone.
Do their messages seem unreadable to us? Most likely.
I really thought that hibernation season had ended, not started..
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And since the last post of dawnseeker about 8 days ago, all contact with Evony has completely gone.
Do their messages seem unreadable to us? Most likely.
I really thought that hibernation season had ended, not started..
Actually, Dawnseeker has been posting... in the Evony Queen threads. That's how it works; give us a fluff story and a cookie and expect us to overlook all the actual problems in the game, ie serve lag, maintaince bugs costing coins, troops, resources, and items, and the lack of system chat filters.
He posted earlier the patch notes ....
Thank u this makes me feel a lot better. Still can't get medals 4 love nor money
I completely agree with this.
Think about it, I have been farming lvl 10 NPC with 40K ballista.
One fine day they patch the NPC farming without telling people, and I send my 40K ballista and lose all of them? I have paid money to build these ballista and I won't be happy to lose them.
An advanced notice saying that the NPC farming with ballista will be fixed, will help a lot of people.
First of all, Thanks for putting a thread up that informs users as to what has been taking place. I agree that Evony has made satisfactory efforts to correct problems which have arisen due to exploits or improperly executed changes, and that they definitely have had their hands full with work to do. Second of all, just a suggestion, but I think that some of the more major changes should be discussed in some manner on the forums before implementing them. I know that the NPC resource regeneration was added as a result of several people suggesting this as the most viable solution to the problem of over excessive NPC farming. I think that the 24 hour regeneration period that has been exercised recently is most assuredly a major over correction. If this solution was discussed in a thread with the developers stating that their intention is to correct such and such a problem and will be implementing such and such actions to take care of it, few, if any, players would have agreed that 24 hours is an acceptable resource regeneration rate for NPC's. Maybe Evony will go this route with further major changes rather than make a change, and wait for negative or positive feedback. This may prevent extra work on the developers part as well, rather than having to come up with fixes to fixes to fixes... frustrating as a player when the game schematics change day to day as well. Thanks again for keeping the public informed.
When I got married, a very old and wise farther inlaw told me , lad the basis of a good and long marriage is a great secret, known to only a few!
I pass this secret on to you, it is one word, a long word, it's
COMMUNICATION !
[ This so for so many things in life,
EVONY is doing their best at sorting the problems, they see enough forum threads to know theres a / many problems and issues,
But they are falling over on the secret of communicating what their efforts are,
I could go on for lots more, but I feel I have got the message over to,,,,....?
you
You know...I would understand if you had to pay just to start the game. Yea, Id ***** about the game too if I HAD to pay to play it and it had so many problems. But hey, guess what, you dont HAVE to pay for this game. You guys complaining about wanting refunds and just trashing the game are just like those folks that sued McDs because they got fat from their food. Guess what? Have some common sense, you dont HAVE to eat there. If you dont like the product or how the product effects you, then dont buy it anymore!
You can play this game just fine without spending a dime.
Do you scream to the makers of Guitar Hero (or some other game) that you want a refund because you bought the game but didnt like it?
Give these guys bit of a break. Nothing happens overnight just because you demand it to. It takes time and employees to make these things work. You have complaints, great, you dont have to be a **** about it. How about you grow up, be an adult and submit a complaint then wait to see if anything happens. If your still not satisfied, stop using their product. Simple as that.
If your Guitar Hero jumps out of working every hour or so (a couple of times per hour most of the times) then you go to the seller of the game or to the people who produced the whole thing. THAT is what's happening.
And of course we complain, that's what humans do, but with normal customer service you get a reaction and it is my honest belief that more the fact that Evony does not communicate back is what is bugging us as users.
I haven't seen anyone on here (but i might have missed a few) that said that they didn't like the game, totally the opposite really, everybody that you see on here loves it, graphics are fab, but there is a few things that can be better. The communication is one and the biggest i'd say and the second one would be the instability of the servers.
I'm not sure i get your comments, in my eyes you're comparing apples with pears (literally translating a Dutch saying, it's not the right translation, but i am pretty sure you understand what i mean).
We (i think i speak on behalf of most here) love this game, compared to for instance Travian, this is a brilliant game, BUT it's not there yet, not by a million miles, a good start would be communicating more.
First of all, thank you for hiring an English liaison. This step goes a long way with increasing your customer's confidence.
Here are my suggestions for Evony:
1. Please put that person to work on going through the entire game and fixing all grammatical errors and incorrect information. This should be as simple as handing that person a text file with all the tooltips and window messages and exporting the edited file back into the game.
2. Hire a Usability Expert who plays the game daily to help improve the flow of the game. I'm sure you've seen several suggestions from players so I won't go into details. This person should have a direct connection with the Lead programmer or Project Manager so that deliverables are discussed and implemented.
And some suggestions for all the belly achers:
1. Since this game is based in China, the majority of their employees get paid under $5 an hour maybe even much less. So go easy on them.
2. This game is free. You should be ashamed of yourself for coming down on people who have given you something for free. Unless of course, you paid to buy cents, then complain away.
3. If you have to resort to anger, threats and curses, quit the game. You can free up some of that 500,000 space for the players who actually appreciate the game and give constructive feedback.
My guess is you guys have management issues. I say this because thing are taken to such extrem without what you would hope to be rational thought. This is usually cause by people working for someone they disagree with. For example the medals went from always showing up to never showing up. I too am a programer and understand how the systems work with each other and there functionallity. Then you decide you modify the re-spawn rate of barb. cities from re-spawning almost instantly to rarely. Then you decide to modify the population return rate and that met with alot of unsuccess.
You guy really look like noobs out there and need to get organized. This is an awesome game that I think you all did a great job building. The pressure of the demans seem to be tearing you all apart. Just chill and don't try to react to quickly and remember logic can be flawed.
When observing the expoilts people find remember there are Heros and Villians in all video games. There is allway a balance found in the end, so don't be afraid to let the game take it's course. Some noobs my quite cuz they lose... it happens. Others will push on and find away. That is what make this type of game fun.
Relax and get a good solid plan together and please use system mail more often to let us know wtf you are doing.
Thank You.
btw i was typing this before Pritrix posted their comment. It looks like we agree to needing better management.
I have bought a few coins because I wanted to show support for the game and all the great work the put into giving us such enjoyment.
I admit to being addicted to Evony
Tophyr and Pritrix, you both make excellent points. Thank you.
I dont think anything was changed in the way of population return, but I could be wrong. I think there was a bug on server 3 that messed something up, which I have passed on to the devs.
Kids who work at McDonald's only get 6 bucks an hour. So go easy on them if they cough on your food, or drop the burger patty on the ground and stick it back inside the buns. When you go on vacation in Mexico, because the people working in the hotel are only paid less than 2 dollars an hour it is okay for them to use unwashed pillow cases on your hotel bed. "Excellent point" indeed.
ok i understand that sometimes people get upset (for some out there they just cant be happy unless they are complaining about something), but as has been said in earlier posts, this game is free, and if if frustrates you that much dont bother playing anymore. As to the lack of replies to complaints...... from what i have seen if the evony staff replied to every complaint they would never have any time to actually fix the bugs in the game. Sometimes life is all about patience, and i believe that this game is worth having a little patience in giving the evony people time to fix the issues that everyone is complaining about.
P.S i play this game quite a bit and only occasionally have had issues with the server going down (other than the shut down for maintenance).
Thank you for this.
You are comparing a service to which you HAVE to pay for with one which can be ENTIRELY free if you don't buy coins. At McDonald you are within your right to ask for a replacement. On a ever changing game, with a EULA that clearly indicates that it's constant work in progress for which you don't have to pay if you don't want to, you're just being childish.
Even if you bought coins, the EULA is still very clear on this. So yes they have their flaws but comparing them to real life services where you can ONLY obtain the said service by paying is just as flawed.
Thanks Evony Team! And thanks Dawnseeker for the message!
wow are you all just hypicrits or something . its a free game , its fun , its easy and its BRAND NEW . if you paid attention theyre making a whole new realm every few days right now. If you wanna complain take it blizzard or a game you've actually had to spend money on , otherwise , just shut up , put in your input the correct way and see what happens. it floors me to see how many people think they have the right to just fly off the handle at a FREE game that doesnt require a download or nothing.Give a bum some change and hell just ask for more and curse your name if you dont give it to em.
Hey what's going on with this cent package deal.
Actually, the reason McDonalds is so successful, is that wherever you go, its the same. A Big Mac in San Diego is identical to a Big Mac in Miami is identical to a Big Mac in London. Try taking your own advice.
To the Evony Team:
Congratulations, you have myself and many, manyothers now ready to quit the game. Why you ask?
1) Server instability:
I'll be damned if I'll pay money for a game, and then not be able to log on at will. Aint gonna happen.
2) Ridiculous price of RL $$ for in game currency.
Your award of in game currency is low by a factor of 5, compared to other similar games. Granted, if you sell gasoline at $1,000,000/gal you only have to sell 1 gallon to get rich quick. Trouble is, at that price...it wont sell. Neither will your in game coins.
3) Lack of communication
The Evony team by far takes the cake, for being utterly inconsiderate toward their player base and refusing to communicate with us. Servers crash and we get nothing as for an anticipated return time. Patches, with no explanation of what has changed. Complaints, that go unaddressed; questions ignored, posts disregarded. Such apathy, is not a recipe for success.
96 hours....either something changes in that time...or I'm done. Unlike yourselves, I will at least communicate my intent.
thank you so much for keeping evony free.
im a bit torn between the two sides
1)a lot of players do have a point and a few simple steps could be taken to improve the game dramatically
2)However those players should realize that this is a ****ing game, if they don't like it stop playing, get out of the forums, stop playing and don't come back because you don't have to be here and they're ruining it for the good, honest players
3)I do appreciate how hard some people are working on this yet no-one cares, well i do, its still a great game though it just hasn't reached its potential
This is bs, You screw up the game and then make 1 post, screw you. You a pathetic developer, you have time to mess up the game but no time to friggin post on the forums at least once.
Prrf You can stick your game where the sun dont shine.
You're talkin out of ur ass here. I've been playing nearly non-stop since they upgraded the servers. They are fine.
Can't argue with you there.
Again, can't argue with you here either. But at least it's slightly improved.
Adios! Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
they may as well be. they are defensive and non-informative and designed to deflect and dissemble, nothing more than public relations propaganda. do you really think we're idiots? your "team" has made farming virtually impossible as well as making conquering virtually impossible. there's no way to recover your investment in troops through attacking, it's just not economically feasible. every serious game recognizes that resource gains must exceed losses or it's pointless to attack anyone. and farms of some sort are a must in any game.
i was going to drop you and never buy another cent. i've decided to stay and use up your (the company's) resources as a non-paying player. i'll never give you guys another dime. lag and downtime issues are still unresolved after all this time so that tells me your 'team' is NOT working to resolve infrastructure and game engine problems, at least not with any competence. you need a new job, Dawnseeker. you write very well. too bad it's unsubstantive drivel.
Yes i believe there is a lot of scamming in this game. Most of it is done by Evony! There is no reason they couldn't warn of severe battle changes, except that its very profitable to screw you guys outa your weeks of effort. The lies about the supposed "medal" bug was ludicrous. They made a killing on it. I have spent far more on this game in 30 days than i did in WOW in 6 months. Frankly I'm tired of the deceit. They have never been strait forward with the changes. I for one will not play much longer. The lies just keep coming, granted they are constantly in new areas. I lost 1/2 my army 6-7 times. This last time is an intentional alteration of gameplay to destroy armies. I m fed up with a company that so easily lies and then doesn't make things right. This was fun till i kept getting wiped by bugs ...but that was understandable ...crashes are a part of new games. However intentionally malicious behavior like this should not be tolerated. THINK ABOUT IT! What if you attacked another player, and he hacked the game so that you lost all your army? Would you call that cheating? SO WHATS the difference? Were we told of an up coming battle dynamics change ... NO THEY WANT PEOPLE TO LOOSE RESOURCES. so you will spend spend spend ... Not 1 time were things made right!
I have a new slogan EVONY FREE FOR NEVER
EVONY FREE FOR NEVER
EVONY FREE FOR NEVER
EVONY FREE FOR NEVER
dude you need to chill and relax...these guys could hve prevented these things, they also could have charged money for you to play. so calm down get off you high horse, and if you wanna do something about these problems, why dont YOU get to it. you could work for them and do something productive instead of complaining just to make it seem like you have a big ****
Unless u r MS. :D
As I said, if you don't like this game, don't play it, we're not interested in hearing what you have to say, go up make your own one, if you think they're scamming you then leave, I for one don't care what trash you have to ruin our enjoyment of this site