Quote Originally Posted by aliensrcummin View Post
I know this is issue thats been picked to the bone but this is becoming stupid!

Boting on ss58 has become so bad that people are actualy quiting the game cause of it.

Nr.1 and 2 alliance on the server are boting like crazy. Not to mention that they use alt alliances with alt accounts to do that, not to mention that they filled entire server with fake baby citties.

When the f**k is evony gonna do something about it? Devs are repairing so called glitches while they are ignoring the issue that is killing this game.

40.000 accounts on that server. Only about 12.000 are actualy active. Over half of those are alts.

You did merger. We accepted that, even thou we ended on same map size.
You are cleaning NPCs that you said you will not and are vital for us to feed armies. We accepted that.
You are repairing so called glitches. F**k we accepted that also.

But for you to not do anything about bots and inactives..... that is not acceptable!

Wake up devs and do something about it!
Agree with all of that. Let's add that as npcs are cleared, it doesnt free states, it creates more fillers. Some fill manually some by bots. Either way, more inactives, less farming for non botters.

Quote Originally Posted by TheFez View Post
in case you have not noticed there is threads now popping up about how on ss there are craploads of ppl being forced into holiday what do ya want to bet its related to the b0t issue........could not do nothing just be paitence they will get'em just relax ......as far as inactives yes its simple and there is no reason why they cant deal with them and be rid of them
Lotsa threads cos lotsa annoyed peeps... they dont get em...in fact on one site (ex) evony mod delighted in keeping the botters ahead......inactives bleurgh needa action, I will ecpect that when hell throws a red hot pool bubble party tbh.

Quote Originally Posted by stinkypants666 View Post
105/ss58 was my home. I can tell you exactly why Evony does nothing, ss58 has a few big spenders obsessed with dominating the server. I'm talking thousands of dollars.
Agreed, $$$$$$

Quote Originally Posted by Lucifuriuz View Post
Evony over the years has become increasingly money hungry.

I remember a time when it was a game about entertainment and having fun.
Nowadays it's more of a voluntary employment, for which you don't get paid.

I'm not the only one who's quitting over it, there are a ton of players who have just had enough of it.
Evony devs need to wake up and realise that we don't play for the sole purpose of giving them money, they need to treat their customers with a little more respect/honesty. At least they need to stop claiming to be a game where people can play for free and not be driven into the ground.

They don't care about the "little people", because quite frankly you don't pay them enough. Spenders who bot? They'll just look the other way, just so long as their wallet is stuffed full.

Evony - FEES FOREVER!
Again agreed, and MORE FOOL ME I have paid, albeit not the $$$$SSSSS thousands seen. a pack mebbe monthly as a treat sometimes none for 2 months or more. Point is I pay as able, cos this is...or was...lol, my vice, and why shouldnt anyone spend or not? I've been through long periods as a non coiner and levelled heros etc still, just takes more guile. Before you all scream about coiners, I came to the game n server late n didnt really get taught bout heroes till s77 merged to ss25, had some seriously crap ones LOL...and have NEVER bought on war....did my time on v5s and more lol...thats a whole other thread...

Quote Originally Posted by Wrennie View Post
It's just as bad (if not worse) on ss60 (they crammed 16 servers into one and on the same size map, biggest merger ever and it lags to kingdom come)...but the botters on ss60 are ruining it even more than the lag is. Evony used to be fun to play, now the honest folk are miserable because of people that can't play honestly.
We come to inactives, HUUUGE prob on ANY server, tbh it no longer matters cos fillers are the norm.

Quote Originally Posted by The9 View Post
same thing on ss60

heres the problem for me:

take a square that's 10x10 (100 total)spaces in which my city sits.
any farther in any direction is the domain of someone else in my alliance who also have a 10x10 square in which they sit and have agreed not to farm outside of

30 squares are resource field (lake,hill,forrest etc. etc.)
30 are inactive cities or "flat fillers" people made to fill state
15 are lvl 1-3 npcs some one made just to fill the state
10 are other active players all of whom are red
that leaves 25 total farmable npcs that are also being hit by the 10 reds within that 10x10 block and others outside of my 10x10 block.
of the 10 inside the block i'd say, without proof but with some observational evidence, 8 are botting

why not move somewhere else outside of my box, you ask? the answer is that because of rampant npc building inactives and flat fillers, the whole map is full and has been since about 3 days into the server. any night where npcs are deleted. they are rebuilt within hours. meaning theres really no place to go

i have 0 farms in my city and a upkeep of a measly -3mil and i am constantly on the verge of refuging because all the botters keep the npc's empty. if attack 1 time, unless the person is fairly undefended, my troops are all gone and i have no way to build more because i cant get any more resources to build with, and i have to sell all the resources i make in my city to buy food.

i know that this is a war game and that we're intended to fight instead of farm, but even that isn't really possible

i'm not saying all of this is evonys fault, and with all the people, both active and not, that come with putting 16 different servers together, farming was bound to be a problem no matter what, but with all the botters it's getting to be downright unpossible. not sure how long i can keep banging my head on the wall fighting this losing battle to have any food or resources so i can play the game the way it was intended: fighting other players.

maybe if i wish really hard something will be done...
OK, I was lucky enough to join a top ( and fckn tough) alliance as we came onto ss60, having proved myself to an extent. Not thro troops necessarily but willingness to learn and working damned hard. From the start ss60 was a mess. The probs are well documented from early days, but yes, sticking xxxx servers complete with inactives fkkd alot up...we coped.At that point botters didnt rule. We, thanks to our excellent host and admin team were oganised. Yes we worked on the grid system....thats organisation not botting....then it became apparent botters ruled....not saying on ss52 no one didnt but omg what a shock to the system ss60 was.....the alliance split mainly due to issues, at that point, over to bot or not to.....botters won and whilst some still didnt the majority did and another split occurred, friends divided etc etc.


there's other posts I can quote, re botting, but we all know it goes on, and yes it will continue to do so. I left my alliance due to one too many personal rows, rather than continue said rows. I gave citys away n dropped to a small player, cos farming manually was a nightmare. Even dropping to 2 citys is still a * for farming, cos I do it manually, and havent a hope of competing, all are perpetually empty. I can hope for 300k food as scraps if lucky lol.

I wont condemn botting, nor condone. At the end of the day, unless evony clamp down on it 100% and employ 1 person dedicated to doing so, every age 1 server will die and be bot vs bot.

evony needs to release their own or seriously get someone on it to eradicate. Its got to the point where evened hardened non botters are asking, just to outfox theose that do.

Its no longer pvp gameplay, its bots and their huge armies vs those trying to keep up :S

when age 1 is dead do you think those HUGE spenders are gonna go A2? no, 90% hate it, they'll spend on other games. do we wait? or will evony be dead by then?