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Thread: NPC Clearance (not for whiners!)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ailuros View Post
    I'm one of those flippantly dismissed players that tried complaining. My location on 149 is hit every single Monday morning maintenance with a minimum of 50 open flats around my cities.
    I know. You and I spoke of this before I decided to quit that server. Why I didn't just send you a PM here, I don't know... I wasn't thinking straight that day due to being really irritated...

    I've actually moved a couple of my cities further from the borders, they don't ever lose npcs at maintenance now on Mondays, so it's not just my imagination.
    I told you where I was at, and I'm telling Evony where I was at, 440,595. If you look at that area, 441,596, a level 1 NPC, was where my second city was until I abandoned it. The level 4 NPC at 439,594 was a hotly contested flat where I had someone that used a flat-filler tactic show up. I tried to take the flat, and my attack bounced as "situation changed at target location". There was a beginner there, then seconds later a hostile was there and was scouting and attacking within minutes. That's why 441,596 is a level 1 NPC, because I had to ditch my second city so I was assured to keep my better city.

    Anyway, people can keep an eye on that area of the map if they wish. They'll find that it never gets a NPC sweep. The only time a flat opens up in that area is if an actual inactive is removed, or someone removes their flat-filler. Another flat-filler is the "ely" city at 447,593. If you look in statistics, there are quite a few "elyxx" (where xx are numbers), as well as "Freelyxx"...

    All-in-all, it's rather disgusting the whole state of affairs on the newer servers, and Evony's inability to recognize the issue is akin to Pakistan's inability to locate bin Laden...

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    This happened to me 2 nights in a row on 149. Woke up to find massive npc clearage. I filled them (npc's) and the next night it happened to the exact same npc's where others were left untouched. I have adopted a new method to show my opposition to this type of behavior as well as the b0tting and flat filler (othewise known as a plug). It's very simple to get evony to listen and react the way we want. All you have to do is stop buying packages, I haven't purchased a single package since before s151 was opened. I know I am only 1 person but if evony has the time and resources to make "Bernini's Hammer", then they can find the time and resources to address some real problems.

    Just my 2 pennies.

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    They say get rid of the lev 1-4, 6-9 npcs, but what about those of us who want those npcs there?


    I like making 8s. They give more lumber and iron then 10s, and insane coiners are not tempted to steal them.

    there are some who make lots of 4s, so bigger players can steal them.

    I can agree with this much. A locked down server is boring. Maybe evony needs to concentrate more on, getting rid of the inactives.

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    Mailed one of the locals who knew people. They requested list.
    Scanned the area for empties.
    Made list.
    Passed on the list to others.

    One left which was closed the next day by the owner.

    Best wishes to those who were in ICECOLD, MERC, HONOR on 131, SOLACE on 144, thePack2 on 158

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    Server 148 is in dire need of a clearance of inactives and possibly npcs LL has no empty flats and it seems to be most states are the same or have very few left while if you look around the states are full of 1 city players that have been at zero for months. come on evony if ever a server needed help to kickstart its 148. clean it or merge it please it needs help

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    Clearing NPCs does increase spend as the buffs are applied to increase production via the politics hero and produce

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    Best wishes to those who were in ICECOLD, MERC, HONOR on 131, SOLACE on 144, thePack2 on 158

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    I normally get spared but this time cleared lvl 10 npc's that I farm daily around most of my cities. Thank you it helps with my farming (sarcasm). How about clearing inactives. I know that has been said before, I guess that would make too much sense.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Khalee View Post
    OK so we've just seen what we all knew was coming sometime soon.... an NPC clearance of larger than normal proportions.

    I, for one, actually appreciate that Evony do this, since a fully locked down map is BORING, and sometimes it's nice to be able to revamp your field, get rid of 5's, or that someone left behind, etc.

    Yes, the suggestion has been made that Evony delete levels 1-4 and 6-9 (dear GOD get rid of the 6's), and I also believe that this is something that really should be embraced, but I'd like to suggest instead/also that the NPC's be deleted AFTER the levels have been flipped.

    At the moment, the necessary removal of NPC's means that people are left with fields full of L6 and L1 NPC's, both of which are entirely useless, both for food and defence.

    If the NPC's were deleted AFTER the flats were levelled up, we would still be left with open flats, but would be able to immediately fix troop upkeep issues.

    Yes, there's the argument that people would immediately refill the flats that were just opened... but that's already happening anyway. At least this way there would be less screaming every time it happened. (OK, there'd still be grumbling, but welcome to Evony).

    A suggestion... no whinge, no whine, no trolling. Would love for an Evony rep to take this onboard as a possibility, or advise it can't be done and answer the question for future.
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    It's important to remember that new players who start and see forests of level 10 NPCs can get pretty discouraged. New players are important to the game, so we need to leave some lower and mid-range NPCs. I know its frustrating if you lose your "sweet spot" but if every flat became a level 10, that would not be good either.
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    Even more discouraging is a new player starting on a super server and getting zeroed everyday.
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