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    Ok was thinking of posting this in the game suggestions box but decided to put it here cuz its not really a game suggestion. In the last two months evony has been making largely unpopular decisions and i believe it is because of lack of player insight. I'm not sure if they if they are taking into consideration our opinion on matters but we are the people who make the game what it is. The outlook has been that of a parent to a child. What i say goes if you don't like it you can get out kinda thing. Someone opens up a thread about a major change evony and it becomes a free for all of opinions with some people making valid points and others acting childish and screaming cursing and saying evony sucks. I think the players should have a say in things before the final decision is truely made. An idea for this i believe would be polling in the forums or a head of players complaints type things on the forums. Maybe for the polling maybe have a minimum of 300-500 posts to be able to vote so you have players who are constantly on here and really know whats going on in the forums and how they operate. Or maybe having a person you discuss future ideas with so the players have a say in how things are done with the game. At the moment players are leaving in droves people i have played with forever no longer want to play the game because of the treatment they have recieved in the recent months. Can you please institute something where you listen to your players rather then institute something and let us know where the door is. Thank you in advance any suggestions or feed back will be appreciated(please dont rant with complaints on this thread i've had enough).

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    Not sure on the post minimum - There wouldn't be many players that have 300 posts really - Some good players have less posts - as they only just log in to post some great hits on their server forum - then leave the forums again for a bit..
    So disagree with that part, but generally yes - it would be a good idea. However - similar has previously been discussed, and we have seen no change.
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    Just from general observation: As much as we may like to be able to think we'd be able to have 'the last word' when it comes to changes to a game, the truth is it's the game company's call. We can suggest, we can bring up, and we have before. But final call on stuff has never been the player's. It probably never will be.

    Having a single player 'person' to discuss things with? Who would you suggest? Who would the gamers be most likely to trust with that job? Answer: We'd have a lot of nominations, but we'd never all agree on one particular person. Why? Because we, in a lot of ways, have different 'interests' when it comes to the game. So, we'd never be sure if that one person, or even a small group were doing it 'for the good of the game', or 'the good of THEIR game'.

    Do new features need to really be tested thoroughly before they come out to the general public? Yes. Will they ever be, to player satisfaction? No.

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    It is hard to ask a wide range of players. Those on the forums represent a small amount of players. They could I suppose send out a mail in game and have a poll.



    Quote Originally Posted by Fallbreeze View Post
    Do new features need to really be tested thoroughly before they come out to the general public? Yes. Will they ever be, to player satisfaction? No.
    They can test something for a year. There will always be bugs and glitches. That is impossible to get away from. I believe it could be better than it is now though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jorbaud View Post
    It is hard to ask a wide range of players. Those on the forums represent a small amount of players. They could I suppose send out a mail in game and have a poll.



    They can test something for a year. There will always be bugs and glitches. That is impossible to get away from. I believe it could be better than it is now though.
    like the one they did when they were asking age 1 players about age 2

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    no matter what evony does some people will have a problem with what they do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Emma6 View Post
    no matter what evony does some people will have a problem with what they do.
    honestly the last few decisions they have made have turned their players against them. At the rate these decisions are being made i would say leave things as is. Leave the botters be i dont farm npcs i farm forests so i could care less if my fives are empty i only use my tens for xp anyway. Mega coiner farms me i rebuild. Just dont make me type in more letters i dont like captchas. Leave the people to multi-tap their npcs sounds like their upkeeps are way out of control and by taking it away their games will be unplayable because they cant move troops if they dont have food. I can already imagine the market for food in age 2 food being above lumber and iron right now. If a stockpile your food while you can was given in advance players wouldnt be quitting in massive droves right now. While you guys are quitting feel free to suicide your troops and put your last hoorahs in the battle reports section. Lets try to have some fun and see some good reports in whats been a complaint filled day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by iamme View Post
    honestly the last few decisions they have made have turned their players against them. At the rate these decisions are being made i would say leave things as is. Leave the botters be i dont farm npcs i farm forests so i could care less if my fives are empty i only use my tens for xp anyway. Mega coiner farms me i rebuild. Just dont make me type in more letters i dont like captchas. Leave the people to multi-tap their npcs sounds like their upkeeps are way out of control and by taking it away their games will be unplayable because they cant move troops if they dont have food. I can already imagine the market for food in age 2 food being above lumber and iron right now. If a stockpile your food while you can was given in advance players wouldnt be quitting in massive droves right now. While you guys are quitting feel free to suicide your troops and put your last hoorahs in the battle reports section. Lets try to have some fun and see some good reports in whats been a complaint filled day.

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    Evony really needs some method of player feedback. I don't think many Evony employees actually play the game. And certainly not at a high level. They don't seem to have a great understanding of what people really enjoy about playing Evony and most importantly, what they don't like.

    Evony is a good game. There are some really terrific aspects. And there are some real negatives as well. Some modifications could be made to enhance the positives and reduce the negatives to make the game better and more durable. But Evony doesn't seem to really understand the issues. They have fixed some bugs, but but don't seem to make any of the simple and obvious changes that would really improve the game. I think they want to maximize the user experience, and that is certainly what would be good for business, but they don't seem to really know how.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alfred45 View Post
    Evony really needs some method of player feedback. I don't think many Evony employees actually play the game. And certainly not at a high level. They don't seem to have a great understanding of what people really enjoy about playing Evony and most importantly, what they don't like.

    Evony is a good game. There are some really terrific aspects. And there are some real negatives as well. Some modifications could be made to enhance the positives and reduce the negatives to make the game better and more durable. But Evony doesn't seem to really understand the issues. They have fixed some bugs, but but don't seem to make any of the simple and obvious changes that would really improve the game. I think they want to maximize the user experience, and that is certainly what would be good for business, but they don't seem to really know how.
    since everyone has different ideas of what they want it makes it difficult. however, it would make sense if evony staff actually played the game on a high level

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