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    they arent taking away the ability to make them, just the ability to create 30 around your city just in order to farm them (this takes up space for new players)

    10,000 npc cities removes from their prophits

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    Quote Originally Posted by Beefcake 'the mighty' View Post
    they arent taking away the ability to make them, just the ability to create 30 around your city just in order to farm them (this takes up space for new players)

    10,000 npc cities removes from their prophits

    I agree, THERE SHOULD BE A LIMIT if they aren't TAKING AWAY THE ABILITY TO MAKE THEM then THEY NEED TO SAY THAT IN THE PATCH NOTES in plain and simple ENGLISH with proper GRAMMAR, not BROKEN ENGLISH that can be MISCONSTRUED IN 20 WAYS

    do you understand the point being made yet or do i have to beat it into your heads some more.

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    The game is free for anyone to enjoy. I have not been playing long, but still I am building up nicely without the use of the online shop. I love people who come in here and start complaining about how it isn't free, there is a simple solution to that This game is set up like most other "free" games, with an in game shop that can be used to by upgrades for the folks that wanna be tough but don't want to put any time or effort into leveling. Don't get me wrong, not all people using the shops are doing it for this reason, but usually the people that all time complain about it are.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AngryFrog View Post
    The game is free for anyone to enjoy. I have not been playing long, but still I am building up nicely without the use of the online shop. I love people who come in here and start complaining about how it isn't free, there is a simple solution to that This game is set up like most other "free" games, with an in game shop that can be used to by upgrades for the folks that wanna be tough but don't want to put any time or effort into leveling. Don't get me wrong, not all people using the shops are doing it for this reason, but usually the people that all time complain about it are.
    you say you haven't been playing long, and that is evident. because IF you knew anything about this game, it's that you have to SPEND MIKE'S SCRIPTS TO BUILD A LVL 10 BUILDING. MIKE'S SCRIPTS COST MONEY. I personally HAVE spent REAL money on this game and i still find it unfair that they would do this. It is QUITE CLEAR that you have no concept of what things ACTUALLY COST. And it is even more clear that YOU HAVE NOT BEEN PLAYING LONG ENOUGH TO HAVE AN OPPINION ABOUT THIS SUBJECT. I want to hear from someone who HAS CLAIMED a lvl 10 npc, and see what they think about it. FRANKLY I HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS POSTS FROM PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO ARE AGAINST THIS.

    to capture a lvl 10 npc, you have to HIT IT A TON OF TIMES EVERY 3-6 MINS just to knock the loyalty down. YOU CAN'T DO THAT IF THE NPC IS 20 MILES AWAY FROM YOU. solution: players are able to build npcs ANYWHERE they can build a city. take that away and what do you have? A CRAP LOAD OF PLAYERS WHO WILL NEVER GET A LVL 10 BUILDING WITH OUT SPENDING MONEY, HENCE IT IS NOT FREE.

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    Don't forget the medals. Without NPCs to farm, you WILL have to pay to get the medals. It's free, as long as you don't want to advance.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Valin View Post
    Don't forget the medals. Without NPCs to farm, you WILL have to pay to get the medals. It's free, as long as you don't want to advance.
    I already covered that but obviously the IDIOTS who COMPLAINED about being farmed DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THAT. SO UNLESS THEY WANT TO STAY AT KNIGHT RANK I SUGGEST THOSE IDIOTS START SPEAKING UP AGAINST THIS.


    Also it has become clear to me that the forum moderator has been assigned to COVER UP this thread. He is trying DESPIRATELY to keep it OUT of the SUGGESTION forum.
    Last edited by TheYeti; 06-16-2009 at 01:40 PM.

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    In addition...you require a massive force to take a lvl 10 NPC and being able to chain attack it. This requires lower NPC's to provide a food source to feed that large Army that is needed to attack the big NPC's.

    Before the nerf I was getting at least one script every 3-4 days either by capturing a hostile or through NPC's. Since the medal nerf I have not found ONE.

    You cannot even attack LVL10 walls anymore the game dynamics are way out of wack and I am losing interest in the game rather quickly.

    I build NPC 5's around my castles for two reasons. One is to feed my troops since there are not enough lakes to even take a bath in. Two I use it as a defense against the super forces that port in steal your resources, destroy your defenses and army and then port away. This defensive strategy allows for the defense of my cities and gives me reaction/reinforcement time. Now I am being penalized for making a strategic decision that is working for me and does not affect anyone else...in fact they farm my farms sometimes as well and then I slam them.

    QUIT CHANGING THE GAME DYNAMICS and FIX THE FRIGGIN SERVERS!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by trist@n View Post
    in addition...you require a massive force to take a lvl 10 npc and being able to chain attack it. This requires lower npc's to provide a food source to feed that large army that is needed to attack the big npc's.

    Before the nerf i was getting at least one script every 3-4 days either by capturing a hostile or through npc's. Since the medal nerf i have not found one.

    You cannot even attack lvl10 walls anymore the game dynamics are way out of wack and i am losing interest in the game rather quickly.

    I build npc 5's around my castles for two reasons. One is to feed my troops since there are not enough lakes to even take a bath in. Two i use it as a defense against the super forces that port in steal your resources, destroy your defenses and army and then port away. This defensive strategy allows for the defense of my cities and gives me reaction/reinforcement time. Now i am being penalized for making a strategic decision that is working for me and does not affect anyone else...in fact they farm my farms sometimes as well and then i slam them.

    Quit changing the game dynamics and fix the friggin servers!!!
    wow someone who finally understands!!!! Thank you for your comment, lets just hope it doesn't fall on deaf ears!

    Players should not be penalized for good strategy. That is bad business!
    these games survive because players like us tell our friends about how good of a game it is. WORD OF MOUTH is VERY important to online gaming. it can either make or break your game. IF THE GAME IS GETTING RUINED BY THE DEVELOPERS, NO ONE WILL PLAY, AND YOU WON'T MAKE MONEY. THEN YOU FAIL. PERIOD.
    Last edited by TheYeti; 06-16-2009 at 01:50 PM.

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    The game was never going to be really free forever.

    The freemium (what a crap term) model is always going to restrict progression for players who don't want to pay. Otherwise far less people would pay and the game wouldn't generate money.

    The trick is to find a balance in terms of making progression difficult and where it should be capped for the non-paying players which encourages people to try the game and keeps the community vital, and entices enough of those players into paying in order to generate a profit.

    Scripts/certain medals were possibly too easy to come by in the days of valley farming. Then they became too difficult to obtain with the defence buffs.

    If the game remains as is - and/or further prohibits non-paying players in terms of removing non-organic NPC cities - the playerbase will die out in my opinion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheYeti View Post
    the new patch, removing a players ability to make npcs, is going to make this game NOT FREE FOREVER. Hense, FALSE ADVERTISING. the only way for this game to remain free forever, is if people are able to take lvl 10 npcs, WITH WORK. it is currently VERY hard to take one, but still possible. if you take away this ability, players will be FORCED TO PAY TO REACH MORE THAN 1 LVL10 BUILDING (unless they are super lucky enough to find a mike's script) I find it obsurd that the game developers would take this ability away. THE ONLY REASON THEY WOULD DO THIS IS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ABUSING IT. I recently found the location of a guy on server 3, who has made over 100 lvl 5 npcs surrounding his cities, making it impossible for someone to build anything near him. I agree, that should be fixed. But completely removing the ability to make them is going to ruin players ability to get stonger. THE ONLY THING THIS PATCH DOES IS MAKE THE STRONGEST PLAYERS EVEN STRONGER and LEAVES THE NEW PLAYERS WITH HARDLY ANY WAY TO BUILD OR GAIN MEDALS FAST ENOUGH TO GET THERE. I am very dissapointed
    What an absolute ridiculous statement, of course its free. U r not being asked to pay to make npc's nor or r u being told u can't take npc's. they r just removing the over populated ones, and make the game fair for all. If new players come in, they will have to be like the rest of us, build up and conquer. The only thing thats makes strong players stronger, are the players themselves. False Advertisement? I think not, game controlling? Maybe, Clever....? absolutely !!

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