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OK, I'll chime in on this one as I attempt to obtain an additional city.
It is a ridiculous idea to disallow the conquest of the last city.
Why?
Because 90% of the cities in this game are not only the 'last' city of that player, but they are also the first, and are very abandoned by those players because the game is incredibly frustrating with it crazy durations.
Explain to me the reason to leave a person's last city in their hands? If they are really interested in the game, then allowing them to be beaten out of their city might just encourage them to spend some money when they re-up with a new city. They'll hopefully have learned how to do things differently and act on those things. Having them spend an eternity trying to rebuild a devastated city is just asinine.
Additionally, there are virtually NO open areas to build a city from scratch.
Let's face it, the advertising on this game is pretty good. They conceal the real game very well. People click the link, think "oh this looks like fun, I'll start a city" and within 30 minutes, they realize what's involved (as in months of effort vs a few hours enjoying a game), log off, and never come back.
Ever played "Age of Empires"? I can play that game at it's hardest setting and get 4 hours out of it. Win or lose. 4 hours is much easier for most people to deal with, vs 4000 hours.
9000 players, only about 500 active. Dead cities taking up space. In my particular case, I'd have to send my people about 10 hours away to find a buildable space, while I have dozens of no longer participating cities around me.
Personally, I have the time. My computer is on, and in front of me, between 17 and 19 hours a day. It's easy to play a long duration game in the background. But I find myself unable to increase my position due to my inability to conquer the dead cities around me.
Very frustrating. So glad I haven't paid any money yet. I sure won't at this point. I found this thread just now as I was searching the forums to find out what I was doing wrong. Nearly invested $100 last night, figured I'd wait a few more days. Now I won't bother because it's going to be impossible to increase my position in the game, no matter how much I spend, given that I'm facing alliances of 100 players.
Sad.
Brett Anderson
Last edited by koalamotorsport; 08-19-2009 at 11:01 PM.
Reason: edited for a typo
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