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    Default Heres the Medal problem.

    Look at the title baronet.

    Requirements:
    10 lion
    5 rose
    2000 prestige.

    2000 prestige!!

    I still havent got enough medals for baronet and Im in 200k prestige. Looking at this wild disparity, its far easier to say that the requirements for actually gaining towns (and thus having ANY chance whatsoever of competing) is based on actually buying medal boxes.

    This game is NOT free to play, with the modified medal drop rate.

    its free to TRIAL, which is exactly how it is. You're cut off from most of the gameplay with the abysmal MDR, unable to get roses and lions, and very particularly, impossible to get prinzessin without buying (this is newer servers with low drop rate remember), so this game is NOT free to play. its free to run in trial mode, because all games in trial mode allow you very limited access to what the whole game is, cutting out large parts until you buy, which is exactly how the medal drop rate makes evony. free? my ass.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BigEz View Post
    Look at the title baronet.

    Requirements:
    10 lion
    5 rose
    2000 prestige.

    2000 prestige!!

    I still havent got enough medals for baronet and Im in 200k prestige. Looking at this wild disparity, its far easier to say that the requirements for actually gaining towns (and thus having ANY chance whatsoever of competing) is based on actually buying medal boxes.

    This game is NOT free to play, with the modified medal drop rate.

    its free to TRIAL, which is exactly how it is. You're cut off from most of the gameplay with the abysmal MDR, unable to get roses and lions, and very particularly, impossible to get prinzessin without buying (this is newer servers with low drop rate remember), so this game is NOT free to play. its free to run in trial mode, because all games in trial mode allow you very limited access to what the whole game is, cutting out large parts until you buy, which is exactly how the medal drop rate makes evony. free? my ass.

    The ads say that Evony is free to play. It says nothing about it being free to win. Evony is a business. If everyone were just able to breeze to Prinzessin at will, how would they make money? Play all you want for free.

    Having said that, I do think that it's pretty crappy how they messed up the drop rate. By the time I hit Prinzessin on server 15, I had about 35 Lion Medals and 40 Rose Medals. They could have dropped it a little. Seems like they just arbitrarily nuked it though. That's wrong.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shhhhmega View Post
    The ads say that Evony is free to play. It says nothing about it being free to win. Evony is a business. If everyone were just able to breeze to Prinzessin at will, how would they make money? Play all you want for free.

    Having said that, I do think that it's pretty crappy how they messed up the drop rate. By the time I hit Prinzessin on server 15, I had about 35 Lion Medals and 40 Rose Medals. They could have dropped it a little. Seems like they just arbitrarily nuked it though. That's wrong.
    LOL noob. There is no winning because there is no end. you never win.

    But maybe this sets a precedent for all games with trial modes to say that theyre free to play? Maybe now MMOs like WoW can say theyre free to play because you're allowed 7 days of a trial mode?

    In an MMO trial mode, your limit is time, here you limit is how big you can build. The limitation makes it far more trial mode than anything. Do other games get away calling their trial modes "free to play"? No they dont. They call it like it is because otherwise its false adverting at best, and scamming at worst.

    remember those evony ads that have only continued to become worse and worse, and more exploitative of the "sex sells" policy? and how they have nothing to do whatsoever with the game? yeah.. you think this is any different?
    Last edited by BigEz; 09-06-2009 at 05:57 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BigEz View Post
    LOL noob. There is no winning because there is no end. you never win.

    But maybe this sets a precedent for all games with trial modes to say that theyre free to play? Maybe now MMOs like WoW can say theyre free to play because you're allowed 7 days of a trial mode?

    In an MMO trial mode, your limit is time, here you limit is how big you can build. The limitation makes it far more trial mode than anything. Do other games get away calling their trial modes "free to play"? No they dont. They call it like it is because otherwise its false adverting at best, and scamming at worst.

    remember those evony ads that have only continued to become worse and worse, and more exploitative of the "sex sells" policy? and how they have nothing to do whatsoever with the game? yeah.. you think this is any different?

    Ok... if I understand correctly. Your main beef is with the wording. If they called it 'Trial Mode' instead of 'Play For Free', you'd be happy.

    Unfortunately, 'Trial Mode' won't bring nearly as many people as 'Play For Free' will. Ever.

    They aren't going to change the wording. You may as well just get over it.

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    I have been finding that I get more medals on a regular basis by attacking NPC's more than valleys.

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    Roflcopter There is no winning this game does not end thats the point. Who cares about 2k prestige thats not a requirement probably 4 a reason. BECAUSE ITS NOT IMPORTAN. its all about the experience that you gain from getting the medals. prestige just show every1 else your experience. and what about all the medals you have to get between ranks.
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    I never bought cents, medal packages, and never won any cents or medals except 1 nation medal from an amulet. Except for a total of maybe 20-30 hours spent farming valleys for rose medals, I got the rest of them in the normal course of farming NPCs, except for nation/justice, which are only from L10s but extremely quick to get, and even those I get more of just by raiding to get my heros XP. This is on server 32, which still has the "new" very low drop rates.


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    Default just a suggestion

    i have an unreal amount of cross medals now it would be nice if u could trade them in for the next higher medal say 5 for one or some other ratio

    would be nice

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