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[Epic Trade Run]

4 hours ago, kapteinsnabeltann said:

I dont know why we should support the us of alts in this game.

its nothing to brag about is it ?

I don't think anyone is braging about the current state of their real life...😉

[Most Ridiculous Ganks]

On 6/21/2020 at 2:32 AM, Despe said:

Daelgom is there the most profesional ganker, only figth when gank, and in 1vs1 always run with his elite spanish.

He fits very well into the rest of the NA crowd then😉

[New Feature Proposals - Art and other various featurs. (Not related to combat, RVR, DLC or Economy)]

Make trade and clan chat channel togglable like combat/global/nation and help.

[Naval Action Meme collection]

8 minutes ago, Liq said:

Working a$ int€nd€d

I would buy the dlc for the wood drops alone but that's also why i'm not going to.

"Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice..."

[Naval Action Meme collection]

[Caribbean server playerbase discussion]

27 minutes ago, van stiermarken said:

But one critical issue here is also that nearly all the freeports are located on the right side of the map. thus makes it nearly impossible to expand to the left.

You have el rancho as far left as can come on the map...

Don't see how location of free ports is critical issue .. if issue at all it's at best a minor one. What's making it impossible to expand to the left is that it is Russian!. Nothing else.

27 minutes ago, van stiermarken said:

You can discuss this how often you want, but it wouldn't bring the players back to the game.

Does anything discussed here have any affect on anything? 

Jokes aside.. the purpose of this whole topic was to "investigate" the recent drop of playerbase. People who want to ignore it don't want care free to do so, i'm not expecting this to have any affect at all. 

Knowing what mistakes were made is key to make better game in future. NA is beyond "repair" anyway and will remain the game it is (for better and worse) until playerbase drop to the level that it no longer make sense to keep it running.

When that time comes we hopefully have something better (NA2?) to waste our hours on😘

[Caribbean server playerbase discussion]

39 minutes ago, kapteinsnabeltann said:

When new players join the game, They should be shown how many players the different nation has and how many port they have. 
this is can go both ways of course. But many players want to play a game because it has challenges. Like joining small factions.

it is so boring with 650 player online and maybe 20-30% is alts

Not needed, new players join game look map, see broken russ zerg,.. delete character, create character, choose russia.🤣

[Caribbean server playerbase discussion]

On 5/21/2020 at 7:59 PM, Poryv said:

The only people, who can fix the zerg, are the other nations: Analyze, adapt, overcome.

Most did analyze, and adapt by joining zerg. How did you adapt?. Leaving the ones who didn't unable to challenge Russia. 

 

Sorry but someone in Russ nation telling others to adapt and overcome is just hard to take serious. Leave Russ and do it, then tell others.

 

[[Caribbean] Great battle results.]

2 hours ago, Lukas97Austria said:

How. .... I mean come on. There is no way in losing this. Nice outcome. 

Also I guess rover is back? Shallow fleets all over again? 😅👌

No way of loosing if know the game🤣, the learning curve/skill gap is real. I remember first few times i tried combat, stuck in irons and made report because i thought it was a game bug🤣.

[Caribbean server playerbase discussion]

2 hours ago, BoomBox said:

not to sure if you really should listen to customers.

Well said, but we don't have that problem here.

[Caribbean server playerbase discussion]

1 hour ago, BoomBox said:

2. player numbers will always go up and go down , no matter what players do and no matter what devs do . there can be multiple reasons , a nishe game, priceing , too many dlc , a percentage of the player base is burned out etc. it's just a game and playing is suppose to be fun , not a job. sometimes i thin kthat is forgotten

Yes they will go up and down, and always have. No matter what players or devs do. 

But 1/3 in very short time is not just numbers going up and down. Sure, can just relax and ignore it and maybe it will just get better, or it wont. People who are tired of discussing this are not forced too. Like you said, it's not a job and supposed to be fun. Not having fun reading and discussing then don't.

[Caribbean server playerbase discussion]

30 minutes ago, Fletch said:

Every time numbers go up the devs dream up another idea how to drive them down again

Devs did an awsome job bringing playerbase to 1000. I think the players the ones that brought it down...  (okay not really but never know who read this)

[Caribbean server playerbase discussion]

2 minutes ago, Fletch said:

Look no further than log books, loki runes and all the seal clubbers that pray on new players for driving people out the game.  Its almost impossible for many people starting out to enjoy the game without getting destroyed by other people who they have very little chance against.

 

Maybe log books should only reveal pvp battles, and not battles between a player against AI. And Loki is one of most idiotic things ever implemented in this game. Also, only affect new player who don't know how to deal with it. Any experience player have little to fear from Loki.

[Caribbean server playerbase discussion]

59 minutes ago, Bartas11 said:

In Germany today is a public holiday (Fathers day, so a lot of drinking Beer and Hang around with friends)

its a very celebrated day for man so most take the whole week holiday to stick with their Family.

Except for some, who celebrate by drinking beer and trolling forum😂.

Unless 1/3rd of online numbers are all germans who had "fathers" day for lasts couple of months i don't see how this is relevant.

1 hour ago, Bartas11 said:

Dont wonder about lower player counts.

Thanks, but i think i will.

1 hour ago, Bartas11 said:

Stop spread this Game die whining!

I'm not spreading anything, online numbers aren't a secret and average of 1000, to an average of 700 is rougly 1/3rd. This not a discussion wether this is true or not, nothing to discuss there. The reason however is not as obvious.

[Caribbean server playerbase discussion]

Playerbase drop from 1k to around 700, traitors must be found and punished for their disloyalty.

Or is Lenin+alts just having a break?

[[Caribbean] Great battle results.]

57 minutes ago, PaNik said:

This nation that has done a great job to become what we are now.
I started playing when Russian Empire had only invisible Islands and Bermuda. It was hard. It was also a difficult time when we played several port battles a day, at different times.
Perhaps the Russian Empire is an easy nation, but only for those who do not take part in RvR.

You are right. Happy you can enjoy the game more relaxed now (for the time being). I guess everyone who been rvr-active in this russ-nato war welcome a "break"😘

[[Caribbean] Great battle results.]

2 hours ago, PaNik said:

So tell me, why do you write that it's easy to play in Russia? I think one of the hardest Nations.

😂, reading this while drinking morning coffee can be bad for keyboard😂

 

[[Caribbean] Great battle results.]

Alot of good players in one PB. From both sides. Surprised no russ sank.

[Which russian clan will get bored first and unzerg?]

Many players concern seem to be about fear of loosing crafting ports. Here's an idea that isn't really thought through for long so don't get hung up on details:

But how about every nation has some sort of crafting port that cannot be taken but can be attacked, and if attacker wins, the european powers decide that the defender surrender for a period of time, for example 30 days. During which the surrendering nation cannot attack any port belonging to the attacking one. Maybe, same thing for capital, you can't take it but you can attack it in order to force the nation surrender. Maybe also some other reward for successful attack on a nations capital / craft port. Without actually capturing it.

Now feel free to comment on why this is crazy no-working idea because it probably is🥰

 

Example:

Spain and Britain on all out war against eachother, the french for some reason decide to ally with Britain. Spain decide to go all in attack on french capital and succeed, France are on their knees and have to sign a 30 days peace treaty or loose their capital. 

Spain's daring move payed off, they can now focus on Great Britain again. At the same time only thing France lost is their ability to attack Spanish ports.

[Which russian clan will get bored first and unzerg?]

2 hours ago, Christendom said:

Not to mention 1 other major aspect of the game, crafting, is directly tied to RVR.  

Until the game shifts away from the winner take all mindset in this current iteration of RVR, zergs will continue to be a thing.  No one wants to lose all their crafting and start over mutlifple times.

I'm not sure what your concern is, let's say we have 5 very competitive nations for example. Right now we have 1 top dog and almost every nation are crafting ships and other what they need or am i wrong?. 

2 hours ago, Christendom said:

There is simply no downside to being in the zerg (other than crowded patrols) and zero advantages to not be.

Less challenge, less enemies. Less rvr (once you zerged out all opponents)... doesn't sound too positive for a pvp server. I don't know i just thought people wanted more then that. The advantage of not being in zerg is that you don't kill rvr... 

[Which russian clan will get bored first and unzerg?]

7 minutes ago, Beeekonda said:

What domination gives, as a benefit, to a nation?

 

Ahh, nothing special i think, myself in small nation and have everything I need to be competivie in what I do. 

It's not about benefits, it's about having fun and having RvR for those who enjoy it. Imagine if we force every player to russia, how can be RvR?. We're not there yet obviously but the impact it has on rvr is that there is simply alot less. Also, having 1 power dominating, where is the "thrilling" part of rvr where nations struggle for power?. Russia can wipe out any nation they want, take away crafting ports from all nations if they desire. They don't because it would hurt game and alot players would quit. 

Sure there will still be port battles, we see it every day. But caribbean belongs to Russia, they decide. They rule. There is no war for power there. Do we need one?, i don't know.. if i was rvr focused i sure as hell would.🤣

[Which russian clan will get bored first and unzerg?]

41 minutes ago, Poryv said:

You guys remember when russians complained, when sweden was zerg? Or when britain was zerg?

Its not a rethorical question, i am just realy curious.
 

This was before game was even released. But since i started play 2017 there was no nation that held 1 spot uncontented for such period of time. Sure we had "zerg" nations back then aswell, but it wasn't only 1. Several nations contented at the top. 

This is different, since release russia nr 1. And for veeeery long time no other nation even close. 

[Which russian clan will get bored first and unzerg?]

1 minute ago, Beeekonda said:

What kind of Domination gives you those dots on the map?

I don't understand the question.

[Which russian clan will get bored first and unzerg?]

34 minutes ago, Beeekonda said:

Why should it change? we always had zergs

Russia dominated map since release. Do you see any connection there?.

It's like saying, we've always been cowards, why should we change?. C'mon.. personally i don't a shit if change or not i'm not involved in rvr, i having nothing loose or gain by nations zerg or unzerg. But i'm not discussing this for my own personal benefit, i look at the current state of the game and discuss what should change.