DeletedUser12171
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I don't think, strictly speaking, there's any game that exists that doesn't function this way
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Your Elvenar Team
I don't think, strictly speaking, there's any game that exists that doesn't function this way
Ashrem
Oh Wise One
That said,
Dewayne never said otherwise. Players being at the mercy of developers is pretty much the standard for all games. That doesn't change his points that 1) our control over our cities is illusory, and 2) that lack of real control leads to frustrations. This is why we are at the mercy of designers in all games.
DeletedUser12171
Guest
sounds like a pretty depressing outlook on what's supposed to be entertainment; I'm happy that I don't feel that way towards the game
Ashrem
Oh Wise One
Optimists: Either they're right, or everything works out badly and they're disappointed. 50/50 win/lose
Pessimists: Either they're right, or everything works out well. No lose.
SoggyShorts
Mathematician par Excellence
If a pessimist is right, do they really win? I mean I guess they could win an argument because they were right, but that doesn't feel like a gain to me.
"I think if I ask out this girl she will shoot me down."
*asks out girl, gets shot down*
"I win!"
Edit: I know you meant that at worst a pessimist is not surprised, whereas an optimist potentially can be wrong and therefore more disappointed, but my interpretation was funnier.
Ashrem
Oh Wise One
I didn't use the word win because I didn't mean win. "Not losing" is a different kind of victory from "winning" but a victory nonetheless.
edit:
FTFY. Now it's true.
SoggyShorts
Mathematician par Excellence
DeletedUser3122
Guest
Might as well say quit the game, after having invested more than 2 years in it, including actual money.
I've played countless games over the decades, and development teams usually seek input from players, and actually act on that input because they don't want to lose a player base or revenue. Inno does this to some small degree, like "you've been asking for the ability to upgrade prize buildings for X number of years, and we're finally delivering" after X number of people had already given up and quit. But there were loads of complaints about them requiring non-boosted buildings and the reasons why people didn't want them, and it fell on deaf ears. If they had good reasons for requiring non-boosted, I didn't ever hear a logical argument or some sort of offset to help us take the blow to years of boosted only city strategy.
The way things are, there's beta but is it really beta to get input? Sure maybe some, like, gee, if you require players to put KP in another players AW and you make it possible to do this quest on mobile, that will be a game stopper. So they changed it. But other than that? I haven't seen a lot of responsiveness from Inno.
DeletedUser12171
Guest
So, I see thru elvenstats that your boosts are steel scroll and dust. Your T4 boost would be tree gum. I suppose you built only steel, scroll and dust manus up to halflings. To keep to a boosted-only strat for elementals, just build planks manus
DeletedUser12171
Guest
I finished this event 2 days ago. It was doable. Imo there was a good mix of easy and challenging tasks to give a balanced difficulty.
I liked the time instants, but used them mostly to speed up completing event tasks, so apart from the event building, don't really have any prizes leftover
I liked the time instants, but used them mostly to speed up completing event tasks, so apart from the event building, don't really have any prizes leftover
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DeletedUser12171
Guest
I think I'd rather be occasionally disappointed than perpetually dour, but to each his ownIf a pessimist is right, do they really win? I mean I guess they could win an argument because they were right, but that doesn't feel like a gain to me.
"I think if I ask out this girl she will shoot me down."
*asks out girl, gets shot down*
"I win!"
Edit: I know you meant that at worst a pessimist is not surprised, whereas an optimist potentially can be wrong and therefore more disappointed, but my interpretation was funnier.
Ashrem
Oh Wise One
Pessimism does not, in any way, require dourness. I'm a happy pessimist most of the time. I enjoy the results of being proven wrong, and I look forward to the schadenfreude when proven right.
DeletedUser3122
Guest
It might feel depressing to you when someone points out flaws. Game development needs criticism to make a better game. I don't view criticism as depressing nor negative.
I'm finished with Elemental chapter. I don't need a strategy. I have a huge field of Lvl 1 factories & workshops for events or quests since I deleted all the Elemental buildings. I'm unable to earn anymore land, I've maxed that out. So when (if!) the next chapter comes, I'm not sure I'll have enough land to build the guest race structures. The fact I have 2 fully upgraded T4s (planks for the tree gum), that's a huge land sink. I used to have 3 but deleted the 3rd. Plus I didn't fully upgrade my T1s because I like the 24 & 48 hour times to produce badges in Fellowship Adventures, but made extra lvl 1 T1s to boot. I was Archmage of that FS for well over a year (I started the FS) and turned it over to new blood, but have seen members in our FS struggle with these issues, helped them a lot with issues too. So when I write anything about my perspective, it is from experience.
Because I have a field of extra buildings, and planned 2 days in advance, I finished the last questline the day it came out.
Chrizty
Active Member
Thank you Shimmerfly!!Guess your the first to post anything? Someone has to be
In the meantime there is always GOK's site.
Try this https://www.gamersgemsofknowledge.com/days-of-music
shimmerfly
Well-Known Member
Glad it helped
DeletedUser17094
Guest
As originally thought, there will be no way for me, and I suspect many others to complete this event. I originally posted and maintain that timeline and task completion were set beyond the reach of many (I am on a lot!!!). I hope that future events will be tempered slightly downward to make them more attainable.
DeletedUser
Guest
What are you having a problem with? My friend's city is in the middle of Chapter 2, and he finished two days ago.
samidodamage
Buddy Fan Club member
I'm not sure what the problem is either. My baby city that's early Chapter 3 finished Wednesday, a few hours BEFORE my main city that's in S & D...
Ashrem
Oh Wise One
In my wife's case, it is primarily an unwillingness to tear things apart to quickly recover from the nerf. Even after the free magic residence and a couple of months, She's still at -363 pop. She didn't have any non-boosted buildings lying around so got stuck at Step 19 when she couldn't add them.