Informing players about the upcoming change in advance is appreciated. 

yes!

one LIKE for admin for informing about the changes.

like always I need to criticise :)

informing about changes is nice I cant agree more...but before implementing some change would be good to have a voting before...so we see what players want...players that want something are maybe long gone before you implement that. So they are not happy and with some changes (and quit before they are "fixed")  and we are not either so lets make a voting. Half of things you have done has some really bad side effects so would be really good seeing what players think about some things before you even start developing...so that you do not develop things and say we cant change now (persians)

best regards

Hello Archons,

This means you can now have some days to prepare and build troops, and focus on Persians during tournaments.

It should relieve a bit those who were concerned with the tourments high frequency... Now at least playing them will always earn points and rewards, even if it takes weeks to take down a level 125 position... ;)

Let's always see the positive aspects of changes and use them to our advantage. :)

Actually, no new player will ever catch up with older players. For the same rason you're not as old as you father !

That's precisely why buying levels is absurd. You can't buy age and time, period.

Nothing is meant to catch up with older players, and there's no point to doing so.

However, coalitions can mix newer and older players. Catching up and raising to the top is only a matter of getting together and efficient team play.

I understand your concern, and I have to say that, though you may be tempted to catch up in strength using money, it's probably not the good way to do so.

It's not only about big figures in troops actually. Lots of other aspects are important. Signing and upgrading agreements take time an needs lots of resources, for instance, though, yes, you could speed them up using boosts and buying resources after all, and catch up with higher level players.

But there are still two points youll never  be able to buy : real game mechanics experience and mastering, and team play.

They're the real key to success in the game, and it will always take the necessary time.

Plus there's another, maybe forgotten point : boredom.

You may be more involved in playing a game you had spent so much time and efforts to raise in, made friends and built a strong alchemy between members.

It would probably be diffficult to achieve this in a short period of time, and if you'd just spent a fortune buying a high level (a real one, with upgraded buildings, agreements, elixirs and a strong army do go with them), I'm not sure it would have the same value (apart from its price, of course) in your heart that somehting you'd have built from scratch and raised like a child (or a pet, if the child comparison is too strong for you). ;)

I may be wrong, but I think we see many of these rich and hasty players rise, shine an disappear quite fast, out of pure boredom.

So, yes, the possibility to catch up using money exsists if you really want or need to, but it may still not be the best way.

Do as you feel, spend wisely if you think you have to, and try to get the true spirit of the game, that relies more on its members community than on money. :)

I may answer for her as it's obvious when playing higher level positions : profitability.

It's hard to get back what you invest when playing Persians apart from full payouts, so only two aspects can help getting a benefit :

- Producing and using cheap fodder as much as possible and keeping the valuable troops safe for PVP use ;

- Getting rewards from tournamets to raise benefits.

The new system can give more time to build fodder, and will definitely provide rewards whatever you can invest at a given time without urging you to actually finish positions.

That's why it should help high level players to get back to playing Persians.

Andrew HBG said:

Plarium has set positions way too hard. Way too few unit returns. Big investments with no rewards. And I think it has been done to encourage spending by coiners. Is turning me off the game because it has become way too expensive to retain a decent sized army. Many in the game are talking about Plarium being way too greedy.

Hello. Sparta is a war strategy game and like in every war strategy game you need to put some efforts to achieve a good reward. What is important to remember here is that Positions are not designed for raising the number of your army, but for converting weaker units into stronger ones primarily. At the moment, I would recommend taking a break from Positions, concentrating on building the troops that you would not feel sorry about losing later on Positions. There are many other activities in the game you can focus on.