Each and every player in Sparta: War of Empires can reach TOP positions. That, however, requires a lot of time, Resources, Units, and considerable effort. Alternatively, you can use a special Resource - Drachmas - to develop your City and increase military power to dominate the map. Everyone can get Drachmas for free simply playing the game actively, i.e. participating in Tournaments, capturing Emporia, completing quests and Achievements, etc.

Some players decide in favor of in-app purchases to save time. It allows them to progress a little faster. Sparta: War of Empires is free-to-play, and like any other game of this type it gives all players free access to all game features and an opportunity to accelerate their progress with in-app purchases. It is not unfair that players taking this route, thus supporting the development of the game, enjoy certain advantages. Again, all these advantages may be summarized in one word - time. It takes less time to advance, but does not change the core of what every player needs to do to develop their City and grow military power. Moreover, there is a number of in-game limits so no one player can dominate an entire server. Therefore, when we develop a new feature, we make sure it will not negatively affect the game balance.

Yet another thing to consider is the social aspect of our games, which is extremely important. We want our players to unite in Coalitions and build Alliances to become stronger. We understand that it is hard to compete against stronger players -- it has always been, in any game -- and that is why we pay so much attention to various Coalition activities and give players an opportunity to unite against a stronger enemy. If you have any suggestions as to how this part of the game can be improved, we will be happy to hear from you.

Each and every player in Sparta: War of Empires can reach TOP positions. That, however, requires a lot of time, Resources, Units, and considerable effort. Alternatively, you can use a special Resource - Drachmas - to develop your City and increase military power to dominate the map. Everyone can get Drachmas for free simply playing the game actively, i.e. participating in Tournaments, capturing Emporia, completing quests and Achievements, etc.

Some players decide in favor of in-app purchases to save time. It allows them to progress a little faster. Sparta: War of Empires is free-to-play, and like any other game of this type it gives all players free access to all game features and an opportunity to accelerate their progress with in-app purchases. It is not unfair that players taking this route, thus supporting the development of the game, enjoy certain advantages. Again, all these advantages may be summarized in one word - time. It takes less time to advance, but does not change the core of what every player needs to do to develop their City and grow military power. Moreover, there is a number of in-game limits so no one player can dominate an entire server. Therefore, when we develop a new feature, we make sure it will not negatively affect the game balance.

Yet another thing to consider is the social aspect of our games, which is extremely important. We want our players to unite in Coalitions and build Alliances to become stronger. We understand that it is hard to compete against stronger players -- it has always been, in any game -- and that is why we pay so much attention to various Coalition activities and give players an opportunity to unite against a stronger enemy. If you have any suggestions as to how this part of the game can be improved, we will be happy to hear from you.

Each and every player in Sparta: War of Empires can reach TOP positions. That, however, requires a lot of time, Resources, Units, and considerable effort. Alternatively, you can use a special Resource - Drachmas - to develop your City and increase military power to dominate the map. Everyone can get Drachmas for free simply playing the game actively, i.e. participating in Tournaments, capturing Emporia, completing quests and Achievements, etc.

Some players decide in favor of in-app purchases to save time. It allows them to progress a little faster. Sparta: War of Empires is free-to-play, and like any other game of this type it gives all players free access to all game features and an opportunity to accelerate their progress with in-app purchases. It is not unfair that players taking this route, thus supporting the development of the game, enjoy certain advantages. Again, all these advantages may be summarized in one word - time. It takes less time to advance, but does not change the core of what every player needs to do to develop their City and grow military power. Moreover, there is a number of in-game limits so no one player can dominate an entire server. Therefore, when we develop a new feature, we make sure it will not negatively affect the game balance.

Yet another thing to consider is the social aspect of our games, which is extremely important. We want our players to unite in Coalitions and build Alliances to become stronger. We understand that it is hard to compete against stronger players -- it has always been, in any game -- and that is why we pay so much attention to various Coalition activities and give players an opportunity to unite against a stronger enemy. If you have any suggestions as to how this part of the game can be improved, we will be happy to hear from you.

There are many players who don't coin yet they have strong army. You need to play smart in order to do that and be cautious of course. You need to build troops 24/7 if you want to have a strong army. But in order to be able to build 24/7 you need to raid every day, to get resources and build troops  continuously. You need to be patient so you can level up the buildings and the agreements while you build troops at the same time. That requires resources. Without raiding you can't have resources to do all those things. Once you level up the agreements and the buildings you will be building troops 24/7 and believe me you can build quite some offense or defense in a month let's say.

There are many players who don't coin yet they have strong army. You need to play smart in order to do that and be cautious of course. You need to build troops 24/7 if you want to have a strong army. But in order to be able to build 24/7 you need to raid every day, to get resources and build troops  continuously. You need to be patient so you can level up the buildings and the agreements while you build troops at the same time. That requires resources. Without raiding you can't have resources to do all those things. Once you level up the agreements and the buildings you will be building troops 24/7 and believe me you can build quite some offense or defense in a month let's say.

lsolway74 said:

Xena said:

There are many players who don't coin yet they have strong army. You need to play smart in order to do that and be cautious of course. You need to build troops 24/7 if you want to have a strong army. But in order to be able to build 24/7 you need to raid every day, to get resources and build troops  continuously. You need to be patient so you can level up the buildings and the agreements while you build troops at the same time. That requires resources. Without raiding you can't have resources to do all those things. Once you level up the agreements and the buildings you will be building troops 24/7 and believe me you can build quite some offense or defense in a month let's say.

How do you know that these 'many' players are not coiners? Do you ask them? How many genuine players have made it to the top of the leader board? Plarium are not only encouraging cheating as can be seen from their response above, they are blatantly rewarding it, not to mention feeding gaming addiction. Plarium are greedy. They take money yet there is nothing to be seen for it. Glitches are still there months on, issues are not resolved etc. Look around you at all the dead cities. Even those that were at higher levels have quit for those reasons listed. Its time Plarium took some pride in itself and made this game fair for all. Server 1 for coiners and server 2 for real gamers.

Real gamers? By your definition, real gamers are poor apparently. Or at least never spend money on any games ever. By that logic we can extend it to real gamers don't spend any money on anything game related. Like computers. A real gamer wouldn't use a computer to play a game. A real gamer would raise an army and conquer a city, declaring themselves a god-king. Real gamers don't play games, they brutally subjugate lesser peoples.

lsolway74 said:

How do you know that these 'many' players are not coiners? Do you ask them? How many genuine players have made it to the top of the leader board? Plarium are not only encouraging cheating as can be seen from their response above, they are blatantly rewarding it, not to mention feeding gaming addiction. Plarium are greedy. They take money yet there is nothing to be seen for it. Glitches are still there months on, issues are not resolved etc. Look around you at all the dead cities. Even those that were at higher levels have quit for those reasons listed. Its time Plarium took some pride in itself and made this game fair for all. Server 1 for coiners and server 2 for real gamers.

Well if you have some experience in those games you can actually stand out whether someone is a coiner or not with a high percentage of success. For many players it's all about the fun, the experience, the people they get to know and cooperate with and not about the top of the leader board. I will only say that we all are adults and we are responsible for our own choices. The devs are working diligently to fix the bugs and the glitches and whatever is causing issues in the game. Everyone needs to be patient. Regarding the dead cities there are various reasons someone may have stopped playing the game. Many just don't have time anymore due to real life issues. You mentioned dead cities but check how many active ones are still there. And as I can see there are a lot.

Xena said:

There are many players who don't coin yet they have strong army. You need to play smart in order to do that and be cautious of course. You need to build troops 24/7 if you want to have a strong army. But in order to be able to build 24/7 you need to raid every day, to get resources and build troops  continuously. You need to be patient so you can level up the buildings and the agreements while you build troops at the same time. That requires resources. Without raiding you can't have resources to do all those things. Once you level up the agreements and the buildings you will be building troops 24/7 and believe me you can build quite some offense or defense in a month let's say.

Play smart meaning don't use your troops at all because one wrong move and your all done playing Sparta LOLOLOL

Play smart meaning don't use your troops at all because one wrong move and your all done playing Sparta LOLOLOL

Alyona Kolomiitseva said:

RIX said:

Play smart meaning don't use your troops at all because one wrong move and your all done playing Sparta LOLOLOL

Why so pessimistic, Rix? 

Because you are implementing tactics in this game that cause two issues:

1) Too time consuming

2) Forcing peoples hands at losing troops

Not everyone wants to participate in forced PVP events like capital flag and pan massacre.

1) Too time consuming

2) Forcing peoples hands at losing troops

Not everyone wants to participate in forced PVP events like capital flag and pan massacre.

The reason people sit in acropolis more often is because rewards are so poor, and they can't build army fast enough to keep up with avalanche of tournaments. In order to actually build decent army without breaking the bank means you cannot chuck big forces around like a lunatic every week. Plus, the same old food regurgitated dulls your appetite, whether it's pans, caps, cities or emporium it's still principle of raids and sieges. Plarium's answer to this is not to increase rewards as encouragement, but to have forced participation tournaments instead.

lsolway74 said:

Xena said:

There are many players who don't coin yet they have strong army. You need to play smart in order to do that and be cautious of course. You need to build troops 24/7 if you want to have a strong army. But in order to be able to build 24/7 you need to raid every day, to get resources and build troops  continuously. You need to be patient so you can level up the buildings and the agreements while you build troops at the same time. That requires resources. Without raiding you can't have resources to do all those things. Once you level up the agreements and the buildings you will be building troops 24/7 and believe me you can build quite some offense or defense in a month let's say.

How do you know that these 'many' players are not coiners? Do you ask them? How many genuine players have made it to the top of the leader board? 

I know several on the Facebook Server 1 who are regularly top of the weekly raiding leader board and top of the weekly siege board, yes they have to put the time in but isn't that true of everything in life? You want to be good at something you have to put the time in.

I also know several who have been top of the PP leaderboard without spending stupid amounts of money, it is possible if you have the time 

Didn't you receive this message?   I am sure that Plarium is happy with this. Good aprentices.

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morteeee said:

lsolway74 said:

Xena said:

There are many players who don't coin yet they have strong army. You need to play smart in order to do that and be cautious of course. You need to build troops 24/7 if you want to have a strong army. But in order to be able to build 24/7 you need to raid every day, to get resources and build troops  continuously. You need to be patient so you can level up the buildings and the agreements while you build troops at the same time. That requires resources. Without raiding you can't have resources to do all those things. Once you level up the agreements and the buildings you will be building troops 24/7 and believe me you can build quite some offense or defense in a month let's say.

How do you know that these 'many' players are not coiners? Do you ask them? How many genuine players have made it to the top of the leader board? 

I know several on the Facebook Server 1 who are regularly top of the weekly raiding leader board and top of the weekly siege board, yes they have to put the time in but isn't that true of everything in life? You want to be good at something you have to put the time in.

Yeah put the time in if you really want something so bad...Devote a few days out of your life that week to the tedium needed in order to win siege ranking, then you can rejoice at your slave labour drachma reward.   May as well be putting 500k matches into matchboxes for $1 pay.