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Feb 14, 2018, 13:3002/14/18
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Bahjankey said:

Thank you for the site improvements and for taking the time to respond to player questions. 


My league and castle would be described as such. One owner and well maintained. Low mileage with no warranty. Upgrades purchased for modest improvements to castle and league. Owners guide with tips listed below.

1 : As steward of this league and it's day to day upkeep you will be required to log on once every 7 days no exceptions. Failure to comply with this enforcement will result in your expulsion from the league and stewardship of the league granted by site proxy shall be thrust upon another member. All sapphires and or upgrades spent shall not be refunded or redeemed.

2 :  Any improvements you spend to further add more defense to this castle will now be bypassed by enemies with more money to invest in gameplay. Defensive improvements purchased will not be refunded or redeemed.

3  : As steward of this league and castle, when your not online to defend yourself against raids that now can simply neuter your castle defenses that you purchased. Rest easy knowing your catacombs will be fair game for rival castles to raid and plunder so that when you do get back online, ( once every 7 days ) Your resources will now be depleted to levels un useful to most any high level player. 

4 : It's good to be king of the castle and as steward of this league  or any other league, You can count on strength in numbers. Now with more powerful and exciting units availible to high level players with money to burn. Watch in amazement as you score even higher tournament points than ever before as these powerful new units. Easily defeat your trusted and long researched units that took months to unlock and upgrade be swatted aside like flys.

But wait there's more...

5 : As steward of the league and castle it's important to maintain a healthy level of occupancy. Recruiting members  is easier than ever with constantly shifting spawn points of perspective new players, Chasing down bubbleville outside of your regional chat can be a game unto itself. Why not ask your friends to play with you and join your league. It only takes hours and some lengthy conversations to discuss the complexities of finding your friends without a player search bar, assuming they picked the correct server to begin with. Revel in their joy when you explain the coordinates calculator that is not listed in the buried game guide. Nor is it even discussed in the tutorial. Within days your league will grow, robust with your online friends. 

6: Being steward of this castle and league can be a reward unto itself. But nothing says reward like league rewards. Teamwork is essential to keeping this war machine rolling. Not too worry in a undetermined, server wide loathed probation period. Your new members may or may not stay if your lucky enough to catch them online and explain the probation period for all new members. Watch them burst with eager anticipation waiting on full membership to recieve league rewards.

And it gets even better...

7: Having a league and a castle your going to need a place to express your league pride and trophies. This is where things get really exciting, as steward your fortress is included in the castle league package. If your fortress isn't grandfathered in  from the days when Oberon went to highschool, there are some precautions you should take. Be prepared to pony up some serious sapphires to EVER hope in leveling it to a paltry milestone level 5. Why be bullied from bullies just in your neighborhood. Watch in amazement as the older leagues come to visit and welcome you to the server when ever a fortress tournament is going on from literally the entire 4 corners of Stormfall. The travel times are put in the fast lane, now sand castle kicking is availible too everyone on the server from anywhere. The fun doesnt stop there, the frequency of the tournaments is guarenteed to be shorter than any worthwhile fortress upgrade times. So the action never stops in fortress upgrading.

Being a Marshal can be a great experience for any new player to try, with a little work and determination and now a serious credit card debt, You can have your very own dragon riding, troll stomping, fire breathing, gate crasher-smasher league to run. Best of luck,

Janks

IT'S PAY TO WIN

p.s. It's no mystery to me that almost every update since capture the flag started only benifits the wealthy players and the older established leagues. If you consider spending more money on a gamesite as a benifit. This last update will be the final nail in the coffin for Stormfall. Take heed of your active players numbers, they will drop dramatically over this update. All it will take is an active player to get smashed and lose the bulk if their army to these new units. You wont replenish their absence with new players, new players will be discouraged and leave out of frustration brought about by unbelievibly unfair disadvantages wealthy players now posses and older grandfathered leagues have. Worst part is once the site does an update they never undo one that turns out to be a bad decision. WHY do they post about it in the forums makes no sense to me if they never undo anything once implemented.

Hello, I just read everything you wrote and understand where you’re coming from. I’ve played this game for over 3 years now and have been marshal almost the entire time. It’s hard to protect players and fill leagues and keep everyone active, trust me I get it and how it’s harder as the game developed over time because others start years after others. In my experience and working to build over 4 leagues, one of the hardest things is keeping new players active but we manage to do it just fine. I had so many complain about this new update and how it’s ruined the game but it honestly hasn’t. From the start I’ve made 2 accounts, one I spend on and one I never have. Both got into the new feature and both are hard to grow in which is the point. It’s not supposed to be maxed super fast and it takes time and work to build it just as the day you started your normal castle. Before this update some players unlocked and maxed dragons for example and new players barely upgrade archers. This could be exactly the same concept because dragons can destroy a smaller player especially when they’re just starting. Shutting down something so negitively without trying to see the possibilities it brings will not be a good way to keep a league active or get members to support you and your goals. I told mine to give it a try and not shut it down so quickly and they agree it isn’t that bad. I tried seeing if I can do it spending super fast and you literally can’t unless you spend a crazy crazy amount for how it’s laid out and I know many spenders but none that are going to max all the new troops within a month let alone a year. Just give it a try and stay positive with your league and set goals as a group. Find other leagues to team up with and enjoy the fun with others as well. 
Feb 14, 2018, 13:3402/14/18
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bennettj99 said:

The Capacity of the Adamantine Forge is Ridiculously Low. Once it gets above level 3, it is full in 30 minutes, so you have to empty it every 30 minutes. This is stupid and illogical. Other farms, like Mines and Townhouses can be left to fill up whilst one sleeps or is offline. What sort of idea is this. Your developers obviously Don't play the game much.
You need to just take a step back and just keep building up. Focus more on building the adamantine fort instead of the forge. The fort will help you hold more and lose less :)
Feb 14, 2018, 13:3802/14/18
10/15/15
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bennettj99 said:

Ashes1770 said:

bennettj99 said:


Yet again an update that is ill conceived and Poorly thought out. There are some discrepancies, such as; Dragon Stone Bonuses. We can use Dragon Hammers to reduce Building Construction time, yet we Can't use Dragon Hide etc to reduce Troop training time. Either Dragon Stone applies to Stoneheart or it doesn't, make your mind up.

The cost for an upgraded Craftsman is Extotionate, 15k Sapphires is Rediculous, total rip off.

We need more accessibility to Soul Stones. Adamantine is available in the Black Market at a reasonable cost, so why not Soul Stones. This would also help beginners starting out in the game. Soul Stones are far too few in the game. When they do appear, which is infrequently, there are too few of them.

This is an update for the wealthy players and is a total turn off for the regular players. 

There are outstanding issues you should have resolved, before you launched yet another Money spinner. What about the outstanding issue of the Dragon Stone and what to do with Mana, when you have completed all the Dragon Stone levels. Killing Monsters in Dragon Stone is now Pointless, once one has completed all the Dragon Stone levels.

Sort out your outstanding issues, before launching more money grabbing ideas.

More thought needs to go into updates like these. Your developers need to heed the feedback on here, Most of which is Negative, although I very doubt that they actually care.

I get why you’re frustrated but also have to look at it from all angles before completely stomping it down. Dragon arts I agree now that I’m maxed they’re pointless to me but others still need to finish them and adding more boosts in there for players who maxed it will put smaller players at a higher disadvantage. They help with building times in Stoneheart which are a lot longer than in our original castles and that is worth it in itself. Training Stoneheart troops faster would also again disadvantage non spenders and new players. They aren’t meant to have a million on the first day. When we first started if I could come in the game and build I wouldn’t get anywhere if players were making troops 20x stronger than mine at triple the pace. This will put more effort and time into building a Stoneheart army. I agree the builder is expensive but if it wasn’t everyone would have 2, then building would be doubled in time again disadvantaging small players. If they let us use all 4, everything would be built in a couple weeks and that would be kind of boring. The scrolls set us at a pace that is equal to gaining them in a slower pace to be able to advance. It costs so much but balances the speeds to in developing still giving non spenders time to catch up and be able to play with older players. It will take time to adjust but in the long run i think it’s better than adding onto levels of old Lost arts and our other buildings. It is hard to get soulstones and they aren’t available to buy again getting people to participate to earn them to build more troops. Just try it with an open mind and not look at it as how fast can I complete it with money attitude and it might change your perspective :)

The only players who will benefit from this update are those with a fat wallet, or the hackers with unlimited sapphires. Get Real, this is a money spinner for Plarium. Even Champions are now defunct with this update. The Adamantime Forge, above level three, fills in thirty minutes. Other farms like Townhouses and Mines continue to fill whilst we are asleep. The forges only continue to produce at Fifty percent. This is ridiculous. The whole update is ill conceived. You need some developers who know what they are doing. Check out the feedback on this thread, it is overwhelmingly negative.
I see it’s negative but most seem because no one is seeing it in long terms and instead trying to just blast through it. I admit I spent but there is no way I could max even part of this just spending. It’s not meant to just develop overnight. Start a new castle again and look at your gold and iron buildings, they couldn’t hold anything until a storage warehouse was built and upgraded.  
Feb 15, 2018, 21:4302/15/18
Feb 15, 2018, 21:44(edited)
04/27/17
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I wasn’t sure about the new update. I had some concerns. But now I have issues with it. 

1. If your just starting the game. You have already lost. You don’t stand a chance against anybody with the Stoneheart troops. 

2. Will be very expensive to catch up quickly.

Most  of us players don’t have a lot of money to invest in the game. I am seriously thinking about quitting. No longer affordable to stay up with the game.  
Feb 16, 2018, 04:3802/16/18
Feb 17, 2018, 04:23(edited)
01/11/16
1009

Lady Keagan said:


I wasn’t sure about the new update. I had some concerns. But now I have issues with it. 

1. If your just starting the game. You have already lost. You don’t stand a chance against anybody with the Stoneheart troops. 

2. Will be very expensive to catch up quickly.

Most  of us players don’t have a lot of money to invest in the game. I am seriously thinking about quitting. No longer affordable to stay up with the game.  

I understand your concerns, but Stoneheart update is targeted for advanced high level players who had earlier maxed out on all the old castle upgrades.

Most of the players in the game will still be playing with regular units mainly, so there is no need to worry about at this early stage of new release.

Feb 16, 2018, 13:3102/16/18
03/01/16
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Lady Keagan said:


I wasn’t sure about the new update. I had some concerns. But now I have issues with it. 

1. If your just starting the game. You have already lost. You don’t stand a chance against anybody with the Stoneheart troops. 

2. Will be very expensive to catch up quickly.

Most  of us players don’t have a lot of money to invest in the game. I am seriously thinking about quitting. No longer affordable to stay up with the game.  

Hello, my Lady! Thank you for the feedback. 

1. Requirements for accessing the feature are for experienced players. It means you need to be an experienced and old player. It will be strange to open this feature on low levels when players have so many features which need to be upgraded. Thus, Stonehaert Castle is available for those players who already reached high results in the game and want to upgrade something new. I'm sure each player will have an opportunity to open Stoneheart Castle in the near future :) They will have a chance to compete with other players who have the same levels. 

2. This feature is a long-term development process. Also, don't forget you can ask your League-mates for help :)  

Feb 17, 2018, 19:5802/17/18
10/15/15
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bennettj99 said:

Alina Bright said:

Hello, guys! I know I answered not on all your comments, but I gave responses to the most popular questions and comments. 

Thank you so much for the feedback, I gathered it and passed to the team. 
As the new Stoneheart develops, you will be sure to get more feedback, I hope you, or someone else, will continue to review our comments. It sounds like you are calling an end to the thread.
There isn’t an end to the thread and we will always be around to answer questions
Feb 17, 2018, 20:0602/17/18
10/15/15
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bennettj99 said:

Ashes1770 said:

bennettj99 said:


Yet again an update that is ill conceived and Poorly thought out. There are some discrepancies, such as; Dragon Stone Bonuses. We can use Dragon Hammers to reduce Building Construction time, yet we Can't use Dragon Hide etc to reduce Troop training time. Either Dragon Stone applies to Stoneheart or it doesn't, make your mind up.

The cost for an upgraded Craftsman is Extotionate, 15k Sapphires is Rediculous, total rip off.

We need more accessibility to Soul Stones. Adamantine is available in the Black Market at a reasonable cost, so why not Soul Stones. This would also help beginners starting out in the game. Soul Stones are far too few in the game. When they do appear, which is infrequently, there are too few of them.

This is an update for the wealthy players and is a total turn off for the regular players. 

There are outstanding issues you should have resolved, before you launched yet another Money spinner. What about the outstanding issue of the Dragon Stone and what to do with Mana, when you have completed all the Dragon Stone levels. Killing Monsters in Dragon Stone is now Pointless, once one has completed all the Dragon Stone levels.

Sort out your outstanding issues, before launching more money grabbing ideas.

More thought needs to go into updates like these. Your developers need to heed the feedback on here, Most of which is Negative, although I very doubt that they actually care.

I get why you’re frustrated but also have to look at it from all angles before completely stomping it down. Dragon arts I agree now that I’m maxed they’re pointless to me but others still need to finish them and adding more boosts in there for players who maxed it will put smaller players at a higher disadvantage. They help with building times in Stoneheart which are a lot longer than in our original castles and that is worth it in itself. Training Stoneheart troops faster would also again disadvantage non spenders and new players. They aren’t meant to have a million on the first day. When we first started if I could come in the game and build I wouldn’t get anywhere if players were making troops 20x stronger than mine at triple the pace. This will put more effort and time into building a Stoneheart army. I agree the builder is expensive but if it wasn’t everyone would have 2, then building would be doubled in time again disadvantaging small players. If they let us use all 4, everything would be built in a couple weeks and that would be kind of boring. The scrolls set us at a pace that is equal to gaining them in a slower pace to be able to advance. It costs so much but balances the speeds to in developing still giving non spenders time to catch up and be able to play with older players. It will take time to adjust but in the long run i think it’s better than adding onto levels of old Lost arts and our other buildings. It is hard to get soulstones and they aren’t available to buy again getting people to participate to earn them to build more troops. Just try it with an open mind and not look at it as how fast can I complete it with money attitude and it might change your perspective :)

The only players who will benefit from this update are those with a fat wallet, or the hackers with unlimited sapphires. Get Real, this is a money spinner for Plarium. Even Champions are now defunct with this update. The Adamantime Forge, above level three, fills in thirty minutes. Other farms like Townhouses and Mines continue to fill whilst we are asleep. The forges only continue to produce at Fifty percent. This is ridiculous. The whole update is ill conceived. You need some developers who know what they are doing. Check out the feedback on this thread, it is overwhelmingly negative.
It’s only negative because of how you’re viewing it. There are so many positives to but you have to be willing to understand what I’m explaining verse what you want to see. Yes, if one wants to spend a lot of money they can maybe get more done than a non spender but my adamantime auto fills just like my other resources so I’m kind of confused why you say it doesn’t. Just honestly give it a chance, it’s not about spending its about playing. I maxed all my Lost arts and buildings, all my resources I had were used to build an army. Now I have to use the resources to upgrade buildings. As a long time player and a spender, this new update is giving me something to use resources for instead of growing an army non stop and killing whatever I want. There’s so many positives in this, just give it a chance 
Feb 17, 2018, 20:1002/17/18
10/15/15
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Lady Keagan said:

I wasn’t sure about the new update. I had some concerns. But now I have issues with it. 

1. If your just starting the game. You have already lost. You don’t stand a chance against anybody with the Stoneheart troops. 

2. Will be very expensive to catch up quickly.

Most  of us players don’t have a lot of money to invest in the game. I am seriously thinking about quitting. No longer affordable to stay up with the game.  
That isn’t true, I know it looks that way but as a player who does spend, those troops cost so much to build and aren’t worth killing until I upgrade them. I have new players who’ve joined my league and they are progressing fine. They get the help from older players and are growing as they can
Feb 18, 2018, 14:5802/18/18
02/07/15
2

Buenos días,

Desde la última actualización hay errores al desplegarse en el mapa y dentro del Castillo, se traslada hacia donde no quiero y no me permite hacer nada.

Me pueden ayudar por favor.

SIR DANY

-139, 545

Feb 19, 2018, 03:4002/19/18
01/11/16
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alhl10 said:


Buenos días,

Desde la última actualización hay errores al desplegarse en el mapa y dentro del Castillo, se traslada hacia donde no quiero y no me permite hacer nada.

Me pueden ayudar por favor.

SIR DANY

-139, 545

Por favor comparte capturas de pantalla aquí

Y puedes contactar al soporte Support

Please share screenshots here

And you can contact the Support

Feb 20, 2018, 15:1502/20/18
11/15/16
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Unfortunately with this update, you have taken you eye off the game. You have forgotten about the players who are struggling to improve, but due to the scarcity of Soulstones are finding it near impossible to progress. Come back down to earth from your Stoneheart money making fantasy and give new and struggling lower level players some attention. All we see at the moment are packs and quests aimed at advanced Stoneheart castles. When was the last time you offered any decent packs for soulstones? I can't remember, it is So long ago. The quests that actually offer Soulstones as a reward are meaningless and very poor. Stop holding back beginners and lower level castles, who want to progress.
Feb 21, 2018, 07:5002/21/18
Feb 21, 2018, 09:01(edited)
01/11/16
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bennettj99 said:


Unfortunately with this update, you have taken you eye off the game. You have forgotten about the players who are struggling to improve, but due to the scarcity of Soulstones are finding it near impossible to progress. Come back down to earth from your Stoneheart money making fantasy and give new and struggling lower level players some attention. All we see at the moment are packs and quests aimed at advanced Stoneheart castles. When was the last time you offered any decent packs for soulstones? I can't remember, it is So long ago. The quests that actually offer Soulstones as a reward are meaningless and very poor. Stop holding back beginners and lower level castles, who want to progress.

Stoneheart is not targeted for lower and weak castles, as those players don't need all that in early stage of the game. 

We can get decent quantities of soulstones and other rewards from pvp battles using regular units. 2.2x pvp tournament offer some better benefits.
Feb 22, 2018, 10:4402/22/18
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Decent quantities? You are Joking. You used to do packs of Soulstones, but not any longer. You are too concerned with Stoneheart players. You also Don't take onboard Our concerns. You seem to have a problem appreciating that We are the Customer. Try listening to Our concerns and stop dismissing them.
Feb 22, 2018, 12:3502/22/18
01/11/16
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bennettj99 said:


Decent quantities? You are Joking. You used to do packs of Soulstones, but not any longer. You are too concerned with Stoneheart players. You also Don't take onboard Our concerns. You seem to have a problem appreciating that We are the Customer. Try listening to Our concerns and stop dismissing them.

Your feedback will be passed to game developers for their consideration.

Feb 22, 2018, 21:3202/22/18
10/15/15
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bennettj99 said:

Unfortunately with this update, you have taken you eye off the game. You have forgotten about the players who are struggling to improve, but due to the scarcity of Soulstones are finding it near impossible to progress. Come back down to earth from your Stoneheart money making fantasy and give new and struggling lower level players some attention. All we see at the moment are packs and quests aimed at advanced Stoneheart castles. When was the last time you offered any decent packs for soulstones? I can't remember, it is So long ago. The quests that actually offer Soulstones as a reward are meaningless and very poor. Stop holding back beginners and lower level castles, who want to progress.
Soulstones honestly no one paid attention to them until recent with this update. They were used by a lot of players who maxed Lost arts for random boosts and stuff for sale. No one packed on and saved these like you’re thinking. I really get you’re upset and how you see this being nothing but negative but building Stoneheart is hard. I’ve played for 3+ years, maxed my buildings and Lost arts mostly or so I thought. I can’t upgrade certain things in Stoneheart until I upgrade barns which require sketches. Obstacles like this make it really hard for even spenders to grow. I can’t even remember the last time I attempted to raid for resources before Stoneheart, the resources we need to upgrade these are crazy and not easy to obtain without trying and raiding like crazy. A new player starting today can max more in Lost arts before I can max the research alone for just Valkyra troops. It looks like it’s expensive and only out for money but it isn’t at all. I have people in my league who spent so much trying to max it quickly and they can’t get that far. The game is what you make it and the fun is still here just give it a chance and see how it plays through. I understand  what you’re looking for in packs but just keep active and do events and focus how you were building before, it will work out alright. The only negative of it is those who don’t want to see the positives or give it a chance. I am not saying this for any reason beside I believe it and plarium isn’t making me. I have my league and 6 leagues with us, I’ve heard and talked to them about everythingn within the update and we’ve all agreed how it can benefit if we work together.
Feb 22, 2018, 21:4202/22/18
10/15/15
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bennettj99 said:

Unfortunately with this update, you have taken you eye off the game. You have forgotten about the players who are struggling to improve, but due to the scarcity of Soulstones are finding it near impossible to progress. Come back down to earth from your Stoneheart money making fantasy and give new and struggling lower level players some attention. All we see at the moment are packs and quests aimed at advanced Stoneheart castles. When was the last time you offered any decent packs for soulstones? I can't remember, it is So long ago. The quests that actually offer Soulstones as a reward are meaningless and very poor. Stop holding back beginners and lower level castles, who want to progress.
Also, if you think about it now every new player is earning sketches in events and other stuff they won’t need until down the road but that will give those said players a lot of resources to get to unlock it and save sketches to upgrade accordingly to unlock Stoneheart. I unlocked every soulstones troop and maxed them all just because I was bored and half the troops I maxed I literally have never built or used. Those I wasted resources and soulstones unlocking and sketches to help max. I used sketches on other buildings because I had them and nothing else to use them for. So if you put it in that perspective a new player will probably unlock Stoneheart and get troops maxed cheaper and faster than I did because other players now can help advise them what to save and how much of certain things are needed to get them unlocked
Mar 2, 2018, 18:2403/02/18
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Вася Перчик said:

Меньше удалять надо отзывы . Тогда всё найдёте . Там 8 лайков на моё отзыве. В корзине у себя посмотрите. И это ещё был не предел.  Люди поддержали за точное описания ваших действий по обновлению игры. Так что дурака не включайте 
Не только твои плохие отзывы о Стонсердце удалили, других игроков тоже. Им наплевать на нас. Они пытаются сделать из игроков супер-донатов!)) Только в такую, как сейчас сделали стратегию, ни один нормальный донат ни гроша не кинет.
Mar 3, 2018, 04:5203/03/18
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~Жизнь~ said:


Вася Перчик said:


Меньше удалять надо отзывы . Тогда всё найдёте . Там 8 лайков на моё отзыве. В корзине у себя посмотрите. И это ещё был не предел.  Люди поддержали за точное описания ваших действий по обновлению игры. Так что дурака не включайте 
Не только твои плохие отзывы о Стонсердце удалили, других игроков тоже. Им наплевать на нас. Они пытаются сделать из игроков супер-донатов!)) Только в такую, как сейчас сделали стратегию, ни один нормальный донат ни гроша не кинет.

Обратная связь с игроками либо хорошая, либо плохая не удаляются, если они не используют плохой язык.

И что вы думаете о Stoneheart?


Feedback from players either good or bad is not removed if they do not use a bad language.

And what do you think of Stoneheart?

Mar 5, 2018, 09:0903/05/18
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~Жизнь~ said:


Вася Перчик said:


Меньше удалять надо отзывы . Тогда всё найдёте . Там 8 лайков на моё отзыве. В корзине у себя посмотрите. И это ещё был не предел.  Люди поддержали за точное описания ваших действий по обновлению игры. Так что дурака не включайте 
Не только твои плохие отзывы о Стонсердце удалили, других игроков тоже. Им наплевать на нас. Они пытаются сделать из игроков супер-донатов!)) Только в такую, как сейчас сделали стратегию, ни один нормальный донат ни гроша не кинет.

Приветствую, миледи! Мы не удаляем отзывы игроков, если они не содержат мат и оскорбления. Если комментарий был удален, стало быть он нарушен правила форума. Также вы можете повторно оставить свой фидбек на нашем форуме, мы ценим отзывы игроков! 

Hello, my Lady! We don't remove players' comments if comments don't violate forum rules. If the comment was deleted, I believe there was bad language. Also, you could leave your feedback again on the forum, we appreciate players' opinion and comments!