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.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.