hijadelafortuna T.I.A. said:
shintaki, do you know that the people that had problems with the beta the first days losing troops because it was buggy, had not been answered of dealt after 35 days? not on support or here in bugs in forum?
todays works the app, ok, tomorrow they update something and they f*** up it again and here we go ...
and yes, we all know the browsers will be dropped in 2020 and them even more people will leave game.
for your info I am also a gamer, also in steam and other platforms for the last 15 or more years :) I have seen many disasters and bad service, but really lol nothing like here.
by the way, i have been part voluntary of many tests of beta upgrades or new games all over the years, but always before launching them officially and signining myself as voluntary to help improve them.
Hi, sorry i didn't check the forum for a few days. All I can tell you from my experience is most companies have a disclaimer when you install a beta or any version of their software. I haven't read the plarium one but it wouldn't surprise me that it contain a close regarding the loss of troops or data etc...
It's common practice in the video game industry and many other as well, it's mainly to protect them against major issues (mishap, data theft etc..and let's not forget lawsuits lol)
So i'll be surprised if anybody recover their loses, also it could be a tech issue for plarium to deal with it. Can be too big, time consuming etc anyway you see where i'm getting at!
You seem like a nice guy but I think your expectations are unrealistic. More or less Plarium has a vision for their games and they won't bulge too much from it, it's their right as a company to do so if they wish and if they upset their customer base in the process that is their right too unfortunately for us. With your experience of gaming like mine how many time have we seen a promising game being ruined by the developers not focusing on what the users wanted or not fixing existing bugs fast enough!
Remember plarium is not a major player in the gaming industry time will tell if their vision of the game and the way they make their profit was the correct one, but i seriously doubt it.
I enjoy playing sparta a lot i'm having fun but to be honest it's a rather limited game and let's be honest to have a lot of fun it's expansive but i can afford it, unfortunately many people just can't and this is where plarium will ultimately fail. I'll get bored with it make the decision to stop investing in my army and eventually launch my whole army at a capital or big player before logging off for ever.
As a consumer your most important right is to take your custom somewhere else!
Believe me or not but I have been playing sparta for not that long i used to play stormfall long ago. In the short time i've been back playing i can see once again that the mentality is not gonna change the bugs which were in the game years ago are still there but the biggest toxic issue with the game is the way plarium as decided long ago to make their money. All it does, is copying what is outside your window a world were rich people crush the small one because they can and have fun doing it!
Here's a simple example i can easily run my entire offence at any target, have it wiped out go to the infirmary revive everything allowed do it again run out of drachmas fine stick the credit card in buy some more do it again and again and again why??? Coz i can afford to do so!! How fair is that! it's simply not, like the world outside our window, the rich will get richer the poor poorer!
It would have been easy to create the same game with a financial structure which doesn't create economical divide between players it's been done by many other video game companies,
As i said earlier you seem to be a nice guy and just want the game to be fair and free of bugs. Don't waste your time yelling at a wall!
You really want things to change start a blog, start a facebook group discussion, write an article about the economical divide in the video game industry etc.. you see where i'm going with that. Due to modern tech and thanks to the internet now even the small guy can have a big voice against a big company it wouldn't take long for a dedicated group to build such a bad online reputation for plarium that they will have to rethink everything and if they don't they 'll just go out of business like many before and many to come.
I hope i'm not ruining your day!
I'll cheer you up. This is the worst Spartan joke i know...
How many Spartan do you need to screw a light bulb?
"300 !!"
I know this is really bad but i'm not sorry ROFL