CIM said:
When your upgrades takes months and months and even years (yes years even with good bonus equipment) the help is really nothing.
Concerning the resource yield speed ... well that is only for the march your hero is in ... not all your other marches. And the amount of money you spend for this you could buy gold and then buy clan tasks and then buy centurian gear coffers in the clan store. Centurian gear doesn't have as much rss yield speed but it does also have capacity bonus. My hero when it yields rss on tiles I equip with capacity equipment which a number of the items are standard equipment. I prefer the capacity equipment to yield speed.
Also once your hero is high enough level you get good yield speed from hero skill points and also from knowledge so the amount of increase you get from equipment is not that much (also you don't get much with your hero when it is such a level if you use those yield boost bonus items ... which I do use them but that is for my troops without the hero). I could buy this new equipment for my new account but I personally don't find it worth it. And to get all the items you spend a good amount of money.
"... Months and years...really nothing."
Yeah. You already said that two comments ago, "Once you get pretty high up...the 'help' would be negligible".
The logic is not lost on me. What did you think I meant by "true enough, it loses its spark when upgrades start taking weeks..."? However, that doesn't make it any less desirable especially given its role as an oversized stepping stool to get to what you call "pretty high up".
This North equipment isn't an end goal, it's a tool to see you get there. You seem to think because you started a new account and got it into a beneficial clan right away that spoon fed it through it's first 20 levels in two weeks that you now have inside knowledge as to what it's like for truly new players, but you are way off base. I'm not trying to offend you..Perhaps you've been playing too long to remember what it's like to be smaller than everyone around you AND actually care. You're obviously at a comfy level with at least one account and I think it's causing you to discount everyone else's experience but your own... The evidence is in how much you talk about yourself and what things are -going to be like- instead of acknowledging how things ARE for other players.
Here it is again...
"Once your hero is high enough level..." That's the beginning of a statement destined to suffer a big blind spot where the point is concerned.
I hate to stoop to using my own account as an example but that seems to be the best way to communicate with you CIM. So here.. I recently created a new account just to see this gear in action. I bought the two cheapest Northgear items, total only $15. In two hours I managed to do what took you two weeks, and then some. I dominated my influence increasing event in the league of recruits 😉 and having reached level 39, was able to Max my resource yielding, building and learning skills. Despite the limited knowledge, this baby account with that gear is already faster than my son's old level 52 on tiles. It would take a month to get the invader knowledge to a properly functional material-hunting state on that level 52, and then I'd still need to purchase hero energy and cross my fingers that the Centurions don't go on hiatus when I'm finally ready for them. But of course...If I don't want to waste a ton of hero energy long term, it would be wise to go for Royal Guardsmen gear first, which means it would take even longer.
The northern gear made it possible for me to compete in KvK with the little account almost right away, just gathering one tile at a time, with surprising effectiveness for my little army. It was actually fun! A waste of money on an account I'll never use again, but fun nonetheless. I want that gear for my main account's hero.. she actually deserves it. 😉 Just saying, you really shouldn't knock it to you try it. If you could get it for your big account just to test for a day, I doubt you'd be disappointed.
One last note concerning Centurion's junk. When it comes to yielding resources, the rate you gain event points is equal to the speed you gather at. It doesn't matter if it took you a 5k troop or a 50k troop to carry a million, just how quickly they can get it off the tile. Capacity might matter if you're concerned about tile hitting and want to keep your troops low, but it doesn't make one difference when trying to get points. High capacity is useful against towns, but Centurion's gear isn't. Compared to the efficiency of the new gear, it really is outmatched, especially considering the low cost, instant satisfaction of the new gear.
I only had 2 pieces. The other pieces add an additional 3 or 4 DAYS to the instant speed ups and a formidable boost to resource yielding. Also, one lowers the cost of training tier 1s by 10.5% and another speeds up training by 10%. Sweet right?
Before you answer, please understand that it's not just about the stats, it's also about how easy it is to get. Crazy easy! It wouldn't be right to introduce a feature that actually affects gameplay like this does and not make it available to everyone.
-That's why I'm keeping faith that everyone has been getting upset over nothing, and North Gear will actually show up in holiday deals or as an event reward or something. ;)
My entire clan is really upset at learning that new players who start accounts now are offered packs that include King of North gear allowing a player to level to 20 for free. One of our players did this exact thing, spending exactly $19.99. It took hundreds of dollars of packs, gold, and boosters to do the exact same thing for those of us that have been playing for months. This violates the terms of service for Google Play, iTunes, and Facebook apps, what does Plarium plan to do about it?
