Lady Nerium KT-S2 said:
DJMoody said: "I made a suggestion that has no feedback about adding a PvE element. The flags would be obtained from BG like Balur locations that spawn throughout the tournament. This would fix the "must be online in first hour of event" fundemental flaw there is today. You could still keep the element of stealing them from a fortress attack if desired to add PvP element."
I agree with this idea - drop the tiers except possibly top 50, and all the leagues under 50th ranking to discourage farming the smaller leagues fortresses. Set the flags in random hamlets or battlegrounds (as DJ suggested) and make it more of a hunt to find them and accumulate as many as possible instead of just hitting an undefended fortress for the One flag it holds. Don't post coords, so everyone has to manually hunt for them. Better yet, make the flag sites randomly regenerate in different locations, so we have to keep checking for them.
This would give smaller leagues more of a chance to accumulate flags, and a smaller league with more active players would have an advantage over a larger league with less active players. Store them in the fortress, and make them possible to steal so we have to protect the fortress. THAT would make it more interesting?
I don't think the #1 league would sit out the game if there was a chance that the #50 league could outscore them and set penalties.
I won't post this in Suggestions because I think we need a more open discussion than is appropriate there.
I vote this but even this has it set backs, it comes down to being prepared.
1. I say go with what was suggested above, is a lot fairer overall for everyone than the current capture the flag tournament
2. Create an opt-out option for leagues so such things as scarlet mentions doesn't happen and more likely that leagues will have to battle it out for 1st place instead of which league got the most flags when the tournament started (usually EMPERORS) who wins.
3. Drop the idea entirely and use the base-work of the tournament for something different.
In short because of the flag tournament introduction & the 50% off/def boosts that you can buy always now it has destroyed a lot of players, leagues & long-term well respected players/leagues in literally a few hours.
Could you imagine Alyona 2-3 years of hard work going down the drain because within a few short weeks with the 50% off/def boost & tourny rewards you could almost double your offense off those 2 rewards
50% boost & 30% offense booster tourny rewards & thats not counting all the other bonuses.
Basically in a few short weeks you made it possible for leagues to DOUBLE their offense & defence which is perfect for the huge coiners out there. But because this game balances offense more over defense, the leagues that were beacon/defense based were just destroyed with those two new updates because they couldn't compete. It's a lot harder to get your entire league to put on all their boosts/bonuses & 50% boosts to defend beacons/castles then it is for 3 big coiner "hammers" to do it to wipe that leagues defence before they can react properly.
Basically what happened between EMPERORS & King of kings, i was quite sad for KoK when this happened as they are one of the most long-term & experienced leagues on the server.
The real problem is the level of greed Plarium has Alyona and you know it. They bring in updates within a few short months that can literally double your forces if you spend money and you turn around and still say its balanced for f2p if they spend the time playing?
Show me one castle who hasn't spend money on the game who has over 100m-200m+ offense/defense in their castle. Name me ONE.
But all i just said will go straight over a developers head cause all they see is $$$$$ in this game which is fine but at least add a opt-out option in that flag tournament because theres a large majority that just can't compete with certain individuals & leagues anymore because of the imbalance you've brought to the game within the last 6-12 months.
The truth doesn't get much more clearer than that. It's a roll on effect and unless Plarium's developers start bringing in more balanced updates into this game id say its got a very short life-span because at the moment theres a lot of people who just can't compete anymore & if they start to realise this & acknowledge it do you think they will stick around? Why waste their time?
Prove to them that their time is worth spending here by bringing in more balanced updates or quit the facade...
I mean seriously there is players on here that can destroy an ENTIRE leagues (not small time either) defence by themselves in one hit. So don't you dare talk to me about balance or try defend it.