YOUR CHANCE TO ASK THE DEVELOPERS A QUESTION!
There will be a live session on Tuesday 27 March at 5:30 German time (ECT) - which should be 11:30 a.m. EST, I imagine.
You can click on the post here:
https://www.facebook.com/elvenar to ask them to remind you when it starts.
5:30 German time (ECT) should be 11:30 a.m. EST.
Here are a few questions I have stored up!
1. Squad size buy back
Hi!
I had been playing for more than a year before I discovered the price one pays for completing all the voluntary Squad Size increases on the Tech Tree. The more you accept, the stronger your armies in fights on the World Map - but the more expensive Tournament fighting and Catering becomes.
Eventually if you accept them all instead of declining, your performance in Tournaments gets worse and worse, becasue the really large numbers involved in fights and catering are unsustainable.
Would you please consider being kind to the Advanced Players who have made this mistake?
We were not warned!
Could you not allow us to use a Blueprint to undo those non-compulsory squad increase Technologies?
Or perhaps Diamonds?
I used to be in the top 20 in Tournaments; now with my enormous armies I struggle to make the top 100; I just can't make enough Goods and troops!
2. Joining the forum is difficult for many players
Hi!
Is it possible to look at the process for joining the Forums, to make it easier?
Many players are unable to do this, particularly the ones that play out of Facebook.
In my large Facebook group, a very high percentage have tried and given up after a few attempts.
3. Banner to add to buildings
Hi!
Here is an interesting idea that a member of our Facebook group came up with!
We know that you cannot allow Storage, and you explained that it will be difficult to have a storage museum for Event buildings - so when they grow obsolete we have to remove them and never see them again.
How about having a 'banner' or 'skin' for existing buildings as the event prizes?
Something to attach to an existing Culture building or Residence to make them more powerful by a certain percentage- and you would not lose it when you upgraded the building?
4. Gifting Diamonds
Hi!
We note that the policy regarding Diamonds is being relaxed and now one gains them on the tech tree, and you have an event building that makes them too!
In the last Q & A you said you would not give daily log-in Diamond awards as some other games do, which is a pity, because when you give away Diamonds, people have to spend them at the store. And that gets them into the habit of spending Diamonds which is what you would like, isn't it?
I have noticed that there is a facility in the store for 'coupon code' to be entered - though you don't seem to use it much.
I would like to give gifts of Diamonds every week to my Facebook group as prizes in a competition.
Could you not make it possible for us to buy Diamonds as gifts?
It would be extra income for you!
5. Player migration
Hi!
Can you tell us what is happening with player migration?
More than a year ago we were told that inactive players would be gradually moved towards the outskirts of the Map, and newcomers would be moved towards the center - so we would all have more active neighbors.
This process seems to have stopped.
Are there plans to start doing this again, please?
6. A Store – to buy Orcs, goods etc.
Hi!
One of our Facebook group members asked if we could not have a game store where we could buy game items for real money. So if we needed a few materials or goods or Orcs, we could buy just as much as we need.
You would probably make a lot more income that way - because many players can't afford to buy massive packages of Diamonds!
7. Dedicated pre-planned Q & A session
Hi!
We have 'Ask Timon & Rike' threads on the EN, US and Beta Forums.
Over the years, there are scores of questions there, most of which have not featured in your Q & A sessions.
Would it not be possible to invite people to submit their questions in advance - so you would have time to prepare answers - and perhaps Rike might even make a graphic to explain some of them!
It would save a lot of time!
At present much of the Q&A sessions is wasted looking for a suitable question.
Thanks!!
8. Better Event prizes!
We really like the Wishing Well that features in the current Phoenix Event - the idea of having a mystery building that spits out random prizes is wonderful.
Sadly though, when you crunch the Math, the yield over the 100 day life of the building is not really worth the nine squares it occupies - for example, statistically it would yield 200 Diamonds in its lifespan - which you could buy for the price of a burger!
We also think that the set buildings are not really a nice prize for many players - the set is too big and makes city re-design very difficult, building around it.
How about having a REALLY good Mystery building as third prize? Something very difficult to obtain - but that would give wonderful prizes once a week or so?
Most of the time it would just give a few coins or supplies or small Instants - but occasionally it might spit out something truly awesome - like winning the Lotto.
Many players would die to gain a prize like that!
