GA READ THIS: New issue with AHC/ABC doms
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- Kieri
- Magister
Seldon
Might be time for another strike.
That would require them to still care what we think. We're high-level, remember? We don't count anymore.
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- Khamos
- Staff
Thank you for reporting the spawning issue with the automatic team dominators Seldon, we'll look into it!
We have acknowledged your feedback on the dominators, but still want to also gather more data of their performance and effect at least for this one more week. It's not in our interest to keep features that wouldn't benefit anyone in the game, so if the data and feedback both support their removal, then that's what we will do
In all game changes it's important for us to both listen to the active players who express their opinions and feedback on chats and forums and to also take a look at how the players who don't chat that much or vocally express their opinions react to the changes to get an overall picture. Luckily we have tools that allow us to gather good and accurate data of how any of the changes we make to the game impact the player community and gameplay as a whole to support making decisions. Often it takes tweaking to find the right balance that supports good gameplay to all players, not i.e. only to new players or hard core players.
I know most of you don't remember or didn't experience this, but for the first 6 months of Shadow Cities after it was released in November 2010 in Finland, we made drastic changes to the game on weekly basis. Those were the times
We have acknowledged your feedback on the dominators, but still want to also gather more data of their performance and effect at least for this one more week. It's not in our interest to keep features that wouldn't benefit anyone in the game, so if the data and feedback both support their removal, then that's what we will do
In all game changes it's important for us to both listen to the active players who express their opinions and feedback on chats and forums and to also take a look at how the players who don't chat that much or vocally express their opinions react to the changes to get an overall picture. Luckily we have tools that allow us to gather good and accurate data of how any of the changes we make to the game impact the player community and gameplay as a whole to support making decisions. Often it takes tweaking to find the right balance that supports good gameplay to all players, not i.e. only to new players or hard core players.
I know most of you don't remember or didn't experience this, but for the first 6 months of Shadow Cities after it was released in November 2010 in Finland, we made drastic changes to the game on weekly basis. Those were the times
Edited by Khamos (March 15, 2012 12:42:58)
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- Depth
- Scholar
This, is the type of response I am interested in. You need to give more answers like this. In this answer, you for the first time since I started playing, have actually stated, that it will be removed if properly suppored. If you still need data for another week, I say go for it. Just be careful though, because even if you are not only going to focus on new and hardcore plauers , a lot of the hardcore players you are driving off are very important sources of income.
This response, is a lucky one. I will wait just a little longer before making my decision. And I know you do not have time to focus on all threads, but I have seen a few active threads that have been skipped over during time of popularity (as in people viewed it a lot.) Two good examples are my Sigil List and Logo I made. The sigil list got over 600 views in the first 1-2weeks, and is still be viewed and updated. It currently has 1203 views. I never once saw any kind of post directed at it. People want new sigils!!
Another example is the "Familiars" Suggestion by Anjumara.
It's at 1117 views, and 56 comments, not one of those comments is from you.
Also, I think there is a lot of interest in the Add-Ons and setting list of mine, even though there are not many views or relevant comments.
Phased academies by Joyult was a great idea as well!
Comment on these every once in a while. Not enough new threads come on the forums to keep you busy so much! Just check them out during your free time!
We mages like feedback towards ideas we post! Pay more attention to the suggestions PLEASE.
This response, is a lucky one. I will wait just a little longer before making my decision. And I know you do not have time to focus on all threads, but I have seen a few active threads that have been skipped over during time of popularity (as in people viewed it a lot.) Two good examples are my Sigil List and Logo I made. The sigil list got over 600 views in the first 1-2weeks, and is still be viewed and updated. It currently has 1203 views. I never once saw any kind of post directed at it. People want new sigils!!
Another example is the "Familiars" Suggestion by Anjumara.
It's at 1117 views, and 56 comments, not one of those comments is from you.
Also, I think there is a lot of interest in the Add-Ons and setting list of mine, even though there are not many views or relevant comments.
Phased academies by Joyult was a great idea as well!
Comment on these every once in a while. Not enough new threads come on the forums to keep you busy so much! Just check them out during your free time!
We mages like feedback towards ideas we post! Pay more attention to the suggestions PLEASE.
Edited by Depth (March 15, 2012 13:09:57)
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- Khamos
- Staff
There's definitely no lack of fun and innovative ideas provided by our community on this forum. We are lucky in that way!
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- Lakuja
- Enlightened
Khamos
I know most of you don't remember or didn't experience this, but for the first 6 months of Shadow Cities after it was released in November 2010 in Finland, we made drastic changes to the game on weekly basis. Those were the times
That's was actually one of the things that kept the game fresh and unpredictable. Now it changes very little and is starting to get bit stale.
Trying out new stuff is good. Just need to be quicker on getting the results, specially if the experiment seems to be failing as catastrophically as this one is. I honestly can't figure out what were the positive effects of this change that GA hoped to achieve.
Edited by Lakuja (March 15, 2012 17:48:48)
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- Shadewraith
- Enlightened
if possible GA, can u please remove the ahcd and abcd first? then consider putting them back in differently later? cause right now i can't harvest without spawning an abc
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- Killing-Time
- Archmage
i think it might be time to walk shadowcities out behind the barn and put it to rest. the game is quieter, less fun and less interesting every time i log on.
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- Seldon
- Archmage
Khamos, thanks very much for the response. As a regular participant in the in-game community, I really hope you will remove the automatic doms. It has chased many of my friends, and enemies, away.