| ROBERT E LEE | Friday, January 10, 2020 - 08:00 am 
Any word on the war level eradication on fearless blue , a time line or date of update ? or have we backed off of doing this >>>?????
Robert E Lee
LDI federation
 GLORY TO THE PINKTATOR |
| ROBERT E LEE | Friday, January 10, 2020 - 08:02 am
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| Daniel Iceling | Friday, January 10, 2020 - 08:06 am
Robert E Lee, Andy,
If it stops calls for unrestricted war on the other worlds. I'll gladly support the removal of war limitations on Fearless Blue. The War World, is the right place for Player Vs Player warfare. |
| ROBERT E LEE | Friday, January 10, 2020 - 08:18 am
Daniel, this had come into discussion on an update forum post and the admins said they were going to do it but everything has gone silent for about month or two so i just wanted an update. what i understood is they were removing war lvls on fearless blue only ,all other world would still have them.honestly why a lot of players came to fearless blue but if there not going to do it i feel no obligation to staying on said world.
Robert E Lee
LDI federation |
| Daniel Iceling | Friday, January 10, 2020 - 10:21 am
Robert E Lee,
I understand. I was agreeing with you. That it would be a good idea to loosen War Restrictions, on the War World. So that War Players, have a place to play.
The GMs are more likely to respond, and follow through, when multiple people say they support an idea. |
| smokey | Friday, January 10, 2020 - 09:20 pm
I was wondering the same hing as far as the war levels go...I thought the timeline was Nov-Jan. |
| Andy | Sunday, January 12, 2020 - 05:51 pm
Can you explain what are the limitation war levels impose on FB?
I know of some extreme cases but in general you can fight anyone.
and in addition, because of war levels, when you win a war against a C3 country, you get gold coins.
Please explain what the problem is on FB. |
| Lord Mndz | Sunday, January 12, 2020 - 05:59 pm
Hi Andy,
I think people are talking about attacking people under war lvl3. some time ago you promised that all lower levels will be automatically lifted up after initial peace time.
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| Stratis | Sunday, January 12, 2020 - 09:49 pm
Game News Oct 22:
"15. Fearless Blue the war world [ top ]
FB is intended to be a war world. We are protecting new players on FB from war for an initial period but as it stands now, players in war levels 0-2 remain protected.
We will change this and move every player on FB to war level 3 after an initial period of 60 days.
This change will take place in the first days of November.
Players on FB, have chosen for a war world. They now have another two weeks to check their army and prepare for an eventual war.
Temporary war protection remains possible, also on FB. It is not a long-term solution but can be used in periods when you are not available to play the war game."
This is the whole reason I returned. |
| dubletar | Monday, January 13, 2020 - 04:10 am
Andy, basically, as many as can stay at level 0 to 2 will stay. Also, there are inactive people who are under level 3, who will never move to level 3 or above. |
| Stratis | Monday, January 13, 2020 - 11:14 pm
any news? |
| jeffcd1818 | Tuesday, January 14, 2020 - 04:33 am
It was stated in the game news and I think a lot of players were looking forward to this change. FB is a War World is it not. |
| ROBERT E LEE | Tuesday, January 14, 2020 - 09:07 am
POINT AND MATCH LORD MNDZ. BUT what do you know game master backing down from something they said they were going to do. You had player who left the worlds they were on and came to fearless blue because of what was said.
you have players getting to high war lvls that cant war anymore what are they supposed to DO ?? ALL I CAN SAY SHAKE My HEAD so frustrating |
| ROBERT E LEE | Tuesday, January 14, 2020 - 09:09 am
wow thank you straits actually GOT THE QUOTE !!!!!!!!! THAT WAS SAID. THUMBS UP LOOK FORWARD TO A RESPONSE |
| Johanas Bilderberg | Wednesday, January 15, 2020 - 12:19 am
This might open up raiding again Andy.
Nothing stimulates the economy better than that. |
| John Galt | Wednesday, January 15, 2020 - 03:01 pm
I don't think the developers play their own game. That is the only explanation I can think of for this lack of awareness on what war levels are doing to the game. |
| Lord Mndz | Wednesday, January 15, 2020 - 05:40 pm
What I don't understand why war levels cannot be removed from one world when all others are available for more or less peaceful game. why to destroy all worlds? |
| John Galt | Wednesday, January 15, 2020 - 07:49 pm
My hope is that they remove it from all worlds, otherwise we will only be retaining the players who are lucky enough to choose the good world. |
| The_Wicked_Lady | Thursday, January 16, 2020 - 04:39 pm
Let's wait and hear from Andy before we conclude that the developers are backing down from what they posted. My hunch is that it is something that will take some programming time and study, and with the holidays, that has slowed things down a bit. It might be something really complicated to pull off depending on how the game code is written.
I do believe that the developers try to make this a good game for all its player types, otherwise, they wouldn't put any energy or time into it.
I will add my opinion though, and hopefully the GMs will listen as an observer and player from past and current.
I first came to Simcountry a little over 10 years ago after a request for more females to play the game. The BEST part of the game was being part of a federation, making long-time friendships, and working together to build economies and to defend/fight in wars, if need be. Raiding inactives was always fun and challenging, because it added a thrill to gain game booty and use it to enhance your empire (country). There was more competition between players as part of federations AND it was a great way to teach players the GAME and to enjoy the full experience.
As with any game, abuses came into play which led to restrictions and war levels. In reality though, if players would join a federation, that gives them a line of protection and help to rebuild should anything happen. AND you can purchase war protection.
I really miss those days.
Simcountry in my observation has become more of a solo game - every player on their own. Where is the absolute fun in that? More competition will grow the game even in war situations. It will get more players talking and posting in the forums. THIS IS IMPORTANT IN RECRUITING NEW PLAYERS TO THE GAME.
I know there are players who prefer a peaceful game and don't want to be bothered, and that is okay. I do, however, think there needs to be an option for players who enjoy warring, politics, etc. There are probably quite a few players in the past who would return if there were no restrictions on war.
As to war levels, they really don't work well in my opinion. It offers restrictions in a couple of areas. 1) Players may choose to always stay under War Level 3 and not be attack-able, but they act as, pardon the term, "asshats," and there is no way to defend against that. I reference a recent player who was doing quite a lot of hostile bidding on another player in the game. 2) Someone at a much higher war level would not even be able to join their federation comrades in battle should the opponent be at a war declaration level, but too low. This doesn't seem fair.
If my observations are not correct, please let me know. I don't understand the full game like some players do.
I strongly encourage my son and Jonni to really think about things and what some of the player base is saying. |
| Zentrino | Thursday, January 16, 2020 - 07:27 pm
I agree with much of what Wicked Lady said. C3 raids were fun for looting. Sure, you could get a little from a simple raid and it probably covered the cost of the military supplies you used plus a little. The real challenge was in totally looting the country for everything. How completely can I drain it before I let it go? I found it fun to figure out the ways to best deplete a country and then release it without being penalized.
I also agree the federation gameplay and the federation wars (and cold wars) were the best parts of the game.
The hardest part that I see now is making enough money to start the military game. I have been back for several months and I just now feel like I have 2 countries that are large enough and make a decent profit where I could start buying weapons. This will take a long time though. Back then, I used raids to help supplement my income so I could support building a military while still growing my countries. I wish that could come back honestly.
I do want to give positive feedback too. I remember the time when average age of the country determined its growth and even relatively small countries could start to lose population. I had a series of C3 countries to help counteract that where I transferred people back and forth to balance out the average and keep it low. It was painstaking and time consuming and not fun and not realistic. I am glad that is gone from the game. |
| Andy | Thursday, January 16, 2020 - 08:51 pm
We promised to move players on FB to war level 3 after 60 days.
I am sorry for the delay.
We will however implement it as said before.
One of the problems is that we cannot do this for existing players without giving them the grace period.
in the mean time we decided to:
1. Save the number of days every one is playing on upgrade day.
2. Create notifications for all players.
3. Move existing players who are playing for more than 30 days to level 3 30 days later.
4. Move players who play less than 30 days over to war level 3 when they reach 60 days.
There are some small technical issues but none is serious.
All countries with presidents, active or not active, who are in war levels <3 will move to war level 3 after 60 days.
Counting will start after the feature is implemented.
The message as shown in this discussion about not being able to attack a country under war level 3 will remain.
I will keep you up to date on the implementation.
We will implement as soon as possible. It will not take long.
I am interested in other remaining problems with war levels on FB after this one is resolved. |
| Lord Mndz | Thursday, January 16, 2020 - 09:17 pm
Really great to hear this Andy. |
| The_Wicked_Lady | Thursday, January 16, 2020 - 10:21 pm
Thank you, Son. Thank you for your's and Jonni's consideration. I really think this is a positive move for the game. As always, I appreciate you and you have my love and hugs!
Your Mom |
| dubletar | Thursday, January 16, 2020 - 10:35 pm
Awesome stuff! |
| John Galt | Friday, January 17, 2020 - 03:38 am
Does anyone think 60 days may be a bit on the long side? I think 30 days is a better number. We want new players to fight each other. That will get this game going again. In light of the NSA/LDI agreement, I dont see any risk in lowering the number of days. You wont have issues with big players stomping new players. You have my guarantee on that. |
| Andy | Friday, January 17, 2020 - 08:15 am
I think they need the time.
Lets see how it goes for some time before we start changing a feature that does not work yet. |
| Andy | Monday, January 20, 2020 - 05:36 pm
As we have said before, we will start moving players on the Fearless Blue world, to war level 3.
Countries on Fearless Blue that are in war level 3 or higher, are participating in the war game.
This will be implemented as follows:
Every country on Fearless Blue which is registered for 20 days or more and has a war level <3, will move to War Level 3 on February 20, 2020.
These countries registered in 2019.
Every country on Fearless Blue which is registered for less than 20 days, (registration on 1.1.2020 or later) and has a war level <3, will move to War Level 3, 60 days after registration.
There is no war protection for any country on Fearless Blue.
Temporary war protection remains an option.
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| Lord Mndz | Monday, January 20, 2020 - 05:45 pm
excellent! |
| dubletar | Monday, January 20, 2020 - 09:14 pm
Yay! |
| Jammiebrown2098 | Tuesday, January 21, 2020 - 01:04 am
Nice |
| jeffcd1818 | Tuesday, January 21, 2020 - 03:38 am
Very Nice |
