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Mr. Ubiquitous Feral 
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 Quote Reply  Posted: 05 Aug 2018 at 05:36 |
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Devs... please give this guy his own server so he will end this thread. thank you.
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| Dungshoveleux
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Quote Reply Posted: 05 Aug 2018 at 11:09 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IPp9StSn-Q
Interview with the CTO of Illyriad Games in Prague in May 2018.
Interestingly enough at 31/03/16 when the annual return included a list of shareholders it was clear that Niesewand owned a controlling interest but that the CTO didn't seem to own any equity. Still if he can get to a conference abroad, there is some money somewhere. It's just not allocated to Illyriad.
I'm not going to pass any comment on the interview. People can make their own minds up.
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| Dungshoveleux
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Quote Reply Posted: 05 Aug 2018 at 11:19 |
I agree.
The non zero accounts are now around 4,000 players. It used to be 5,000 players.
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| TomBombadil
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Quote Reply Posted: 05 Aug 2018 at 12:59 |
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Creating a 2nd server on the same scale would just split the playerbase, not the best idea at this time. I don't think you guys realise just how much prime real estate there is available in Illy right now and how quickly you can grow your account to a competitive level if you play with that aim in mind.
I would, however, like a 2nd much much smaller server that resets every 6 months or so. In which new ideas can be experimented with without risking bad repercussions on the main server. This also has the appeal of luring in new players looking for the more combative type play and creates a good turnover for the more peaceful farmville minded players who currently like to hang out in Illy, and giving old established player the chance to build up from scratch and test their strategies. Best of both worlds.
I'd even suggest playing with the same account on both servers, with the end of server war prizes heading back into Illy in the form of medals or special units or even just cosmetic city skins for the victors, which would encourage activity on both servers.
Think of it as a tournament server.
This also has the financial benefit of holding onto both farmville and travian style players, instead of splitting the player base in two.
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| Blueskree
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Quote Reply Posted: 05 Aug 2018 at 13:11 |
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Dungs, your like a investigative journalist haha.
Ok so on one hand we could have a second server that could bring new life to the game, and on the other hand it could be the final deathblow to the game. So we have to ask our selves, if the state of the game is in decay which we all can agree on. What does the game have to lose by creating a second server? At the worst the game suffers a quick death, at the best it regenerates the health of the game. So basically i dont see a drawback from having a second server. As it stands this game is in decay i think we can agree on that. It would be nice to hear the remaining player bases views and thwir ideas on how to improve the game. If the devs dont think then at least we tried to make Illyriad a better place. |
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| Blueskree
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Quote Reply Posted: 05 Aug 2018 at 13:18 |
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Tom, good idea's. I would play a six month reset server. However i vowed NEVER to play illyriad on the current server again. Taking from your idea, if they created a second server minus sitters and let people from the first and second servers playing in tournament server rounds(the reset rounds) with rewards going to either of the two realms that would be cool.
Basically the reset server could keep track of players income, damage, pop growth, trade, ect ect and keep a file on their stats how they did in each tournament realm rounds. That would be really sweet. Id even play without a second server if my profile was showed some where other than the illyriad server. I just wanna play something illyriad like without the multies ruining the game for me. |
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| Dungshoveleux
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Quote Reply Posted: 05 Aug 2018 at 18:41 |
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About 20% of active accounts have disappeared. Sadly, I don't get the impression either you or I will be the straw that broke the camel's back. Illyriad is clearly dead. AoA may be launched in 2018 but their track record for actrually delivering is bad. Their CTO seems very interested in the technical side of AoA but that doesn't equate to actually launching a game. If AoA is interesting, it will draw away custom from Illyriad even more. If it launches.
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Quote Reply Posted: 06 Aug 2018 at 00:25 |
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Maybe i got lucky and got out of the game when the getting out was good.
What ia this new game they're developing? I can't even find a website for these guys, on the about illyriad games inc. Statement it says right on there Illyriad is their only game... I thought they came out with a space game a year or two ago? But what is AoA? Is it another medieval game too? |
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| Dungshoveleux
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Quote Reply Posted: 06 Aug 2018 at 00:31 |
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age of ascent - space game in development...
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Quote Reply Posted: 06 Aug 2018 at 03:33 |
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Ok thanks, I thought they had released that game already guess not. Looks like there hasn't been any new announcements on that game in about 7 or 8 months so the development is really slow.
I think where this game went wrong was that they ignored the requests of the players to update the game and to remove sitter accounts. When the game released on Steam they should have made the game free to the new players since its basically free via their website. Another problem is that like any game thats been on the market for a long time is that the player base gets bored and moves on from the game. So you can't blame that on the lack of development or on anyone factor. Maybe Illyriad has finally ran its course and the small group of players that do remain will continue to enjoy the game in its current state. |
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