What happened was that players learned to play. They understood to stay out of unsafe places without a good reason and thus those places became empty. One reason is also highly competitive pvp where mercy isn't given an inch. A beginner team is put against the best teams right away and they can expect to be crushed many many times.
Who are these elite anyway?
I F5'ed the page while answering -_-" Try to sum up :
I understand your point but don't agree 100% to it, because it's exactly the problem of the emptiness on the server today and the lack of fun. It's not balanced at all regarding way of playing this game ; there's no good or bad way of playing, and people shouldn't HAVE TO be in a big team to enjoy the game, and shouldn't HAVE TO make perfect builds and alts. There's no middle, either you're getting destroyed at every step outside your tent because you are alone / in a small team, and are bored by just stacking stuff from craft, either you are in a dominant team and do nothing but wait 'till another big team shows up, and this brings boringness too. Majority of players should be in a category between those.
Well, this is the reasonable way to look at what the game should be, but we all know, me the first, that it's absolutely not its reality. Can't be without a really deep thinking about the whole mechanics, because all I see when we are told "hey look we add cool stuffs and features on the game and fix problems !", is that the game become less attractive. Some monthes back we reached a cool period, but now it's over (again...).
And you got me on the points of elites, I shouldn't have say that ^^" Because it's precisly because of (thanks to!) them, big teams, old players, who see the changes and can report everything really quickly because they have the means (number is clearly the first reason). So forget about that point :p
No offense but if you took a different decision 2 years ago and join our TTTLA adventure instead of staying with the “Cajuns” you would probably still play today.
Btw you are on the short list who still can take the good decision and join us like Shangalar did and you will see the game from another point of view, trust me.
Your friend,
LeMark
Haha no offense taken
The fact is I really didn't wanted to be part of all the problems I saw in this time, and by experience I know the more we are the more problems come... I didn't think further, even if I noticed perfectly all the efforts you and the other TTT were making to build something once and for all. And still, I didn't played a lot after the big split, first having to choose a "side" was really pissing, and I missed power and domination a lot
Well, I didn't totally quit on the idea of really playing again, see my old teammates... I'm sure I can enjoy the game again, the problem, which I talked about upper, is that playing with you guys is the only way for it. Well it's not
a problem to play with you, no no no, it's a problem that everybody should have this situation to fully enjoy the game (and here I join Kinkin on first post, and continue responding to
avv).
And
LeMark, do you really think I could ever forget about Caribous ? Hahahaha xD
So, I'll see in a few how much I want to play again, put myself on update about important game mechanics I could not notice, and I will respond to your invitation (is that one ^^ ?) as soon as I'm decided
