He said he wasn't a big coiner. I guess he coins regularly but in small amounts, possibly mainly repairs. Repairs wouldn't make his rank go up would it?
Either way, he makes good points. To many higher level/long term players are leaving or left because of the reasons he stated, and that in itself tells a story. A game is meant to keep it's players and attract new players, this game is failing to do that, and instead is losing its older players and new players...that's often a big sign a game is failing badly!
First time ever posting in here. Have played this game for over 5 years and I'm not a big coiner. It's lost all of it's appeal!! When I was a mid 50 lvl I could keep 75's and some 80's out of my base. Now at lvl 81. I can't even stop a lvl 73. This game has lost a lot in the last couple of years and it's mostly players. I'm soon too be one of them! If anyone from Kix reads this you can check my log from when I started and see that I've been a consistant contributor in time and coin. NOT ANY MORE!!!!
Same here. A very light coiner and been playing for 4 years 2 months .............. level 83. Spent WAY to many hours playing the game. It used to be fun .... now is just a chore .......... and probably like many players on here I play mainly because of addiction.
My game time is less and less now though and unless something changes fundamentally with the game, 2016 will probably be the year I finally stop playing ..........
Every one just needs to stop playing for a week or longer in protest, stop buying coins and get your lives back. Kixeye will notice that because $$$$ is all they see.
My decision was made when I started building my last fleet, Kodiacs. When I noticed at the start of the build in October that they wouldn't be completed until the end of January 2016, I thought this could well be my last build if they don't live up to expectations. Building four fleets per year IS a boring chore!!
Not that it matters, but my game time is slowly drawing to a close, forever. Sad waste of 4+ years really ...
Likewise. If I had spent the time I have played this game more usefully, then I probably could have studied for another university degree ... YES, I REALLY have spent that much time playing the game. When I think of it like that, then it REALLY is a sad waste of 4+ years ....
Well I noticed that DR stated that 12/22 was the last game update of the year, so I guess they decided to squander their 3 months. Player number is about to drop some more.
It,s about time you put out better base defense weapons to counter the newer weapons you have out for fleet,s.Your build time and research are way to long.And the Uranium should be on rever fleets as well.Some of us have been playing this game for years and spending coins here and there.What took us untill around level 50s to get some of the weapons and ships you can now get around leveal 30.Give us a break on the coast of you coins I would spend more but your price is too high for the amount of coins you give per dollar.I mean it is just a game.That freezes up glitches I cant count how many fleets i lost due those 2 major problem,s
very true but i dont think they care give them a reason to go premium Bp in the near futrue my thats my guess
Hey, maybe a premium BP account entitles you not to have your turrets and ships nerfed after spending money building them? That will be for the regular non coiners ya know!
You know that $2k plus you got off me last year....I am no longer gonna do it. Got the bad taste in my mouth again. How can you expect anyone to be happy with a purchase to only find that purchase was false advertising/or we purchase weapons to have an edge and then you make them all Equal??? WTF So the few hundred I spent getting ready for the scourge was for nothing because now all the weapons are good? Do you feel good knowing your product sux and that is Y I wont be buying it anymore. I wont just walk away as I have too much time and money spent on game and friends. But you will not get a penny out of me anymore!!! I will stick around to say hi to friends but in no way will you be a priority for my entertainment anymore. Nobody else made this bed..YOU DID...now have fun laying in the shyte your shortsided views created!!! Truly disgusted at your attempt to placate only to steal more from people...It took me a minute to readjust my focus on other things for my entertainment but once I put put a few hundred towards next years vacation as compared to giving it to you......I really don't feel so bad anymore knowing that I will get satisfaction once again from my purchases.....I can handle alot of things in life but F'ing with my money will not be tolerated!!!
It,s about time you put out better base defense weapons to counter the newer weapons you have out for fleet,s.Your build time and research are way to long.And the Uranium should be on rever fleets as well.Some of us have been playing this game for years and spending coins here and there.What took us untill around level 50s to get some of the weapons and ships you can now get around leveal 30.Give us a break on the coast of you coins I would spend more but your price is too high for the amount of coins you give per dollar.I mean it is just a game.That freezes up glitches I cant count how many fleets i lost due those 2 major problem,s
Well.. DONT ask for good base def. weapons, if you take/build any of the recent 2, you will end up burned bad. Drac. coaxial's are worse than the stock version - utterly useless. Limited cannon, is a non-trackable weapon, so it cannot hit anything. With 200 range, any ships have moved out of range, before it hits.
Both weapons take more than 10 days to build - and KIX change the blueprint's if there's any sligth risk, that the basedefence weapon actually work.
build times and repair times need to be cut by 50% to be able to play this game properly.... but knowing kixeye they only gonna lower it by 2% and say ya we lowered it but we dont give a dam about you players we just want your money.... but news flash ya keep pissing on us soon there wont be any of us left to piss on and you are left with a company that is broke and filing for bankruptcy when it could all have been prevented by actually being fair with your players and not milking them dry....
FM 150mill T5...good luck...this wish will coming faster as a reality as lower shipbuilding/repairingtimes.
No forms of co-op or retreat in raidtargets: If you HAVE to kill your fleet that you can send in an other fleet - or the target will get an reset - thats the gravestone for the raids.
In the recent raidtargets, you can pick up some enemyships with ships witch have the best damagedefense against them...if you are fast enough, you can escape with retreat...and you can send in an other fleet. That is called "strategy". With your suggestion, there is only place for "tactic"...its only good for the big whales, which can afford to have the best fleets. On the other hand, it will force the weak pirates to use only zombiefleets.
Both ideas are only for the "big" pirates with all toys.
(Sarcasm on) My suggestion: No retreat for only the A-set in the raids...so you will get a lot of new friends with the right stuff (Sarcasm off)
Seriously: WHY? Do you dont have the feeling to be comfortable with the recent "entertainment"? Are you bored? Nothing to do in the real life?
Peeps like you are the reason, that the game is where it is now. And now you want it "hardcore" with a no retreat ability in the raidtargets and a 150mill T5 ? Dont whine if your wishes come true...
I am playing for fun. So it doesn´t hurt me.
Come on man... You HAD to realize I was just being sarcastic and saying random crap for **** and giggles. I didn't mean any of that. It was to make the point that my ridiculous suggestions would blend in with all the other laughable stuff suggested here.
started july 2011 and still having heaps of fun, ok repairs are a bit excessive but the build times are just about perfect as a progression of the game; my rhino build was less than my hammerhead build so its not a major worry for me
After seeing all the items listed as NEW and the changes coming and here now, it seams kix IS doing something, like it or not, if you dont like it fine but stop acting like a baby about it, if you do like it then go for it , i coin a lot less than the big guys and being on a fixed income there is no way to change that so i HAVE to live with everything i CAN do and move forward no matter what, but to see players who CAN coin at times and still cry is just so over the top it is just nuts, I like the game so i take what they give and work with it, some seam silly and dumb but i still work with it no matter, (just take a minute and look at what is there and find ways to make it work for) you make what you have work it is that simple it takes the stress away for the most part) my high BP is an issue so i learned how to do that outside the game but am able to apply it here and it works make me not send in complaints about stupid stuff , good luck to all and have a very Marry Christmas and a Happy new Year to all
I think Kix messed up royally back when they limited raids to level and had no co-op. IMO many high level non-coiners couldn't do seige. It took me entire raid to get through one complete seige mission. I have been going backwards for quite some time.By moving some key items to Tier 3 I can finally hopefully make some progress again; that means I will be sticking around. I really didn't even try last raid, I was going drop anchor on a deserted island and get back into the bottle.
hey kixeye....already ship builds takes much time and when we get better stuff we refit....then refitting takes time..although you reduced the time but still that is also much compare to player situation...so i am here to place aimportant point that i made a mastodon with buzzards coz i dont any other missiles so can you increase buzzard miisile range from 66 to 72..please i am already in tough times....please reply to my post..
It,s about time you put out better base defense weapons to counter the newer weapons you have out for fleet,s.Your build time and research are way to long.And the Uranium should be on rever fleets as well.Some of us have been playing this game for years and spending coins here and there.What took us untill around level 50s to get some of the weapons and ships you can now get around leveal 30.Give us a break on the coast of you coins I would spend more but your price is too high for the amount of coins you give per dollar.I mean it is just a game.That freezes up glitches I cant count how many fleets i lost due those 2 major problem,s
Well.. DONT ask for good base def. weapons, if you take/build any of the recent 2, you will end up burned bad. Drac. coaxial's are worse than the stock version - utterly useless. Limited cannon, is a non-trackable weapon, so it cannot hit anything. With 200 range, any ships have moved out of range, before it hits.
Both weapons take more than 10 days to build - and KIX change the blueprint's if there's any sligth risk, that the basedefence weapon actually work.
If they put out defence weapons that allow a below average player to keep whales out, who do the below average players get to attack?
If only we could get off this Kixeye merry go round. The issue of lower players not getting access 34 and 40 Military has been an issue as far back as I can remember. I think its a calculated strategy towards closing the game. If this is not so then my mind boggles. It must be indeed true Kixeye is run by total morons and therefore need to stop the inbreeding immediately.
Well the 3 months is up. We asked for less chores. Kixeye removes the campaigns that give tokens and crew etc and replaces it with R&D chores. They make changes to the sec bar to increase the chore of uranium gathering. The introduce a target that is impossible to kill but you can't activate the target due to Orange sec bar rarity. Folks asked for base defence, they introduce a useless ballistic turret and Nerf a defensive turret. We asked for the build and repair times to be addressed, we get a few percentage via another chore. We asks for transparency, we get lies, nerfs, smoke and mirrors. We get useless items in tier 4 to limit ship build tokens. January should see the tier 4 prizes of Cannon sys4, Transport sys 4 and other useless crap.
It's not the state of the game that's screwed, its the state of kixeye that is. The company cannot change its DNA of power creep and making changes to increase revenue at the expense of gameplay. It will only change when the CEO and senior management are gone. But I believe it's too late for that. Funniest thing I have read lately is Will Harbin crying and **** in interviews that Clash of Clans is a BYM ripoff. Funny how Kixeye managed to ground that game into the dust. Yet King.com took the concept and ran with it to become the highest grossing game on FB with a 800 million turnover. See what happens when good management runs a company?
2016 will see either Vega or BP lose support and Kixeye will stumble on with 2 games whilst desperately trying to get WCRA out, whilst cutting costs even more, maybe going down to just one floor at Kix HQ, and more layoffs.
Personally I could not care less anymore. The coax nerf ended my coining and support for this company. I don't support treachery, period! I'll still play BP though because I like chatting with mates.
started july 2011 and still having heaps of fun, ok repairs are a bit excessive but the build times are just about perfect as a progression of the game; my rhino build was less than my hammerhead build so its not a major worry for me
about perfect? 3+ months to build or refit a stupid fleet, what are you smoking?
If only we could get off this Kixeye merry go round. The issue of lower players not getting access 34 and 40 Military has been an issue as far back as I can remember. I think its a calculated strategy towards closing the game. If this is not so then my mind boggles. It must be indeed true Kixeye is run by total morons and therefore need to stop the inbreeding immediately.
they have been needing to change the spawn mechanics for years because basing it on player level it just not working.
If only we could get off this Kixeye merry go round. The issue of lower players not getting access 34 and 40 Military has been an issue as far back as I can remember. I think its a calculated strategy towards closing the game. If this is not so then my mind boggles. It must be indeed true Kixeye is run by total morons and therefore need to stop the inbreeding immediately.
they have been needing to change the spawn mechanics for years because basing it on player level it just not working.
I'm on record both in the forum and to support stating that the player level system isn't fit for purpose.
My latest solution was for them to introduce a dynamic player level, so that new power tech gets more experience and old tech gets next to none. Essentially making experience follow the power curve that exists in game. Ultimately this would mean a reduction in level for most players and those that have been off for a long time would essential come back and be a lower level.
However it's a tough pill for kix to swallow as it would mean a lot less targets for the few top coiners to hit. Meaning they would actually have to make the game more fair... Something they have started with the changes mentioned here. However they have so far only started the job of fixing as lot of the issues. More work needs to be done.
So my rating of the game has gone from a c+ to a b-, an improvement but more work is needed to get the game back to an a* game.
It's only a game if it's free. If you pay it's a hobby and it's a gamble! In real life if you throw money at a game (mid game) it's called bribery and it's classed as cheating!
Interesting how a lot of 'computer games' companies have built their company (business model) around cheating!
This game is over so just crack on and make Battle Pirates 2, and give players 10% of the money they have spent back in the form of new credits for Battle Pirates 2.
And learn for the mistakes you have made in this game.
It,s about time you put out better base defense weapons to counter the newer weapons you have out for fleet,s.Your build time and research are way to long.And the Uranium should be on rever fleets as well.Some of us have been playing this game for years and spending coins here and there.What took us untill around level 50s to get some of the weapons and ships you can now get around leveal 30.Give us a break on the coast of you coins I would spend more but your price is too high for the amount of coins you give per dollar.I mean it is just a game.That freezes up glitches I cant count how many fleets i lost due those 2 major problem,s
Well.. DONT ask for good base def. weapons, if you take/build any of the recent 2, you will end up burned bad. Drac. coaxial's are worse than the stock version - utterly useless. Limited cannon, is a non-trackable weapon, so it cannot hit anything. With 200 range, any ships have moved out of range, before it hits.
Both weapons take more than 10 days to build - and KIX change the blueprint's if there's any sligth risk, that the basedefence weapon actually work.
If they put out defence weapons that allow a below average player to keep whales out, who do the below average players get to attack?
Yep, you are right. this game has been about making the whales happy. If the whales can't easily smash 10 bases in a row (seen it happen) then they won't spend. All turrets are made to be behind ship tech
This video is a perfect description of what Kix is doing
Which is why the industry leader of 2010-2102 is the joke of 2015-2106. Kixeye heads into 2016 targeting the mobile market, an area they have no experience or idea in, unless you count the failed BYMU. The mobile app market thrives in micro transactions. No doubt Kixeye will try to bring their pay to win business model once again into WCRA an hope for the best. They badly missed that boat and are attempting to launch their patched up dingy into that well established sea.
Either way, he makes good points. To many higher level/long term players are leaving or left because of the reasons he stated, and that in itself tells a story. A game is meant to keep it's players and attract new players, this game is failing to do that, and instead is losing its older players and new players...that's often a big sign a game is failing badly!
My game time is less and less now though and unless something changes fundamentally with the game, 2016 will probably be the year I finally stop playing ..........
That will be for the regular non coiners ya know!
Drac. coaxial's are worse than the stock version - utterly useless.
Limited cannon, is a non-trackable weapon, so it cannot hit anything. With 200 range, any ships have moved out of range, before it hits.
Both weapons take more than 10 days to build - and KIX change the blueprint's if there's any sligth risk, that the basedefence weapon actually work.
R&D chores. They make changes to the sec bar to increase the chore of uranium gathering. The introduce a target that is impossible to kill but you can't activate the target due to Orange sec bar rarity. Folks asked for base defence, they introduce a useless ballistic turret and Nerf a defensive turret. We asked for the build and repair times to be addressed, we get a few percentage via another chore. We asks for transparency, we get lies, nerfs, smoke and mirrors. We get useless items in tier 4 to limit ship build tokens. January should see the tier 4 prizes of Cannon sys4, Transport sys 4 and other useless crap.
It's not the state of the game that's screwed, its the state of kixeye that is. The company cannot change its DNA of power creep and making changes to increase revenue at the expense of gameplay. It will only change when the CEO and senior management are gone. But I believe it's too late for that. Funniest thing I have read lately is Will Harbin crying and **** in interviews that Clash of Clans is a BYM ripoff. Funny how Kixeye managed to ground that game into the dust. Yet King.com took the concept and ran with it to become the highest grossing game on FB with a 800 million turnover. See what happens when good management runs a company?
2016 will see either Vega or BP lose support and Kixeye will stumble on with 2 games whilst desperately trying to get WCRA out, whilst cutting costs even more, maybe going down to just one floor at Kix HQ, and more layoffs.
Personally I could not care less anymore. The coax nerf ended my coining and support for this company. I don't support treachery, period!
I'll still play BP though because I like chatting with mates.
My latest solution was for them to introduce a dynamic player level, so that new power tech gets more experience and old tech gets next to none. Essentially making experience follow the power curve that exists in game. Ultimately this would mean a reduction in level for most players and those that have been off for a long time would essential come back and be a lower level.
However it's a tough pill for kix to swallow as it would mean a lot less targets for the few top coiners to hit. Meaning they would actually have to make the game more fair... Something they have started with the changes mentioned here. However they have so far only started the job of fixing as lot of the issues. More work needs to be done.
So my rating of the game has gone from a c+ to a b-, an improvement but more work is needed to get the game back to an a* game.
In real life if you throw money at a game (mid game) it's called bribery and it's classed as cheating!
Interesting how a lot of 'computer games' companies have built their company (business model) around cheating!
We live for the one we die for the one!
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And learn for the mistakes you have made in this game.
All turrets are made to be behind ship tech
Kixeye heads into 2016 targeting the mobile market, an area they have no experience or idea in, unless you count the failed BYMU.
The mobile app market thrives in micro transactions. No doubt Kixeye will try to bring their pay to win business model once again into
WCRA an hope for the best. They badly missed that boat and are attempting to launch their patched up dingy into that well established sea.
Good luck with that, won't be touching WCRA lol.