Shosuro Aroru
Scorpion Clan
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Post by Shosuro Aroru on Nov 26, 2011 22:33:52 GMT -5
...Am I the only one who feels that all these battles are taking way too long? Maybe adopting a end a battle, begin a new battle policy would be nice. Adding new battles while other battles that have been going on for months are still going on is really getting tiresome.
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Post by Mirumoto Shigekazu on Nov 27, 2011 4:13:43 GMT -5
I agree that battles at Seawatch Castle and Shiro Hiruma should be ended because they last long enough but shortening battles or changing the policy in my opinion is not right thing to do now.
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Post by Soshi Kiso on Nov 27, 2011 9:57:55 GMT -5
and in regards to Seawatch, wondering why the Crab haven't moved up to aid the Mantis to squish that city and make moves towards Kyuden Otomo.
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Tamori Manji
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Post by Tamori Manji on Nov 27, 2011 11:08:49 GMT -5
You guys should relax, enjoy things more and complain less. By now everyone already knows how Jay's gonna conduct the war actions and troop movements. Everyone also knows that he's not gonna change things midways, since it would favor one side or another, so, why worry? Why don't we save these complaints for after the war? Making them now is completely pointless.
Besides, even though we think the armies take forever to move and the actions take forever to resolve, remember that Jay does these things without outside help and that EE has been facing troubles lately because of those famous facebook antics. I imagine it takes time for him to think up the appropriate actions and implement them in a way that seems balanced or translate published L5R material into EE mechanics, so, I don't see the point in rushing him up.
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Shosuro Aroru
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Post by Shosuro Aroru on Nov 27, 2011 11:54:41 GMT -5
...I'm not asking him to hurry up and put out new content. There's plenty of content out there, I'm asking him for Battles to have a more reasonable time frame. As far as asking him to change things "midstream" as people have put it, has he ever stated the exact lengths of battles? I know they all haven't lasted the same length of time. I also know he stated that he ended Toshi Ronbo because he felt people were getting restless. I find nothing wrong with asking for him to end voting actions a little faster than months at a time. That's eons in internet time.
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Tamori Manji
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Post by Tamori Manji on Nov 27, 2011 12:20:28 GMT -5
I know Aroru, but ending one battle implicates a series of things, like creating new actions in the affected areas, moving the armies and such. I agree completely that the conflicts are taking too long to resolve and that this is starting to feel like the real time simulation of a war (imo, each action should last a couple of weeks, tops). But considering that Jay does weekly updates and that recently, thanks to facebook, we have had other problems with EE, I can understand the delays.
It would be nice if things moved faster? yeah, it would, but I'm not worrying about it anymore.
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Shagi the Mad
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Post by Shagi the Mad on Nov 27, 2011 15:56:38 GMT -5
I can understand limited-time actions like battles being around for a while. It gives lower level characters time to get their skills up to the required level; farm the items needed for the actions; and then complete the actions to get the tokens.
The problem is with "every click counting," and the battles mattering for the storyline, there's a temptation to keep going at the same place until the very last minute to give your side the better chance of victory. And if "the very last minute" is a couple of weeks later than you first expected, this can lead to a very boring period of time in the game.
I think it's the "every click counts" that is the problem, rather than the length of time of the battles. Unfortunately, I can't think of a reasonable solution...
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Tamori Manji
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Post by Tamori Manji on Nov 27, 2011 16:40:40 GMT -5
Imo, the key is to find interesting things to do while clicking on the supposedly boring actions. Example, every time I go throw some napalm at the Lions I put on Imelda May's "Johnny's got a boom boom", it's like instant happiness waiting to happen.
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Post by Hida Joji on Nov 28, 2011 6:22:50 GMT -5
This system isn't perfect but it's good enought IMO. As long as all sides have roughly the same "farming costs" all is well.
Plus, IMO, as long as the story is cool I don't really care who wins in the end.
Just blew up my Medium/Scout/Archer stock ( 80ish each ) and now back to farming to prepare for the next step in the "Crab go tainted weapons" evil plan!
Which is to say 80 clicks in the limit for me.
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Agasha Shodai
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Post by Agasha Shodai on Nov 28, 2011 12:06:31 GMT -5
And let's not forget that Jay only does this job part time AND has been busy fixing what FB broke; he'll get around to it eventually.
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Post by Shoju on Nov 28, 2011 12:10:48 GMT -5
I'm pretty happy with the way things are going. Sure, it is a little slow, but I'm still happy. My hope is that we have 2 winter courts this year, or that winter court is the 'settling' of this war.
Not that it matters, Shoju could be completely insane by then.
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Agasha Shodai
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Post by Agasha Shodai on Nov 28, 2011 12:15:01 GMT -5
...
By then?
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Post by Shoju on Nov 28, 2011 14:12:28 GMT -5
He isn't insane right now. He is just trying to find acceptance. (from his perspective) At every turn, people have looked to take advantage of, and manipulate him for their own gains, and cast him aside when they are done with him.
The Snake thing is really his last ditch effort to make a place in Rokugan for himself. I promise you, where he goes from here will make his current state look like the bastion of stability.
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Agasha Shodai
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Post by Agasha Shodai on Nov 29, 2011 14:12:36 GMT -5
Now THAT is a truly frightening thought... ;D
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Shosuro Aroru
Scorpion Clan
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Post by Shosuro Aroru on Nov 29, 2011 15:16:08 GMT -5
...so frightening that it took someone exactly one day to post a response to it?
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