Article
- 100g = 13€
- 200g = 22€
- 500g = 50€
- 1000g = 90€
I was waiting, waiting for someone to rant or at least complain about 2 major issuses in this game which are slowly destroying the game and pushing players away from game. I personally didn't have time to do a rant/suggestion article, I tryed but never finished it.Remember this is only my opinion about current situation of this game.
I am stuck here from beta, from day when this game came out and in my opinion it is still the best this kind of game out there. It is not pay to win like others, but strength is in numbers as it should be ( yes i know currently game is changing into pay to win, but it is still far away from able to win alone vs 50 others ).
First off i read the rules/laws and i ain't going break them in this article, i will write it as nice as i can without insults, but i will be honest and if this article get deleted for being honest, I will have no other choice then to facepalm myself and sell my gold and stuff and leave till i still can with some profit. Let's start with this thing.
1. Abusing law 17, Articles
From the start of this game we are part of abusing law they made. It is called Law 17 ( We reserve the right to change the aforementioned laws at any moment.). It means that law 17 repeal all other laws writen on law page and it was abused numberus times in the most cases was not treated as other player with similar or same case. Sadly i am not allowed to give any kind of examples which are from other servers or i don't have hard proof on ( which is impossible to get without hacking into e-sim system or having a GO which would give it to you, which would result him to get banned or removed from GO postion ) or they are still in progress.
Basically you are not allowed to open case in public if you do not agree with SGO decision and if you have proofs which are showing that you are right or at least you think you are right. So instead of allowing open mature discussion, we are getting our articles deleted. Yes, I know articles are not made for having this kind of discussion in them, but sadly we do not have working forum for this things, so articles are the only place to get your "voice" heard. You are forgetting that this kind articles are allowing players to see bugs, they shouldn't use till they are not fixed, because currently you are not able to see active bugs anywhere ( maybe they are mentioned on FB, but about that later ).
Simple solution: Till you don't make place for open bug or case discussion, allow players to make articles with their opinion and their proofs if article is not insulting and if it take into account other rules, also if you answer on article with why are they wrong it will lower players hatred towards you and maybe rising trust to you that you are doing your job as you should. It will also save you time with all people pinging you on IRC with same case, you are able to just show link on article where you answered already and everyone would be happy.
Well of course we need some other place for public discussion about these things, but we all know this would take too long to actually happen.
Let's move back to rule 17. As i said already, this is law which is able to be highly abusive by staff, because it allow them to change rules anytime they want. Rules must be rock solid, without any kind of rule which is able to repeal all other rules.
Everyone understand that when new feature is implemented that this will maybe change few rules and that sometimes you are forced to change rules, because of lets say boting ( which is popular nowadays ), but rule 17 should not be visable on law list. It give you feeling that you are powerless in this game.
I already little mentioned article deletion above. This is the problem which we all already meet once or even few times, your article got deleted, because of one single word or sentence in it. It doesn't matter if you put 1h or 3h in it, it will get deleted, because of 1 single insult and you will rage, because of that on IRC channel or you will make rant/sarcastic article for admin.
Wouldn't be just a lot easier to avoid this with just making article invisible and write to publisher why it got removed from visible state and that he must remove that word, sentence or his article will get deleted?
Yes articles wich are meant just to insult people would still get insta removed, but most of articles which are removed are because of stupid reasons like having 1 word in your article not acceptable for GO.
2. Inviters, mentor system
Before 6 months i wrote Article about spamers and how inviting players is not worth it anymore... After 6 months we still got same problem, the only difference from then and now is 100%-50% bonus which pop up on screen every month randomly and which last only 2 days. Yes whenever there is a 100% bonus inviting players is more then worth it, but only when you have 100% bonus, not 50%, not 20%, but 100%. Still we got a huge problem here. Bonus last for 2 days, which means first day you will spend for preparing for your small baby boom and second day you must spam, if you do any kind of mistake then you will miss the bonus and you will have to wait another month and hope that 100% bonus will appear, this also means any kind of big baby booms are not able to make within the bonus, also any kind of perfect baby booms are not possible anymore if you want to make some gold out of it ( when your home country is attacked by your RL enemy or you are erasing your RL enemy ).
Let me try to explain in numbers: You spam per night 1000 to 2000 persons with bot, 50% of them will register, because they will have no clue about game and what is this game about only 10% of them will reach lvl 7. The players which reached lvl 7 will found out that game is only about clicking, because there is 65% of chance that their country is already dead and no one will teach them what is game about. So out of these 10% only 2-5% players will reach lvl 10 or more and for bonus: every 40th player which reached lvl 7+ will buy gold. Not worth it of your effort right?
So because inviting players wasn't worth anymore admin lost all spamers, there is no more big BBs by players and admin is forced to do BBs by himself and pay for some of them a lot ( FB BBs ). This BBs are less effective and only top 10 countries are getting them.
The solution for refs: There a few or all of them combined: Increase gold which you get from ref every time he get medal, lvl or buy gold for 50%, keep 100% bonus event, but announce them 1 week before and they should last for 3-5 days, give 20% gold from premium if ref buy it, rise armor drop Q or number of drops.
Let's not even mention mentoring system which is total BS. First when you enter the game someone will send you this invite , which you will probably accept, because he/she offer you 2 extra gold at lvl 7, but it does not explain that you can not change mentor and he will be permanent your mentor ( at least i didn't find any option to remove my mentor ). Second: Everyone are allowed to send everyone invite, even if they do not speak same language/live in same country. Third: It's function for farming free gold and free refs with just 1 click. Everyone will accept first offer which will arrive into their PM, even if "mentor" won't help them or just send them 1 turtorial in english, he will get ref and gold, because hey he was first ( do not mention that you are able to rate him. Most of ratings will be positive, because guy will allow them get extra gold and maybe he even helped them a little ).
WHAT THE F*CK?
I personally had no idea about this funcion, till today. You gave a normal player same bonus which inviters have. Why would someone even bother with inviting new players, if you get a same bonus a lot easier? and even if you do, you are FORCED TO BE THEIR MENTOR. just ... WHAT THE F*CK ...
Simple solution: Start the whole mentoring system from scratch, just remove it out of game.
My idea how to change it: Allow only players from same country to be mentor to their baby. Only CP can give another player function for mentoring or give a list of players which are allowed to be mentors in their country. Still there would be same starting process with sending message to new player/baby, but after that mentor must give helpfull informations to baby and when he reach lvl 7 he would give him a sort of test to check if baby is ready for e-sim world. On end baby ( now newbie ) would rate his work and if he would be happy with him country ORG would receive 5-15g and they decide how much they will pay to mentor. Also you can become mentor to invited player.
That way would country take care for their babies education and not some random guy, also they would probably make better turtorials with pictures, if they would get payed and do not forget that this would increase player invitment by players, because they would allow their own country to farm gold.
I can not mention welcome message, missions, FAQ and other stuff which fit under second section, because there is only 300 characters remaining to write.
Anyway if you want me to mention anything in next articles, write in comments and leave your opinion about this subject if you like. Also remember, it's just my opinion and my soulutions. They can ignore it or not, that's their problem not mine.
Have a nice day
Previous article:
[Suggestion] Stone & wood problem (10 years ago)
About the game:
USA as a world power? In E-Sim it is possible!
In E-Sim we have a huge, living world, which is a mirror copy of the Earth. Well, maybe not completely mirrored, because the balance of power in this virtual world looks a bit different than in real life. In E-Sim, USA does not have to be a world superpower, It can be efficiently managed as a much smaller country that has entrepreneurial citizens that support it's foundation. Everything depends on the players themselves and how they decide to shape the political map of the game.
Work for the good of your country and see it rise to an empire.
Activities in this game are divided into several modules. First is the economy as a citizen in a country of your choice you must work to earn money, which you will get to spend for example, on food or purchase of weapons which are critical for your progress as a fighter. You will work in either private companies which are owned by players or government companies which are owned by the state. After progressing in the game you will finally get the opportunity to set up your own business and hire other players. If it prospers, we can even change it into a joint-stock company and enter the stock market and get even more money in this way.
In E-Sim, international wars are nothing out of the ordinary.
Become an influential politician.
The second module is a politics. Just like in real life politics in E-Sim are an extremely powerful tool that can be used for your own purposes. From time to time there are elections in the game in which you will not only vote, but also have the ability to run for the head of the party you're in. You can also apply for congress, where once elected you will be given the right to vote on laws proposed by your fellow congress members or your president and propose laws yourself. Voting on laws is important for your country as it can shape the lives of those around you. You can also try to become the head of a given party, and even take part in presidential elections and decide on the shape of the foreign policy of a given state (for example, who to declare war on). Career in politics is obviously not easy and in order to succeed in it, you have to have a good plan and compete for the votes of voters.
You can go bankrupt or become a rich man while playing the stock market.
The international war.
The last and probably the most important module is military. In E-Sim, countries are constantly fighting each other for control over territories which in return grant them access to more valuable raw materials. For this purpose, they form alliances, they fight international wars, but they also have to deal with, for example, uprisings in conquered countries or civil wars, which may explode on their territory. You can also take part in these clashes, although you are also given the opportunity to lead a life as a pacifist who focuses on other activities in the game (for example, running a successful newspaper or selling products).
At the auction you can sell or buy your dream inventory.
E-Sim is a unique browser game. It's creators ensured realistic representation of the mechanisms present in the real world and gave all power to the players who shape the image of the virtual Earth according to their own. So come and join them and help your country achieve its full potential.
Invest, produce and sell - be an entrepreneur in E-Sim.
Take part in numerous events for the E-Sim community.