TheReturnOfTheDead wrote:
Malic- I have played this game a long time and took me a long time to actually win an era. But I am sick and tired of everyone complaining about how easy this game is now-a-days. It pushes every button on my body and makes me wanna go off. If you think this game is so easy then how about you make it harder for yourself? Join a crud allinace and try to win that way. You don't need to join with another 11 amazing players and win and say well that was easy. Of crouse it will be easy with a great team. I am not trying to sound like a D. But seriously, thats all I here about peope that have been around here for a long time. Its getting old.
I am doing exactly what you just said. I made a colony in a random spot by myself, picked up the closest colonies to me and added them in to my alliance. I'm ranked average 40-60 and my alliance has been ranked 12-14 on average. I don't know any of the players in my alliance from previous eras. This is literally a random 11 players i'm playing with and I am not playing seriously here. I get on for a few hours, leave for a few and check in while i'm at work, yet i'm still more active then a majority of the players i see in both the world and my own alliance. I'm playing this game in my spare time right now between work and leisure time.
I never said the game was easy (though i do believe that any world other than earth is considerably easier to win). I clearly stated that the so called "good" players now-a-days seem to be much more fail than previous years. I've been here for 6 years and in comparison to the old days of BD, i think the top dogs aren't nearly as good as the old ones. There just seems to be so much cheating and multi accounting going on now. It's pretty damn obvious when someone multi's too, but without proof, it's hard to catch someone specifically. It's exceptionally easy to change ip addresses. Heck, all you need is multiple computers and a separate internet access. As Mccragge pointed out, it's obvious when someone makes a multi to make outposts so you don't have to waste your own resources/workers.
Heck, just before i quit BD nearly a year ago, if i played like i am now, i wouldn't even be in the 100 rankings; but now i'm in the 50's? I'm not even online for a fraction of the time i used to be when i was in SKY and i'm not supporting this round either.
So essentially, i am purposely making this round hard for me. I'm even facing up against the rank 1 alliance while being in the ranked 13 alliance. If that's not making this round hard for me, then well i don't know what else i could do. I've already won a round, so i could care less about winning another. Takes up too much time and the rounds last too long. I found being on BD 24/7 (almost literally) really toned down my social life (but hey, it worked). I'm just here for some fun until my classes start back up
The reason old vets are saying it's getting easier is because it IS getting easier. All the old vets have finally played with every other vet and most have retired due to winning so many rounds. Now, the vets that are left are all teaming up together and there's only enough vets per each world for there to be maybe 6 decent alliances. And now-a-days, with so many worlds, why bother staying in an alliance that lost when you can just go to another world? Then, eventually, it's just a 1v1 vet alliance against another vet alliance duking it out (hmm, this seems nostalgic).