I’ve been a huge fan of the game since the preview event. I have played in alpha and beta and already have 500 hours into the live server. I have played this game through thick and thin. Through every bug and exploit, but I just had something happen to me that made me seriously upset and don’t know how to reconcile with it. Possibly causing me to set the game down for awhile till I feel like our time as players is being valued.
Some background, I am an avid PvPer and it’s my main source of gameplay at 60, especially participating in wars. Have probably played in over 50-60 wars, maybe more. I say that because even through all the bugs and lag and etc in wars, I still loved the game and took the good with the bad. But today, after 5 or more hours of my company’s and my time of pushing a zone into conflict, contributing over 80% of the influence, we were unable to declare war.
I know this is a known bug, but I couldn’t find a single thread or article that showed how to “fix” it, nor any response from Devs to clarify why this is happening. I can handle the all the different “exploits” like the hatchet, tbagging, musktet, IG, and loads of other bugs. But this was the straw that broke the camel’s back. I don’t understand. Is there some hidden changes they’ve made where certain criteria other than the 10% is needed to declare? Is it only certain zones, or companies? I’m legitimately asking how and why this happens, but I can’t seem to find a reason as to why or that it’s even being addressed.
This is the kind of bug that ruins players drive to play, or has at least done that for me. Now I’m hesitant to go push any influence anywhere because who knows if it will be another handful of wasted hours. Especially since end game PvP is my company’s main source of end game content. We do all the other end game content, as a means to better be prepared for wars. But what’s the point if we legit can’t declare anywhere. This is akin to PvE’ers not being able to craft for weeks on end. I honestly don’t know what to do, other than set the game down for awhile, which hurts because the game has the ability to be an absolutely great MMO. But you can’t expect players to want to play a game where their time isn’t valued or is literally wasted.
Like I said, I needed to vent. I don’t know how to proceed forward without the same thing happening time and time again. If anyone has some suggestions or fixes I was unable to find, please share them. This is not me trying to flame AGS, but rather trying to understand how something like this can exist and more over not seem to have any solution. I really want to play the game and love it, but it’s reaching the point where even I am reaching my breaking point and just want to put the game down.
Anyway, have a good black Friday and weekend.
-Bucket