Being wounded also prevents you from playing—much more so than prison does, in fact. Do you consider wounding to be akin to a forum ban? Do you think we should remove it from the game?
Prison is a part of the game. It has been since the beginning of the game. There is nothing about prison that has changed to make more people leave the game. There have always been a few people who think that being in prison for a week is the worst thing EVAR, and there always will be, but that doesn't mean it's actually a detriment to the game as a whole.
Furthermore, this change—making sure that new players can't be put in prison for longer than a few days—should significantly help in making sure that new players aren't kept from the game, and thus increase their enjoyment.
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Your missing my point. 7 days is livable, and barely so. Its the social contract I signed up on, so I have to stick to it. I dont like them, I dont like the wounding either, some of our players are wounded and never log in again, is that a fact? I dont know, so see example below and judge for yourself. (as marshal I have to keep an eye on all the players in the realm, its just part of the job, so Im seeing a lot of data, and I wouldnt discount the fact that things like this are a game player killer. But I havent actually said 'all' people Anaris, I was just talking about me, and what I would do as a player. Take the input into consideration or not, thats your choice, and not mine to make, but dont lump me in with the 'always crowd' either. I'm a very sane and matter of fact player. But I was asked an opinion and so Im giving it. and I am giving it from a personal 'what I would do'. Others, ie Tom, are going to have to read into that whether others would do the same, or not. I would consider it very strongly if I was him, but also, I am not him, and this is his game to do what he wills with, and I can leave if ultimately I do not like it. Thats my choice, and I fully understand and respect that. But it is sad that I have the potential to get punished just because 'Old Geezers' need to be disrespected and punished.
Although, can I say, my partner is an 'old geezer' and I cant tell you how much of a fan he is of Tom’s. To the point that all through the beginning, and even now, when I post in forums, I have to run a lot of it past him to make sure Im not breaking any of the rules. So Im getting angry that my partner always feels he cant say how he feels, because he’s one of those ‘old geezers’. And I cant say how I feel, because he wants Tom to like me. Hi Tom, hope you like me! Anyway, he loves this game to death, is so active, and so involved, and so good for new players. So maybe Tom needs to step back and appreciate his players a bit more too? Or figure out a different way to handle the pain in the arse players, that seem to attract to games like trolls just so they can just be trolls, and stop punishing those players that arent. I know its hard to do, but its really off putting to see the disrespect dished out by a game owner to players that have supported his game year in, and year out. Point of fact, the trolls have supported him too, year in and year out, who’s not to say, that they shouldnt get to live on their rewards? I mean, what is ones definition of a troll? A personality you don’t like… rather personal isnt it? So only people that are likeable can play? Everyones an ass, sometime, or even all the time, but their still around, making the game work, it’s the others that have left, how much loyalty should Tom be displaying to those players who don’t stick around? As opposed to his ‘old geezers’?
You can bash away at me, because your personally invested in the game, so is my husband, and I can understand you might see this as a negative. I'm tough though, and been around forums/games long enough to not care about the backlash when stating my piece, because, no matter how you write it, someone, somewhere is going to get pissy about it. But just so you know, your backlashing on me, because I have a strong opinion about the game, and as a Dev, that is also unattractive, even if you are a volunteer. I can still respect the hell out of the personal time you put into the game, and some of your forum comments and game comments are extremely relevant and level headed, but I dont have to respect how you speak to people, you don’t like or agree with. And I don’t.
Anyway, long post to say stuff, guess its been sitting inside a while.
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Example: have another Lord right now in our army hasnt logged in since his wounding. He was the new Judge of our Realm, his first time in office, hadnt even got a chance to play it yet, and yet, instead of coming back to pick that up, he decided not to come back. Why is that? No one can say 100% that people dont leave because of this feature. Unless you ring them up and ask them, you cant know. And I never even claimed that they did.
