DeletedUser41523
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I've played Grepolis for 11 years, starting as a kid and growing into an adult during that time. This game has been good to me, I've met a lot of great people through here, some of whom I'm real life friends with now even. Hands down, despite its flaws, this is the best multiplayer game that I've ever played. That said, the game has changed, its clear that new players and even many returning players cannot keep up with the times. The game is much faster now than it was in 2013, it should be adjusted to account for that. While I'm sure that for the diehards, these opinions won't be popular, its necessary in order to actually preserve and grow the game. Here's my list of suggestions to ensure that we still have Grep in 2030.
Extended Protection: When we had the original protection periods in the game, a 3 speed server took about 3 weeks to hit conquest. Now a days, you'll be at conquest 5-10 days after starting a speed 2. The speed of the game increased, but the protection periods didn't. A week, even if you're fully committed, isn't enough to learn how to play the game well. The protection period really should be upward of 14 days, which would be an easy fix. In addition, there should probably be another week or two of no conquest combat. Fact is that losing your main city right out of the gate won't inspire you to stick a world out. Especially if you're a newer player.
Hephaestus' Blessing: The fact that this isn't active on every world, despite being popular, is really crazy. Helping players establish built cities faster will only keep them around for longer periods, especially when city losses start to pile up or when it comes time to build WW cores.
Advertising: Plain and simple, this game would be a lot better if the maps were bigger. It opens up game play options beyond joining the best premade that will let you in. You do that by advertising. This game could still be huge if it invested into advertising. Its kind of like choosing which college party you want to attend, you going to the one with 3 dudes circle jerking around an empty keg or a lively party with plenty of people at it? Choice is pretty obvious for me, probably is for most other people here too. Grep has the brand and recognition to be huge if it only attempted to do so.
These would be my three fixes off the top of my head that would help maintain Grepolis for a decade. Inno already knows its gonna be releasing Grepolis 2.0 at some point so it may as well just maintain this game.
Extended Protection: When we had the original protection periods in the game, a 3 speed server took about 3 weeks to hit conquest. Now a days, you'll be at conquest 5-10 days after starting a speed 2. The speed of the game increased, but the protection periods didn't. A week, even if you're fully committed, isn't enough to learn how to play the game well. The protection period really should be upward of 14 days, which would be an easy fix. In addition, there should probably be another week or two of no conquest combat. Fact is that losing your main city right out of the gate won't inspire you to stick a world out. Especially if you're a newer player.
Hephaestus' Blessing: The fact that this isn't active on every world, despite being popular, is really crazy. Helping players establish built cities faster will only keep them around for longer periods, especially when city losses start to pile up or when it comes time to build WW cores.
Advertising: Plain and simple, this game would be a lot better if the maps were bigger. It opens up game play options beyond joining the best premade that will let you in. You do that by advertising. This game could still be huge if it invested into advertising. Its kind of like choosing which college party you want to attend, you going to the one with 3 dudes circle jerking around an empty keg or a lively party with plenty of people at it? Choice is pretty obvious for me, probably is for most other people here too. Grep has the brand and recognition to be huge if it only attempted to do so.
These would be my three fixes off the top of my head that would help maintain Grepolis for a decade. Inno already knows its gonna be releasing Grepolis 2.0 at some point so it may as well just maintain this game.