DeletedUser41523
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I think its time to address Grepolis' new monster...the ladon/Ares in general. Months after release I'm still incredibly confused how this ever got past development as is and how it hasn't been rebalanced. The ladon is a completely broken unit that can one shot mid stacked sieges. That means if just a few people build a Ladon nuke and buffs it properly, they can kill a stacked siege in the last minute of the siege. Flyers as is are widely viewed as imbalanced but outside of the major events such as Easter and Halloween, you can generally work around flyers, their build time is much slower than DLU build times and even just casual DLU reloads will generally outpace the most efficent flyer reloads. This system worked fine...Then this monster showed up. To me its baffling how this got past development because Inno has generally been good at keeping the game balanced the last few years, especially through quality of life updates such as removing LMDs. So how nobody looked at this and thought it was game breaking blows my mind. Which brings me to my next point. Inno needs to improve its communication with its players. A game breaking update that will kill one half of the player base really is the kind of thing that should never get out of development and certainly shouldn't go two months with zero communication about a plan to fix the issue. And make no mistake, this is the top issue in the game right now. Nobody wants to play with this and a lot of people are going to quit after their ladon free conquest worlds end.
My short-term solution to this would be simple. Treat Ares similar to how Temples were treated when they were discovered to be imbalanced. Don't make worlds where Ares is active and advertise that he's inactive in every world going forward until he's re-balanced. This is just as game breaking as LMDs were, only its a reverse where suddenly you can't take many cities and rebuilding ladons will out pace sufficient DLU reloads to hold sieges.
My long-term solution is unchanged. Last year I started a petition to bring back the Grepolis' Player's Council. While that system wasn't perfect and a lot of communications errors and a lack guidelines really hampered the council. This is the kind of update that would have gotten shut down and re-balanced on the spot and if Inno is going to continue to try to release game altering updates such as this, they're going to actually need input from the players. Seeing as how its clear their staff doesn't play the game. There's a desperate need for Inno to actually communicate with its player base before releasing these kinds of updates. I also understand the need to keep the game fresh, but one bad update can do more harm than good. So with this in mind I think a second call for the Player's Council to be remade is appropriate.
TL;DR: Ladon/Ares is broken. Don't release worlds with Ares for the time being until he's re-balanced. Improve communication with player base/bring back the GPC.
My short-term solution to this would be simple. Treat Ares similar to how Temples were treated when they were discovered to be imbalanced. Don't make worlds where Ares is active and advertise that he's inactive in every world going forward until he's re-balanced. This is just as game breaking as LMDs were, only its a reverse where suddenly you can't take many cities and rebuilding ladons will out pace sufficient DLU reloads to hold sieges.
My long-term solution is unchanged. Last year I started a petition to bring back the Grepolis' Player's Council. While that system wasn't perfect and a lot of communications errors and a lack guidelines really hampered the council. This is the kind of update that would have gotten shut down and re-balanced on the spot and if Inno is going to continue to try to release game altering updates such as this, they're going to actually need input from the players. Seeing as how its clear their staff doesn't play the game. There's a desperate need for Inno to actually communicate with its player base before releasing these kinds of updates. I also understand the need to keep the game fresh, but one bad update can do more harm than good. So with this in mind I think a second call for the Player's Council to be remade is appropriate.
TL;DR: Ladon/Ares is broken. Don't release worlds with Ares for the time being until he's re-balanced. Improve communication with player base/bring back the GPC.