The IB Experiment

[balance]

Apologize if this is in the wrong forum(debated to lounge/sugg/here)

is it working?

is there the active help needed?

what else is needed to further these clans?

[JasonSky]

I don't think the noob clans have sufficient leadership activity and that the current system for training new players is actually deterring them from the game.   We need a new chat box, more like the old one to help bolster site activity as well.

[nastydog]

some of them need to join apex! sorry see a free advertising spot there!

new chat system would be good, but it was the reason for bugged arena? plus missing ticks? anyways i think players are looking to join tribal and torn as these are finished products with some changes, as this is a forever changing game with a hard to learn and long time spending its not like many want that, i have seen games drop from there server alot, wufey needs to up his team here, sort a better income system for the game, ie prem accounts also add staff, this game can go far it just needs a push to get there. we will all be the elders that are here for the ride to fame, watch as all the new players come and teach us a thing or two?

join apex!*join apex!*join apex!

[wufeylong]

Nasty, how many times are you going to suggest other games here? This is your third post like this   

I actually decided to check out one of the games you tried to push people to, you even included a link to it. There were a lot of graphics, but I soon saw several things I like much better about MW. I aim more to make a strategy game and give a strategy experience than anything else.

And the so-called finish products that you speak of, I see the same types of tweaks and fixes happening there that I see here. I played tribal a while ago and it is not the same now as it was then. 

At any rate, I think the graphics of those games have some level of appeal, but the depth of this one is greater, IMO. I could work on adding graphical interfaces to attract players, but I'd rather keep working on the training bot, which is taking an incredibly long time to finish. I notice that most new players follow its instructions and since we've started advertising again the numbers here are starting to climb.

[nastydog]

ok just to clear things up, i no longer play tribal or torn. i use them for examples due to there high player numbers and i have played them, i am not advertising, i recently gave a link yes, but it was to a game in which felt like this but with graphics thats all, i made a joke about starting a game that woodall is in when this was not loading, realy i have stuck it out here for this long and you think that little of me? minewars is the only game i have played without a gap, also the new game i gave a link to takes way to much time to get to the point of attack and craves activity so it isnt great. leaving it next week. so that will be me playing minewars nothing else, i stick with it and your changes. im just comparing and saying not many look at a text game with a long build up much anymore. (check face book, iphone ipod and ipad games) its all about fast past build and high range of targets with not much complex. shame realy thats how most play

[balance]

ummmmmmm

/party pooper

but is it doing what is needed? ya know....help/tweaks/adjustments

/hallo

[nicholson1]

yeah i agree with you guys about other games, they have graphics but no depth... like i tried tribal about a year ago and well the reason i turned away was the fact that people said to just spam the max number of a certain unit to attack, while with this, any base can be dropped with minimal loses and without spamming a ton of units.


and that new one you put up nasty, well it kinda sucks, you really have to research a ton to get each unit and most i havent attacked or been attacked yet. sucks.

also who is ment to  be running these training clans?

[JasonSky]

Hmm...with all the reality TV hoopla...i have just had a moment of inspiration...

TRAINING WARS.

Kinda like ultimate fighter.  Each round an ELDER player assumes command of one of the training clans and wages war against another ELDER in charge of the other training clan.  Training clans can earn medals, awards, maybe even stars and stuff.   

Again, i want to revist the idea of adding things to player profiles like daggers for vicious finishes, maybe a gem for the top miners in a round or clan or how about a diploma for best politicing (apex vs. chaos here, lol).   The more things we can add and display on and customize about our profiles, the more incentive there is to compete on a grander scale than just finishing in the top 10, which is something 'most' (the majority of that have come and gone) players will never, unfortunately, acheive.

thoughts gentlemen ?