Portalarium and Travian announced today that all the players from the EU are going to be force migrated to Travian just like how all the players from Russia and those USSR states were force migrated to Balcksun. This makes no sense at all, a MMO is about the community and the game together. It's hard to believe they couldn't launch the game without doing something to break their community into three pieces. Do they want to make the game fail on purpose?
https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/forum/index.php?threads/sota-new-website-and-user-migration-travian-games.114679/
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That's not quite what I read from this odd update.
Helvig Ingvildsdottir - Needless to say I'm NOT happy about this. Especially this part: "You will not be able to access the Portalarium website anymore, but we will copy all new content over to the Travian Games website."
Which benefit is this supposed to bring to us, the players? I'm interested in a plausible explanation.
Rentier - As far as i can see the translation into other languages has not gone very far atm, all is still in english onlyand the store has only basic game and some starter bundles but at much higher prices: for me as european player about 27% more expensive in € than on the sota-homepage in US$ at the actual exchange ratesso my questions are:
- When will the translation to the in the menu mentioned languages be done? (french, german, italian, spanish, portuguese)
- Is there any plan to adjust the prizes to be more comparable? a nearly 30% increase is not tolerable for me
- How will the post-mortem-discounts be transferred ? they are only there for 60mins
ThanksRentier
https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/forum/index.php?threads/user-migration-to-travian.114696/
It seems like developers of this game do their best to make it fail horribly.
I'm not a fan of player's profiteering off of games so I shrug when some take it on the chin so to speak.
But that poster does have it correct, Portalarium is doing everything possible to ensure their 3rd party partners reap profits from their contracted customer base.
Not surprising they are blocking attempts to evade the agreements, nor almost totally shovelling all complaints and issues to the partners.
Does it suck for EU customers, probably for some especially if they planned to do a lot of cash shop and RMTing post launch but as I said, warms my dark heart a bit.
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With my pledge I received a lot of items, some that I planned to sell at some point, a few most likely for in game gold, but the rarer ones I was thinking of Real money. But I am now worried as with Travian T&C's that it will get me banned from the game.
https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/forum/index.php?threads/user-migration-to-travian.114696/page-12#post-978622
Their TOS (and Travians) seem to frown on it, but Devs have publically stated its OK if I recall correctly.
Does sound like German law may frown on it and Travian won't be able to easily ignore it as that's their home base I think.
But thanks for sharing, this only gets better and better.
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Looking at you Kyleran...you have to feel for those guys, any of us could be in their shoes.
As I said, I don't approve of such transactions, as I feel RMT profiteering (i.e. skin selling) is some of the worst things in gaming, and the house and item selling in this game is the same in my book.
I funded CU as an alpha backer, totally seeing as the "donation" that it was.
Even though MJ still offers refunds and I am far from happy on the progress and status reporting, I told him that I had no intention of asking for my money back. (Nor do I stalk his forums complaining about it)
It has nothing to do with EU players, and if you think about it US players hoping to sell their RMT items just lost access to a major market and probably should be up in arms as well.
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Maybe its down to a difference in our reaction had I donated, I would be mightily cheesed off and not had the ability to let it go like you did. I guess if donators to SotA feel like you do about CU they would not be that bothered.
I on the other hand would be grinding my teeth.
Kyleran I never said that I wanted to make a profit, would have liked to have recouped but there we go, such is life.
Kyleran Hmmm as I said in my Sota Forums post, I always looked at it as an investment and to help make a dream come true, I never thought that it would make me rich or that I'd ever be able to get all of that investment back, but I did at least believe that I would be able to recoup a good part of it.
I don't consider myself a sucker, I invested what I could afford, never said that I could not afford it. But let's look at what that investment got me.
To be able to play in and watch from the inside of a game, while it was being developed around me, from the start to the end of that development, over four years of access. What price would you put on that, to me it is priceless, and worth every penny as far as I am concerned, just have to make sure that the wife does not find out, that she had to wait another year for her new kitchen is all.
I was able to meet other like minded players who felt as passionate about Ultima as I do, and make lifetime friendships as I did in UO, can't put a price on that either.
I got awesome Rare items with that investment, and a place to call home ingame to show off all these items, priceless and worth every penny.
Got to be a member of an awesome guild from the day of it's birth, cost of that, yep again priceless.
I don't regret a penny spent, that I'll never get any of it back, does not bother me anymore now, it was worth it for the journey.
As you can tell, after a few good nights sleep, I have lost that initial shock, and calmed down quit a bit, I have full confidence that it will get sorted. Thinking about it and doing a little research, I can now understand why they did it, if I were in their shoes I probably would have done the same, as I would not want to get bitten farther down the line, like costa coffee and google have done, to name just two, better to put things in place than let them bite me on the ass in a few years.
Editor is acting up, my response starts here.
One problem with posts being quoted out of context by being snipped out of one forum and dragged into another is you don't see the bigger picture, nor the continuing discussion.
I often forget that we all value different things, hence you are satisfied with what you received for the money spent for thngs that personally I would place no value on, hence my blind spot.
Heck, I am only interested in playing "finished' MMORPGs, which I realize is a tricky thing with these games.
Since SotA is still trying to improve things such as performance and optimization I don't consider it complete yet despite them calling it released as I expect these to be all sorted prior to actual "launch"
As for my comments regarding investing in KSer, no apologies, I am totally against players profiteering from buying in game assets and reselling for real life money to other gamers at a higher cost, even if the developers and buyers approve of doing so.
Like you, I understand why they funded it this way, but with this sort of end result, only a couple of hundred playing at any one time a week after launch means the game is a failure in my book, so I would have rather it have never been made.
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The fact that they have so many people banned for a variety of reasons, but leave a known stalker and doxxer operating on their forums is telling, just because he supports the game.
I might try it out abit more later on.
Here is my SotA forum characters replies and thread starts -
https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/forum/index.php?search/29430752/
Coming here complaining about what they actually wrote over at SotA forums is actually pretty ridicolous.
Kyleran - i always send the link to the thread so your claim it is out of context can be read by everyone in that linked thread (no secrets), just a click away. It is always spot on replied and i choose the replies i see as interesting. If that is not what other see as interesting they can read the thread for themself.
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"This is the most intelligent, well qualified and articulate response to a post I have ever seen on these forums. It's a shame most people here won't have the attention span to read past the second line." - Anon
You dont want us here to have a open discussion about the cons and the pros? Why dont you explain in what way my quotes is out of context? I see your futile moderator approach here more like a way to remove the negative feedback towards this game. Am i right?
I suggest you stick to the discussion and move away from moderator interuptions.
How a exact reply from another website and a link to that thread can become anything else then the truth of that persons feeling towards the game is up to you to explain, not me. It is in no way out of context - it is spot on.
You see what you want to see, how about you point out to me my negative feedback towards the game, my comments are about the migration and the way that Port have done it nothing else.
And as to your conspiracy theory that I'm trying to moderate the discussion, I'm here to stop my words being twisted to fit whatever it is your trying to do. discussion don't make me laugh, whenever somebody says anything you do not like you insult them, I know what you are, and we shall leave it at that, your hate has consumed you!
Spot on...... really? I was talking about the migration and the way Port was/are treating us europeans, not the game, yet you make out that it's about the game, how is that spot on?
Everybody knows that you hate the game, think it's time that you moved on.
If you dont like what you yourself wrote i suggest you dont write it in the first place. Forums is public for everyone and your words on those forums isnt some secret information.
If you have second thoughts about your first reply at SotA forums i cant be blamed for. It is your words and i saw it as interesting and something that need to be spread to a wider audience.
I saw no personal insults at all, maybe you can point it out for me?
I use your words to make the thread more colourful thats all.
I adressed Kyleran not you so i dont understand that you feel accused of wanting moderation to this thread?
Just accept you had an opinion on the game and i agree with you. If you dont like what i write then i suggest you put me on ignore.
Some of those guys over there have gone to great lengths to harass and doxx players through other forums etc. There is a spillage onto other forums. Keep trying to hide the monsters that lurk over there.
I think most of us here fully are aware of it.
I don't even visit official forums for games I like, why would I be interested in reading what happens on one that I'm ambivalent to?
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"I need to finish" - Christian Wolff: The Accountant
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"This is the most intelligent, well qualified and articulate response to a post I have ever seen on these forums. It's a shame most people here won't have the attention span to read past the second line." - Anon
I myself see it as rude, to take what a person has said, and then try to twist it, to try to fit what whacky thought pattern is in your head. you'd have been better off putting something in your own words and using a link to direct people to my post, instead of all this copy and paste shit.
Is that all you do all day, scour the sota forums looking for negative comments and then rush to post it on here?
I can't be bothered with you, you seem to think that you can do what you want regardless, carry on it's your life. Just stop trying to make out that I am trying to moan about what I wrote, I'm not, it's still up there and will remain there!