In response to comments about 40v40 battles and request for CM to reconsider Houston as option for migrating W1 players (some have asked wanted houston)
Think that informing of daily fort fights is kinda important and numbers within as paints a clearer picture of each server. The active numbers count on spreadsheet is what inno goes by, but in players mind definition of active usually involved some element of frequency and size of battles or market activity
and chatter in chat and does impact peoples desire to come or go to various worlds. Over the years, heard endlessly, "i like this game for ff's" so having clear, transparent, full picture of the situation on each server is only fair to those players migrating. I know if i was in W1 would be bit annoyed going to
option of "yep more numbers world by few dozen" but because other better options were eliminated, ended up in worlds where ff is rare, markets are non
existent and spending month to find someone to craft usually leads to forgetting about completing quests as too much of a chore
Many people do care about ff's, and many believe that ff's are the backbone to a server in addition to overall player base (as seen in AZ or FB), so YES even
40vs40 battles to many players IS better than no battles at all. I, like many, assumed that if there were world closures after W1, assumed el dor, dakota,
galv and even briscoe (tho would miss) would be reviewed first, and came as quite a shock, tho recognize all servers have lost huge amount of player base (for varitety of reasons, because of players, because of game not updated, or not advertised no new players, or issues with op gear or ff's themselves). But would luv to see the worlds that are strong worlds (colo/kans) or have the potential (ie large player base, ie AZ,FB with hope that will return to regular battles), or the constant guarantees of daily battle every single day (ie houston, juarez, idaho) are the ones that people are directed to rather then basically tryig to shove ff'ers into non ff worlds. This game is unique because of the ff element. We know game is decreasing and we see the CM trying to re-energize, which is appreciated by those that came to luv this game.
Again would like to request reconsideration of houston being not available as option for migration. as rationale... Houston was known as "Hostile Houston' "Drama Houston" "Houston we got a problem". And it was drama server. But over time, the drama and yeah bullying and mean has diminished, thanks to players and more help from inno by promoting more positive environment. Now, (believe it or not) we are NOT Drama Houston after years of holding the title ... there is occasional moment, but in general there is good environment between alliances and common desire to keep houston going.. even if deemed houston up to close we will be ff'ing to the very last day. The fact is houston numbers of active players was low. players encouraging others to leave world, and was temporary.. already seeing them come back, seeing players returning to game on both sides over last couple weeks. Houston has gone thru alot, and players are pretty close knit probably because of that. Our side, we have players that stuck together for years and friends returning to support. The face of the opposition has changed probably about 3 or 4 times over last 4 years .. the difference now is the new opposition .. specifically one town that is stepping up and ensuring daily battles and good battles on their alternative day, as we have on ours. We encourage people that, if allowed to migrate to join both sides, as recognize that probably the one side (and kudos to him for taking on, is tougher task then our already established group). Houston was in downturn. It was under renovations. Hear leaders on both sides talking about working together, kinda using colorado as guide to work together to try to reach that ever moving balance, and ensure daily battles, and to make it FUN so peeps want to be there. The 40v40 battles, yeah not ideal but better then other worlds, we hope to move up by the time of houston review and ofc overall active players. We are open for business!!