How, exactly, does this benefit the bigger clans (game's main source of income) that regularly drain/maintain a good number of claim sites? It sounds like it'll be easier to just camp the mines and forget the rest, and where's the fun in that?
Yes that is correct. The player that started the mining first will get the contents of it. Attacking a player will abort the mining though. Same as when collecting items.
Each fame channel will be balanced against each other to stay relevant. That also includes frame from clothing/skins.
@Highway How does this improve the game exactly?Update is dropping tomorrow that hopefully should help to improve things:
Game Update April 4, 2024
Game Update April 4, 2024 Around 8:30 AM UTC+2, game servers will restart for a game update to be deployed. :!: Important: Conflict Phase scheduling is still being evaluated; no changes to schedule with this update. As we had outlined in its changelog, we launched the Endgame Part 3 Update...forum.dinostorm.com
The alternative PVE/PVP channel to gain fame items sadly is not ready yet to be included, but will be deployed next week.
In this case, wouldn't it be better if the mining feature only occurred during attack hours? Staying glued to the mines 24/7 can't possibly be sustainable for anyone, both in attack and defense.
Initial impression: this new proposed activity seems impossible to balance against the two other means of gaining fame.
I believe this update will work on low populated servers like the server i am playing. Small groups that are not part of big alliance now can have pieace of fame cake.
At first read, this idea has the potential to increase the game activity, assuming that it is possible to mine all hours, and depending on the value of the fame you set, players may find this attractive. The outcome may increase the overall activity in the game during protected hours. Another likely outcome would be that, if there are a lot of players who are eventually mining, then it may motivate them to join the Town Hall, which would result in an increased activity overall in terms of elections.
So, it mean that the output value from a Claim will be close to or similar to a Travel Gate?
Player's being active is a negative thing?
Yes a claim will be produce the same medals and quantity as travel gates. But you have the extra benefit that gold rocks can be mined close by. Theoretically if you mine all the ores spawned in the 2 hours you would get more fame than before on a claim.
Not necessarily but I don't see how it will be balanced when other means of collecting fame are much more limited. Why is combat fame from clothing only obtainable during one hour? If you could farm combat fame all day, it would come down to the same result as this ore mining, and yet devs have decided that limiting it was the way to move forward.
If it is similar to some of the quests we already have in the game, it could get automated. It's not that uncommon for players to automate repetitive mouse clicks, e.g. sending fame. But after the increase of value for fame items, the usage of those programs probably decreased.
Close to that and very similar to the gameplay before the update only that it goes to the player instead of a clan. Its the variant that is fairly easier to imlement. We had a more complex idea planned that we can use to expand it.in short, the new mechanic is to stand near the mine, collecting fame?
You are raising some good points.
What I was trying to say was: while designing the Combat Fame Time mechanic, a decision was made that players would only be able to use it for one hour each day, no matter how active they are. There must have been some kind of reasoning for that decision, perhaps it was deemed overpowered to allow it to scale with how long players are trully active.
That's an overstatement since we have yet to see it at play. They can still change these variables on the fly to balance it out compared to other methods of obtaining fame.
Players request pvp content outside of the protection phase, don't ask for something that isn't necessary.
This new mine mechanic was supposed to have bandits, but apparently they will be added later.
Complicated. Limited. Restrictive.
trying to reinvent the wheel feels like an apt descriptor here. dinostorm was popular as it was because the concept was simple, easy to grasp, low barrier of entry. max level was 20 when i first started, two maps, multiple instances between maps, only a handful of upgrade items. now the max level is 55, 5 maps, a million upgrade items, questing takes forever, and unlocking what you want takes forever too... it just feels like for a game like this, simple is better. it did suck in some ways but the way things are now it just feels like too much.
I don't think they even read any of the feedbacks here tbh
@Highway , can u elaborate more on this?
It’s been already explained in previous posts
Yes we are planning that there is a risk that a bandit will spawn when mining ores
