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This is not that big of a deal in my opinion. Look at it this way, before the announcement of "empires" this was the setup anyway. In other words without empires this was how it was going to be anyway. Now they have restricted the colonies mode further in regards to company size. So while of course a mega will circumvent the system as best they can, the new organization rules will make it more difficult to maintain their structures. I am not saying impossible, but it cant be done in game anymore. Difficult or not, it fractures their structure. Also in addition to the point made above about settlers and small companies, people forget I think that megas in the old system had a lot of numbers by their awesome merge or get wiped mindset. I know not all megas did this but a lot of them did. How many of those companies who merged out of fear but otherwise would have stayed independent are going back with said mega? The numbers are going to balance differently. Most megas are a core of good players surrounded by a huge wrapping of medicore players. Also while megas still have a numbers advantage it isn't the 100 naked man flag spam 24/7 days anymore in colonies. Depending on how they implement the new claim system, it should be a lot harder to take somewhere in the colonies system as opposed to the empire system. Unless you just are bad at PvP, in which case owning an island is not for you anyway.

This NEVER happens anywhere on my client. I have had some wonky things happen but the ships never go above or underwater like that on my computer. And yes the amount of things it takes to make a pier is crazy.

I would like to see pics. If someone had not offlined my brig and I had company members playing still I would fight it. My brig had full single layer armor, 12 large cannons, 15 medium cannons, and a ram at the prow. I miss that brig. I know some dislike mediums, but I like their dps, especially after they nerfed the larges. How is yours setup? Side heavy, broadsides, guns all around, etc etc. If you end up finding people let us know how it went.

Cause your a top PvP(O) player right Mr. Hardcore? Please note Mr. Hardcore did NOT offer to come fight you, no he just tells you how much you suck from the middle of the zerg, waiting to show his PvO skillz. Are you going to be in the TPG main company Mr. Hardcore? I mean your so crazy all about it I would assume you will be in their top 50. Or are you going to be in one of their slave branch companies farming mats for the hardcore cause? Everyone is just dying to know what is coming up in the next exciting chapter of "Mr. Hardcore!- man of pure heartless REAL PvP(O) action!".

I do not think we need to modify a system we do not even know much about. We do not know the actual expense. All we know is their 24 hour timer and that they wont be "cheap" (which is a relative term, even for small companies), and that supposedly they have a island cooldown that prevents spamming them. Lets wait until we know what is actually going on and have tested it on the test server until we freak out and try to change something not even known about.

Whatever you lying, backstabbing, delusional, self biased coward. LOL, I also begin to think you do not even know how this game really works. So your bad at actually fighting, you lie to attempt to make points, you backstab allies and brag about it, you claim "most" of the game base supports your stance when literal proof is there to look at that says this is not the case, you claim others are "whining" when it is actually YOU that does the whining and crying. Are you 16 years old? Because you seriously talk and seem to think like a 16 year old. HAHAHA you just suck at the game. What a BUNCH of assumptions.

No it is not as simple as that. You seem to think just because you still have numbers you will auto win and auto delete. That couldn't be further from the truth. Everything you typed is a spin story, again full of lies and made up things by you. Me and my 5 buddies, we already are at 14 with more to join us. I am sure "hundreds" will be just standing there on guard duty. The more you post the more I think you just suck at actual PvP fighting. I know for a fact (because we have done it), my company can hold off 2x to 3x our numbers and win. And that is not even including any settlers that might be there. I know PvP fighting is scary for you. But it is not for everyone else.

Allegedly.. LOL. Not everyone is a liar that makes things up like you. I don't care if you believe me or not. I never said I hated the old system. Again you make things up to attempt to prove your point. I said I can see the flaws in it and that it was a bad system. Given no other alternatives I would have kept playing quite happy with the old system. However, because the game bled players faster than a hemophiliac with a knife wound, because of the old system, Grape Shot has created a new system which yes I a like better. Because it IS better. I will not delay the inevitable. It does not matter if they play around the clock if they cant do anything until I and my company are actually online. Again war tokens I am not worried about. They cant mass spam all day long like they could and THAT is what caused smaller companies to fail. Naked mass flag spam and offlining done by people like you. While still possible (which is FINE) there are now limits that make taking things over they way they were done before impossible. You talk and act like I am afraid to fight or something. I am not. I WANT to. I want tokens dropped and fools like you trying to offline raid when there now actually going to be people there. You really do not get it. I WANT a fight. I just want to actually be there with defenses. You couldn't make it in a small company. You didn't play a small company. And its funny how you rip on people acting like they are whining and crying and that's why things got changed when it is YOU that does the whining and crying. Most of your posts since I have been here have been you crying about the changes. See you in colonies Mr. Hardcore. And do not be too scared when you see a person that actually shoots back at you. You can get used to it. Or you know... you can always just farm mats for your zerg and be useful still.

Once again you are a complete LIAR. I have never ONCE complained about the old system before the announced changes. As I have said in other posts my company I and were fine. We started late on the PvP servers yet somehow managed to take territory from a mega, fought said mega for it , slowly went from me solo to 2, to 4, then eventually to 14. My company was growing in the old system. You imply I came here crying about the game before they announced the changes and wipe. Incorrect. I just can see how TERRIBLE the old system was/is and so does most of the player base we see posting and talking about it. Team work? How much team work does it take to offline, Mr. Hardcore? I WANT real PvP I WANT you to come try and take my base, you are the type that just does NOT WANT me to actually be there. You talk about tactics and strategy and then equate them to offlining LOL. You are the weak one. You are the one that does not want to fight others. Not once have I seen you talk about wanting to actually fight anyone. You are the type that gets rolled in real PvP then comes to a game like this where you can sneak around and hit people from behind, or when they are not there, so you can tell yourself your so hardcore in this game and everyone else is not. Then you join the zerg for safety. It is hilarious. I will see you in colonies Mr. Hardcore.

No one is under the illusion there will be no raiding except people like Bullet. Of course there will be raiding. That is the point. My company is 14 people, we could easily have people up during the raid hours. Also hopefully settlers will be there and they will help defend. If not well, that's how it goes. Few at least here in these forums want some magic protection bubble all the time. They have all asked for one thing, the CHANCE to defend. And as I said in other posts, I have watched videos of small companies defending against zerg megas and doing fine until they all had to go to bed. It is the constant attack small companies have a hard time against. Most megas are made up of poor PvP players in my experience. Sure a portion of them are good, but most are not. With a window small companies have a chance. The devs said war tokens will not be spamable as well. So you will not have constant war tokens either, so even if a mega splits down into 5 companies each of their branch companies can not spam tokens one after the other. All this encourages actual PvP. So even if megas still have a numbers advantage this give small companies a chance at least. Totally agree with your last sentence.

He has to find the other 3 people who plan to play this mode first. I guess it will be easier to hit empty bases when they are all sailing around trying to find each other.

As realist said, it looks like you thought a lot about this. I do not think this is needed however as the new system looks just fine. I prefer their new system. The concept of a capital is interesting though, depending on how things evolve that could be something for companies running more than one island.

561 people have seen it. No I am sure most of the games pop has not seen it. Most games pops do not do forums. However this more than enough of a sample size to determine no one is playing your game mode,the data subset is more than enough statistically. When they do national polls you realize they don't poll everyone right? It is also roughly the same ratio as the tiny poll done on here. As I said you are delusional. You are the classic case of self bias. You will not accept facts and instead continue to parrot falsehoods simply because you want it to be that way. People like you are the ones using aimbots. You think your so hard core in a video game, but in fact you are the coward. I play PvP in every game I can, and I am successful in them, yet I never have to lie, offline, or backstab to be successful. I also never have to join some mega zerg for safety. You see you can win with honor and integrity. But you wouldn't know anything about that. It is your viewpoint that makes games toxic. It is your viewpoint that makes you toxic. No you will be enjoying the "lesser experience", as your company is playing COLONIES, and not empires. Unless you are leaving your company, to go play that awesome PvO experience with the other 3 people in empires. I personally do not care if they have an empires server, in fact I like it as it give players options, but I do not think it will be successful. The numbers and the forum posts verify this. Go to reddit, there is nothing but post after post saying to remove empires. I will see you in colonies Mr. Hardcore.

My PSU came yesterday but when the old one went out it took my server board with it. Waiting on another board and then I will see where I am at in regards to this issue. Just letting you know I cant test until it comes. I hate waiting sometimes lol.

Except his company TPG has already declared for colonies. So I guess he doesn't get his own setting? So I guess we will be seeing him in colonies.

Your so delusional. Roughly 10% of the population agrees with you. Your PvO lifestyle is done. Offlining and lack of build places is what drove people away. This is not and was not an "excuse" it's what IS, you can see it in the polls, the one on reddit is 543 people only 12% want your awesome "hardcore PvO" mode. No one is going to do as you suggest. You are a proven liar, a proven coward, and a proven backstabber. Go back to Ark. You belong there. I mean your quitting and so are your thousands of supporters and your company right?

Completely disagree. Mashing the modes together is not a good idea. Believe what you will.

You keep saying the same thing as everyone else. Read my responses. Just because it works on a moderated administrated server on a small scale does NOT mean it would work in official. At least not with how it is designed. As I said above this is not eve. The concept could work here but not as things are designed right now. We are. I am not opposed to a system like this. I am though to one with how everything is designed right now. Those two things are just things I just thought instantly. I can come up with ALOT more. and again I do not PvO, someone who is into that would make it worse somehow. They always do. As for the massed fleets, look at his map. The freeports do not number nor border territory like that on unofficial. It is not the same. This is of course simply my opinion, and I am just some new forum person. I really do not think anyone promoting this suggestion has really thought it through.

Have you seriously played NA PvP? I have 600 ish hours on NA PvP. Unofficials vs Official is like night and day. Believe there would be exploits of the systems just being mashed together. From the PvP perspective there would be a lot of running to the PvE sections avoiding fights. Companies would mass fleets in the PvE sections all safe and cozy with no threat, then mass sail to a PvP tile, giving them unfair setup advantages. No threats, in the current and new systems that cannot be done. That's just two things right off the top of my head. Have fun being PvE and sailing to the kracken or the golden age ruins. Some people do not want to be blown up while doing a PvE main quest of the game. If I sat and really thought about it I could come up with an extensive list. And that's just me. I do not even get into the PvO type of play. Others I am sure would have a ton more ideas on how to make this concept unfun quickly.

If I could give more likes I would. Especially for bringing up the piers. No matter what larger structures would reduce lag. There is a big difference between a stone gate "wall" made of 8-10 pieces vs one the same size made of foundations equaling maybe thousands. It is not just the rendering on our clients part, there is also the fact the server must keep track of all that. Then when you get in range, you get bombarded with info about thousands of pieces and their location as opposed to 8-10.

That is the "worry" and have no fear that is EXACTLY what most of the megas are planning and doing. Or that's what they say they are on different forums. I am not worried about this. Grapeshot can do what they will now and in the future to curb it, but even with things as they stand now at least small companies have a fighting chance. I do not mind losing if I can at least fight. We will see...

Totally agree. 100%, better buildings and structures are definitely needed, they would cut down on lag too. However... it would literally take one of their graphics artists like 1 minute to do this. I personally find the giant dino gates annoying and ugly. The fact we have to use them as walls though because we don't have real wall sections also bothers me. Actually it wouldn't take one of their artists very long to do the gates AND what you are talking about. Why not both?

My new PSU for my server should be here at any moment. Assuming the old PSU did not fry my server when it went out I should be setting up tonight and tomorrow. I will see if I hit the same issues. If I hit the same issues then perhaps we can assist each other, if I do not then perhaps we can figure out what is going on. I will be running server 2k19. I will be running the redis server from a Debian based dedicated VM, or on its own dedicated server. I have read there being issues when the redis server runs directly on the machine with the grid servers. Also read and have seen in streams it being reported the redis just runs better set up separately. Also read it runs better if used as a service if you cant run it separately.

It is only awesome because it is an unofficial. This could never work out as things stand now. As I explained above. More than once. The concept is great, the game would need to be totally rebalanced for it. The numbers of exploits and griefing possibilities as things stand now are endless. Here is a point brought up from the PvE base. Now try and mix the Zerg Mega players AND PvP people that dislike the old system. What a recipe for disaster.

Go to guides. There is a guide in guides that allows you to set custom levels for ships and tames. Check that out. It should solve your issues. As you can see you found the section that changes how much xp it takes to level not the max level itself. here