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Topic: [357418] Ruby offers in the Outer Realms

[-357418] David Noble (US1) [None] :: Oct. 2, 2018, 4:44 p.m.

I think that this is a good question to ask, but will there be only be one offer during the event 20+ day event? I missed out on a ruby offer, but honestly if there is only one offer during the entire event that only occurs at the beginning of a long event then what is the point of buying rubies during the event if you miss out? Sure, an alliance may need ruby buyers currently in order to donate rubies and for an alliance to grow during the event which I am guessing many alliance will not get past the 15 membership if they do not have any ruby buyers because of that reason even with an extended event if you were to be more realistic. If an alliance gets lucky because of them having players who are active enough in collecting rubies they may able to expand the alliance size a few times perhaps without buying just by farming rubies before the event ends, but definitely not reach the 65 membership before the event ends. I honestly do think that perhaps this event was made primarily for ruby buyers which might help explain why it may be so difficult for an alliance to grow without being able to donate a significant amount of rubies which I think that it is interesting to take note that if there is any fortresses to hit in order to make rubies that may be of more significance most players would have to reach level 20+ if a player can even be motivated enough to make it that far before they can even unlock the kingdoms that may or may not have them.

[4999962] David Noble (US1) [None] :: Oct. 2, 2018, 4:49 p.m.

Now according to my best guess that other kingdoms will have fortresses, but even with fortresses in the other kingdoms it is still expensive to donate rubies to the alliance if donating rubies is the only way for an alliance to grow in the event.

[4999972] BM Fujiwara [None] :: Oct. 2, 2018, 5:08 p.m.

Yeah, it looks like 15 man alliances trying to support each other with level 1 stables is how this event is going to rock. I suspect there will be a few iterations of the mechanics, I'm trying to push hard for a far shorter build time and res cost, as well as a much shorter RB cooldown. At this rate I think the number of players breaking level 30 will be very small.

[4999976] David Noble (US1) [None] :: Oct. 2, 2018, 5:49 p.m.

BM Fujiwara said:

Yeah, it looks like 15 man alliances trying to support each other with level 1 stables is how this event is going to rock. I suspect there will be a few iterations of the mechanics, I'm trying to push hard for a far shorter build time and res cost, as well as a much shorter RB cooldown. At this rate I think the number of players breaking level 30 will be very small.

Thanks. Like I said I have only seen one ruby offer so far in the event. If it is true that there will be only one ruby offer in the entire event when it first starts then yes I agree with you that a 15 man alliances will be the limit for most alliances. You also need very active players as well if they want to level up more quickly as well without spending money on the game which the problem with slowness in upgrading buildings slows down progress including leveling up. The rb castle and tower cooldown is problematic, because that makes it much more difficult to level them up during the event.

[5000039] David Noble (US1) [None] :: Oct. 3, 2018, 1:20 a.m.

I just thought about something else and that is the alliance level which requires pvp to level up an alliance. That can get an alliance rubies as well, but that is of course assuming that players are going to be actively hitting other players as well since pvp is the only way to get glory in this event.

[5000176] Batten (GB1) [GB1] :: Oct. 3, 2018, 10:32 p.m.

There was an offer at the start and there have been offers for the cranes and the overseers that I've seen so far. It's been much better without all the constant troop offers to been honest it's a much cleaner way of playing and you can be more productive.

[5000196] David Noble (US1) [None] :: Oct. 4, 2018, 4:03 a.m.

Batten (GB1) said:

There was an offer at the start and there have been offers for the cranes and the overseers that I've seen so far. It's been much better without all the constant troop offers to been honest it's a much cleaner way of playing and you can be more productive.

You are right. There is still only one offer "for buying" and that is only at the very beginning, but I did notice recent discount offers which helps and especially the 50% discount for crane. I think that seems to be the case here is Goodgame Studios will make progressive changes into the event as it develops more just like they have done on the main server. I also noticed they provide monuments now as well.

[5000222] BM Fujiwara [None] :: Oct. 4, 2018, 8:55 a.m.

Batten (GB1) said:

There was an offer at the start and there have been offers for the cranes and the overseers that I've seen so far. It's been much better without all the constant troop offers to been honest it's a much cleaner way of playing and you can be more productive.

Yeah, I agree completely, but you know how I feel about the ability to mass-spam troop purchases in the game

If anyone wants to contribute values to a fast-track mode for the event, please feel free to throw them in. I'm currently advocating 20% building costs, 20% building time, 30 minute RB cooldowns, but those are mostly waggling my finger in the air exercises.

[5027172] Jewel88 (US1) [US1] :: Feb. 1, 2019, 11:22 p.m.

I went in the OR on day one and didn't get any ruby offers. So - are you saying there won't be any at all coming?

[5027183] dandelion1958 (GB1) [GB1] :: Feb. 2, 2019, 12:17 a.m.

BM Fujiwara said:

Yeah, it looks like 15 man alliances trying to support each other with level 1 stables is how this event is going to rock. I suspect there will be a few iterations of the mechanics, I'm trying to push hard for a far shorter build time and res cost, as well as a much shorter RB cooldown. At this rate I think the number of players breaking level 30 will be very small.

lol 1 week in and am on level 22 already just have to keep leveling robbers and do the rounds every 3 hrs

don't forget the rankings are based on Build Mp's - so better to sort res costs and times - I'm building lots of pillories at mo !

Edit PS in top 2.5k on dailies and 5k overall !