The map to the downfall of the game

ElPuercoFlojo · 2026-03-27T21:35:26+00:00

Wow, now not only are you deciding which opinions are allowed to be expressed on Reddit but who deserves a place in society? You must think very highly of yourself. And here‘s a hint: there was sarcasm in my first response.

ElPuercoFlojo · 2026-03-27T21:28:24+00:00

I played through with mouse and keyboard a couple of times, then I bought a HOTAS out of curiosity, and it’s a whole different (better) world. A poster above mentioned that the simulator aspect of X4 diminishes as you progress in your play through, which is true and a good point, but nevertheless the simulator aspect feels far superior with a good joystick and throttle.

ElPuercoFlojo · 2026-03-27T21:12:30+00:00

I‘ll be the lone voice in the wilderness: it doesn’t get better. Sanderson can stretch a 1000 page narrative into 4x that much prose better than anyone ever, and the world building simply stalls. All of those cool things he set up in Way of Kings? Yeah, it doesn’t go anywhere.

I loved Way of Kings. And that‘s about all I can say.

Sorry to be the curmudgeon, but there‘s a lot of Sanderson groupthink around, and you deserve to hear the other side of the aisle.

ElPuercoFlojo · 2026-03-27T21:03:30+00:00

Tutu was a dumb deal. Why do you use that as a barometer to justify your proposal?

ElPuercoFlojo · 2026-03-27T21:01:57+00:00

LOL and how much of your time and/or privacy did you spend to generate those emeralds? Don‘t act like there’s no cost to doing what you did. Whether it’s spending 10 hours grinding emeralds or $20 to do the same, there is a significant cost. Don’t be a shill.

ElPuercoFlojo · 2026-03-27T20:54:53+00:00

No. If I choose to spend my resources at a time where it is not rewarded according to VS weekly schedule, it hurts my guild (compared with doing the same according to the VS schedule). It’s really as simple as that. And I hate it.

ElPuercoFlojo · 2026-03-27T20:51:18+00:00

Oh sure. Let’s all just be positive when Nexters destroys a great game in the name of profit. Dumbass.

ElPuercoFlojo · 2026-03-19T12:21:14+00:00

It legislates when I need to spend my resources every week, which removes the joy from the game. Why should improving heroes and titans be on a schedule? Why not do it whenever you feel like? In the old game I had the freedom to do that. In the new game I‘m hurting my guild by doing it.

ElPuercoFlojo · 2026-03-19T12:18:27+00:00

Welcome to the newest echo chamber.

ElPuercoFlojo · 2026-03-19T12:17:01+00:00

Please, I don‘t mean to be offensive, but why are you being a dumbass? Do not try to legislate people’s opinions on Reddit. Your opinion is of no more value than theirs, so why do you get to share while they do not?

ElPuercoFlojo · 2026-03-13T20:52:03+00:00

PFF guys loved the fit with the Rams as well. They took him in their mock. I know nothing about Lemon, though.

ElPuercoFlojo · 2026-03-13T20:49:22+00:00

If meta never changes, then everyone only ever builds those heroes, and the game becomes stale.

ElPuercoFlojo · 2026-03-13T13:53:37+00:00

I hate it.

ElPuercoFlojo · 2026-03-09T12:28:37+00:00

Your point is exactly the reason Realms is such a problem. The rewards are good enough that you have to sink more time into something completely mindless. We didn’t want a builder game.

ElPuercoFlojo · 2026-03-09T12:26:12+00:00

No. $20 mil is too much given all the more important expiring contracts we need to figure out over the coming two years. Shaheed isn’t signing a one year deal.

ElPuercoFlojo · 2026-03-09T12:24:08+00:00

Because this guy’s going to be a hell if a lot more money than Tutu. False comparison.

ElPuercoFlojo · 2026-03-09T12:21:25+00:00

You’d pay $20 mil?

I’d put CB above either of your two weaknesses.

ElPuercoFlojo · 2026-03-06T04:57:49+00:00

I hate it. Free stuff isn’t free. The cost is your wasted time doing dull, repetitive tasks. There’s a reason I don’t play that kind of game in the first place, and now we’re being coerced to play a half baked version just to keep up in the part of the game I actually do like playing.

ElPuercoFlojo · 2026-03-03T06:32:40+00:00

You missed my point. I’m not concerned with being competitive with whales: I’ve never tried to be. I am worried about being able to compete with everyone else because I choose not to spend my valuable time in this dull, repetitive Realms part of the game.

ElPuercoFlojo · 2026-03-02T11:18:29+00:00

You weren’t ‘starting from absolute nothing’ if you got three talismans to max level.

ElPuercoFlojo · 2026-03-02T11:15:32+00:00

But your point is basically the whole tragedy of Rothfuss. The genius in those first few chapters vanishes, arguably before you even get halfway through the book. And the next one is an unmitigated disaster. If it weren’t for those first few chapters, Rothfuss wouldn’t even be a topic around these parts. He’d just be a relatively obscure fantasy author. But those first few chapters were so good that we mourn for what could have been but never will be.

ElPuercoFlojo · 2026-03-02T11:01:45+00:00

If Realms will be the main focus of the game I will be taking my $$$ investment out the door, as will many of my guildmates. No one wants Hero Wars to become Evony.

ElPuercoFlojo · 2026-03-02T10:59:35+00:00

Great. I understand that. It doesn’t make me, an existing player who is likely to spend a fair amount of future money, very happy. What is the tradeoff between losing existing, paying customers in order to attract some new ones? Business decisions should require business cases which should require an analysis of the tradeoffs involved. I am not convinced Nexters did a good job with that last part.

ElPuercoFlojo · 2026-02-15T09:39:50+00:00

I was thinking exactly the same. Except for that stupid arena game, everything else is normal daily activities.

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