Display bug: Game over, Light wins on Olympus ;)

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Picture is December 24rd, 2013 at 00:00:00 server time, i.e.: Midnight at the Well of Souls¹

¹The Well World in Midnight at the Well of Souls is "patterned into a series of hexagonal patches". A very interesting science fiction book to read ... about another world with hexagons ...

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Recently there was a short-lived bug shortly after a cycle where the whole map showed as if light faction owned it even going so far as showing the light faction icon on each region. =)

unfortunately, it fixed itself shortly thereafter. Razz

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Bobba wrote:: Recently there was a short-lived bug shortly after a cycle where the whole map showed as if light faction owned it even going so far as showing the light faction icon on each region. =)

It clearly indicates, and no enlightened¹ person can possibly dispute it, that the map by default should be all blue.

Its only due to the seeking of chaos & destruction by the undead, dark legion & orcs that the world is, temporarily, off balance.

Bobba wrote:: unfortunately, it fixed itself shortly thereafter.

Most unfortunate Razz

... well we shall restore the proper order in the future Exclamation

¹Of course, those whose minds have been clouded by darkness, will probably argue this point Shocked

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I'm surprised you are able to click on the political map. There should be a magical globe indicating that you are still expecting a response from the server, or you had a lot of lag and the magical globe was bored and left Rolling Eyes

However to avoid misunderstandings between Light and Darkness the regions by default belong to the neutral faction cyclops

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lightshield wrote:: However to avoid misunderstandings between Light and Darkness the regions by default belong to the neutral faction

How ...

....

... neutral ...

... I was going to say, just wait until Runeslayer responds to stir up the pot ...

...

... however ... Runeslayer wrote in the patch notes for Demember 24th, 2013:

Runeslayer wrote:: Default world map image shows all Regions as Neutral, instead of owned by the Light, to avoid misunderstandings during the calculation at the end of a conquest cycle. "

... how ... bland.

Yes, yes, the developers need a vacation for sure!

... Enjoy your vacation ...

... Then come back & stir up trouble¹ again, like in the past Wink

...

¹Pearl is now officially in mourning² that the poor exhausted³ developers have become neutral & bland⁴.
²Not really, just pretending to be Razz

³From the new world, new great features, fractious community, bug fixes, etc., etc. ...
⁴Pearl is pining for the good old days when Runeslayer would cause mischief & havoc with fun comments like:

RuneSlayer wrote:: *grins, pats his trusted runed waraxes and whispers to himself while walking away slowly* There will be blood...

Or another from same thread:

RuneSlayer wrote:: But, isn't a truce always chosen by a party in a tight spot? Why should a party having the upper hand give up the current advantage and allow time to others to organize themselves and eventually fight back...? Hmmmm... *sharpens his runed waraxes with a grin on his face*

... or ... for a third example:

RuneSlayer wrote:: "Hmmmm, you may have a point, but allow me first to introduce you to someone who wants to meet you... ", says RuneSlayer with a grin on his face while pointing at the Dark Capital.

Suddenly the gates open and a SECOND Dark Capital Army appears....

There is 2014 to come - lots more havoc & blood shed next year Exclamation

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lol Pearl...You are just asking for it..... Wink

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Pearl wrote:: There is 2014 to come - lots more havoc & blood shed next year

RuneSlayer wrote:: lol Pearl...You are just asking for it.....

Ask & you shall receive? Shocked

Yes, eagerly looking forward to 2014 and lots more wonderful features, including those that tempt set each faction against itself in bickering, backbiting & backstabbing¹, so it loses to the other faction.

For example as suggested by dave2069:

dave2069 wrote:: I think the hexes that have been improved should be visible on the map (lvl).
ie if the gold mine is lvl 5 it should be visibly so (kind of like the walls are )

In addition, if a guild declares war on another of its own faction, and successfully takes over a hex, then the bonuses should all drop by just 1 lvl, allowing the victor the spoils as it were.. this would encourage attacks, allow for territorial battles to be less costly, and cause no end of trouble generally.

I realise this suggestion might cause intra-faction wars, but that's the point really

I'm confident you will implement many more features to implement intra-faction wars and "cause no end of trouble generally" (dave2069's words).

Will be even more fun game in the future Exclamation

¹For those not familiar who how I view this game, see: Best strategy game in 20 years:

Quote :: So its *really* a battle of wits, patience, forgiveness, grace, understanding, encouragement, manipulation, anger, joy, etc, etc.

Truly an amazing strategy game.

Can we win? Maybe!

The maybe is what makes it *so* interesting & the only way to win; is by interacting, positively with irritating, annoying people, lol.

Fascinating!

I consider the temptation to for intra-faction fighting & the need to overcome it with "wits, patience, forgiveness, grace, understanding, encouragement, manipulation, anger, joy, etc, etc." one of the most brilliant features of this game & look forward to many more such features.

Seems to me like the map should be all dark. Nice and covered in the blood of elf's and smashed jewelry. Muahahhaahhhahahahha

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Crawl138 wrote:: Seems to me like the map should be all dark. Nice and covered in the blood of elf's and smashed jewelry. Muahahhaahhhahahahha

You really don't like jewelry eh? Maybe we should pvp sometime and I'll put lots of rings and necklaces on my units and heroes > Smile

I say sometime because I still can't pvp yet, my AP is too low and my levels too high. =(

I REALLY WANT TO PVP BUT I CAN'T!!!!!

*tears*

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Well the 'bug' has been squashed ... and now everything is grey ... very grey ...

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Twas the night after Christmas, when all through Olympus,
Not a creature was stirring, not even an elf, nor an orc, nor a bard,
The stockings were hung by the new shiny shop with care,
In hopes that the reallly weird ogre with a red cap would soon would be there.

The cycle had ended, and the land was only grey,
Not even a blue, or a red was seen, it was all grey.

Very very grey.
Really grey.
As Grey as Grey can be.

The server was crunching & making decisions.
Which faction had won, which region was which?
Which region was now going to be a nice cool blue
and which region was going to be a very red hot

And which guild has won control of a region,
And which guild was the loser.

And the lights all sparkled, as the server computed.
And the server decided.
And the colors all came & returned to the world.

And the Humans, and Elves, and Dwarves all continued to battle.
As did the Undead, the Orcs, and the Dread.

And the generals collected the pretty new presents.
And gave them to the store keeper for trinkets.

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Ok, no more poetry by Pearl for 2013. Not my strength!

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"claps"