[Discuss] Battlemaster is not funny anymore

[gagnonm at ijet.com]

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Nothing can keep your interest up for ever. At some point you'll run 
into this "it's boring, it's not fun anymore". That's the sign that 
tells you to take a break.

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That's not even close to true.

The problem is that it IS boring.  This is BATTLEmaster, but everyone plays it the same way.  They want to get their characters title, be important and play politics.  Stability between nations is valued more than war - because stability means you get to still be King, or Duke, or Lord, or whatever.  People don't want to give it up, so they play conservatively.

I can't even tell you how many people I've seen play their characters hardcore just for political gain, then when they get what they want, they completely disapear.  Hey, they got the fame point, they can write on their wiki that the character was a King/Duke or something... no need to actually play anymore.

Face it, this game USED to be about the joy of planning battles, the intrigue of realms constantly at war with each other, and the RP that goes along with it.  Now, its more about playing BS politics.  Its POLITICSmaster now, not BattleMaster.  You need not look any further than the war islands (especially SEI) to see that.

And yeah, you can come up with all the convoluted "tricks" to get war going - like "Glory" - but in the end, all that will do is make people play the game to jump through the hoops so they can do exactly the same things - get their precious characters title, money and fame, then just retire and keep things "safe" so you can keep it all.

I'm not deleting any of my characters, but I have to agree with the general premise that the fun has been sucked out of the game.


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