[Discuss] new war islands

[Jason Ryan]

Tom wrote:
> When I closed down the war islands, there was some protest. From two 
> factions, actually. One, from the strategy players who enjoyed a pure 
> war environment, and from the roleplayers who feared the strategy 
> players would now flood the rest of the game.
>
> So, I've taken some time and re-worked the concept. Remember that my 
> reason was that the war islands never worked the way I intended them to.
>
> Opening later today, there will be a new war island ("South Island"). 
> The map is slightly expanded, but mostly the same. There are now five 
> small realms initially. Some other features have been changed:
>
> * "War only" as you're used to, all non-war features are disabled, more 
> complete this time
> * Looting has been much improved, to make it a viable strategy
>
> The most important change, however, is that I've decided to finally 
> listen to those who want a much more "active" and speedy game. On the 
> new war island, turns will run EVERY TWO HOURS. That's 12 turns in a 
> day, 6 half and 6 full. This will provide our strategy friends with an 
> entirely new challenge, because you really can't expect everyone to be 
> active all the time with that schedule. You will have to plan with 
> inactivity, something that I hope will then migrate to the rest of the 
> game. Day- and Night-Armies are just one of the ideas that hit me.
>
> One disadvantage to the whole thing, however. Since the rapid turns 
> would, in theory, allow people to leech gold off the islands very 
> quickly, the war island is a one-way road:
>
> * You can't leave once you're there (no emmigration)
> * To prevent overcrowing, everyone is mortal on war island (same as for 
> heroes elsewhere)
> * No family gold sending
>
>
> I have a few final touches to finish, such as uploading the new map and 
> resetting the database, and then later today you'll read a second 
> announcement when it opens.
>
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Only every two hours? still lightweight compared to what I'm used to. at 
least I won't be going an hour without receiving messages