18/AUG/2014 - New City Graphics Options!

zolvon wrote: Awesome! I hope this helps bring in heaps of $ I can't help but think some people are a little rude and ungrateful tho. Keep up the good work

I sort of hope the city themes don't stray too far from the fantasy/medieval setting.  I also agree with Thexion that it would be nice if the city themes were race-specific, for gameplay reasons as well as aesthetics.

Brids17 wrote: Marty wrote: 50 pres per city seems a bit steep to me, it wouldn't improve my game experience.  I buy prestige to make the game more enjoyable for me It's less than $2 per city Like I said earlier, maybe make a bundle of them cheaper but per city fee seems fine to me. But hey, there's plenty else for you to spend your prestige on as well. =)

You do realize, some of us can't spend money on any game (for example me), or we we can't spend a lot. And we want to support the game (so I trade with people so they will buy some for me).

Even though we can't buy the prestige ourselves on a large scale, we want to be able to use these new abilities as well. Therefore, a more common ground between those who can spend none to a little and those who spend a lot, would be to make the designs empire wide when bought.

And, I'm sure, not everyone want's all their towns to be one design (or else why change). So those buying the designs will more likely to buy more than one. Therefore, it wouldn't be a loss in income, in fact, if the purchases were empire wide and you could switch between designs owned, people sitting on the fence might be more likely to purchase designs since as of now, they feel it is too steep.

For example, I'm not changing my designs because it is too steep for me as well. Now, if the purchases were empire wide, I would purchase some designs right away. And as the devs are planning to make more in the future, I may end up buying other designs I like.

Another idea would be designs that could only be bought during certain times in the year (although every year), like a New Years Design which can only be bought from December 29 - January 4 (1 week with the actual holiday in center).

Edited by Arctic55 - 21 Aug 2014 at 22:39

Arctic55 wrote: You do realize, some of us can't spend money on any game...

And how can the devs build a business strategy around that? They deserve to be paid for their time and talents. Judging by the number of city skins I've already seen, a lot of people are happy to pay $2 per city for a fresh look. It is, after all, the price of a cup of coffee, spent on a game that many of us enjoy every day of the year.

I have also wanted some customization options, specifically avatar. If there had been a more halfling-style dwarf (like the Keepers of the Golden Fields), I wouldn't have waited for free tournament points to change my image. The same with backgrounds--why is there nothing for the crafters and traders of this game? If anything, I think Cerberus has not properly capitalized on the Illy appetite for customization and variety. This might be a game of maps and empires, but the chat aspect is heavily RPG flavored, and the social-only players are sometimes not well engaged in their appetites.

I think there should also be far more medal options, and that the devs should examine their player base for the right icons. Five different crow options would probably generate ten thousand prestige in medal sales within a week or two. People have the money, but the potential doesn't seem to be accessed thoroughly sometimes.

For me, 2$ is 2 percent of my monthly salary (social wellfare)