Recent content by Magnifico

I am a long-time gamer. I take my fun seriously. I have taught my daughters that it's worth paying real money for games that are made with love and care and designed from the ground up to entertain and delight you. By the same token, I have told them that it's not worth wasting time and money...

That would be nice, sponge but the update notes "Starting in the Medieval Age, the luxurious Estate can be purchased from the Treasure tab in the Store". Nothing in there costs Gold; only real money and Crowns. Given that choice, I'm hoping for Crowns.

Posting the update notes for 4.7 made me think the update was coming very soon. But if the product team is still taking feedback on how much the estate is going to cost, that suggests that you haven't even finished it yet, let alone submitted it to the app store. Can you give us some sense of...

A big difference between Civilization and more direct precursors to this game like Age of Empires (and BHG's first game, Rise of Nations) is that the earlier games were what are now called "premium" games, as opposed to free-to-play. Since the developers of premium games got their money up...

I had the resources together for the upgrade three days before the event was supposed to end, but wouldn't have time to play over the weekend. Also, my workers weren't going to be free until the 19th at UTC 13:55:00. So I spent 200 crowns on a peace treaty so I'd be sure to be able to afford...

Look, I know how to tell time. The discount was already gone before 14:00:00 UTC. Both my own clocks AND the in-game UTC timer showed this. The problem is that their event ended before they said it was supposed to end.

As Eddie F1 said, I had exactly the same experience with the World Traveler event. I even provided CS with a screenshot showing that it was still before UTC 14:00:00 server time, but they told me that event ended on time. I too spent crowns (on a peace treaty) due to an advertised discount...

I double-checked my iPad clock against the official US time and it is perfectly in sync. So even if the in-game UTC is based on my device clock, that shouldn't make a difference unless (1) the in-game time is not in sync with actual UTC and (2) the "UTC" displayed in the in-game inbox screen is...

Good video; I like the Extra Credits guys. Nice to see Nexon/BHG throw some sponsorship their way. Given that the video was all about peacemaking, I am betting Hiawatha the Great Leader in-game will somehow increase peace treaty lengths, either through research or as a capstone ability.

Excellent, sensible advice as usual. What _Flash_ said.

It is already going to take me until, like, 2050 to level up the generals I already have. I don't need any more, thanks. I'd rather see limited development resources going towards fixing bugs and improving systems (e.g. ww matchmaking) that are not working in a satisfactory way.

Most players are not elite world warriors. If defense gets stiffened too much many players would find attacking for resources frustrating and unprofitable. Since that's the heart of the game, it's not a good idea to alter the balance of offense vs. defense in order to improve a much more niche...

I wouldn't mind something along the lines of a Dorm or Research Institute that gives dedicated university researchers.

Churn?

According to the announcement in my in-game inbox, the World Traveler event was scheduled to end on 9/19 at 14:00:00 UTC. I wanted to take advantage of the World Traveler event to upgrade my Tank Depot. Since I was going to be away from wifi for the weekend, I even spent 200 crowns on a peace...