So it has been done

[Ch0s3nByG0dz]

Everything you guys asked for has been done
- matrix glitch has been fixed
- AR has been nerfed
- defences got buffed again with bastions, so your maxed space age bases wont get 5 starred so easily

I guess you are happy, but one small question burdens mind.

You do realize that matrix glitch and buffed AR and bases without further defences made the game equal for all? Even if the matchmaking was poor, people could still score max stars thanks to AR? What happens now with poor matchmaking? The gap rises even further?

Hackers with modified APKs that are making maxed space age bases? The matrix glitch provides equally fast progression for the casual player. Now the casual player will progress as slow as before while the hackers will continue their rapid leveling up and the level gap will continue to rise. As much as we all would hate to admit it. we need high level players because it takes way too much time to get to SA and most players will quit way before that. The unlimited workers helped with development, thus increasing the pool of high level players. You dont want there to be only 100 level 400, rest 200, do you?

I dont really know what to say about the bastions, I will just post this youtube video that you have probably seen already. Its just way too sad

https://youtu.be/-R830b6ImF0

The game is getting worse with each update. Only the casual player gets screwed, while the hackers continue celebrating

 

[BeerMan]

I haven't seen anyone else suggest that the matrix glitch was fixed. They certainly didn't announce it in the release notes, nor has the community been talking about it.

 

[pckrn]

an actual casual player would ask for decreased upgrade times for less advanced ages, not to be allowed to use cheats and nukes.

this is the same line of thinking as that eng.hussein guy

 

[~Kratos~]

Lmao, that video is amazing. haha

I smell a nerf of Bastions coming, very soon. (that slow down is ridiculous, would make even pre-nerf AR halt)

As for the progression thing. None of this would be a problem if the devs cared enough and banned the hackers. Then we wouldn't have a tenth of the maxed bases we have now, probably

 

[No Angel]

Oh come on, Chosen! Nice work on this update! I think devs have been taking baby steps to control exploits.
There would be more leaks but I'm pretty sure they will be handled.
(Don't want to discuss about AR, everybody knows I hated it getting nerfed )

 

[~Kratos~]

The stats posted in the other thread say -68% speed by Bastions... how did this guy in that video get to -82%? (if it really is -82%)

 

[Black tiger]

The slowing percentages on the wiki are as follows, by level:
L1) 52%
L2) 57%
L3) 62%
L4) 72%
L5) 82%

There’s a video about how slow 82% actually is. V funny!

 

[HawkEyeHK]

I quite like your logic on the matrix glitch. It sounds like "Everyone should be allowed to steal from the bank until the armed bank robbers have been caught."

 

[Saruman the White]

Job very well done by NEXON if, as you're saying this so-called Matrix glitch is fixed. This is a big step towards the right direction. However this is not the time to feast, NEXON. Having so many players that used that glitch and many of them still wanting it back MUST make you guys wonder what have you done wrong, driving all those players to use non-legal ways to play? Perhaps your audience is not as happy as you may think. Many are quitting play, others are seeking ways to cheat, others keep moaning here in the forums without being even listened to. Let's take upgrade/research/building times and citizens required for example. Almost your whole audience yells you, NEXON, that times are extraordinary much too high, the citizens you're providing too few, but appears that we're talking to deaf ears. Speed-ups were a genius idea, I must admit, but it does nothing more than to ease our pain, really. So??? We have attitudes like those described above, many players who are growing tired of the slow speed of the game, seeking other ways to develop faster, rather than abandon their beloved game completely. This is something you MUST take into account. Cheating is BY NO MEANS TOLERATED, but what exactly has lead to such activities??????

I'm TOTALLY in favor of wiping out ANY possible cheating threat and I'm glad you've been able to fix those glitches. But this is not targeting the source of the problem. SOMETHING has caused those people to use this glitch and made them unhappy now that this is gone. That SOMETHING is still OUT THERE, NEXON, and it has been out there for much longer than this Matrix glitch was.

Try to make your audience happy, not forcing them to do it by themselves. Simple as that

 

[Black tiger]

Dominations is designed to torture you into spending money. To give you the blueprints, but not the means to be satisfied, and to keep you in this stasis eternally. It’s not designed to be fun, nor is it the first of its kind.

 

[Cannibals]

Neo is not dead!

 

[Uhuru]

Everyone who has used the glitch matrix is already lost for the game, when Nexon rolls them back, no one will play.

 

[yemen]

BTW, brief update on the Matrix glitch. Nexon closed the access points I published, at least on many devices. I have a reliable source that indicates the war replay access point is still working post update for some. Probably an edge case, but they all are at some level.

And the more important point - none of the underlaying game engine problems were fixed, the possibility of layering menus still exists, and the exploits once you get there still work. So another bandaid on the issue. The groups that find and distribute this information probably already had three more methods waiting in the wings, and in a few weeks will have identified the new laggy systems that were introduced in the new update to exploit again.

 

[Spaceboy]

Also, this layout bug can happen even without cheating. I have a slow iPad, so I already entered once the matrix without knowing. The editor map was a mess. I quit the game at that time.
The bug is a just a graphical bug, that you can encounter involuntarily.

 

[No Angel]

So there are ''groups'' that literally, intentionally, do and research this exploit eh?
Interesting!

Btw just come back to the game yemen. Why you're only lurking here? I'm pretty sure you weren't totally banned. Suspicious activity ban never took forever.

 

[yemen]

Can't easily tag you because of that space in your username. So responding to your comment here instead of below.

Lurking here and on reddit is far more fun for me than playing the game had been for quite a while. The community was always better than the game. A slow drift away vs a clean break.

As far as permanence - when your 260+ base becomes level 37, that is pretty permanent. I have other accounts that were fine, but I didn't enjoy playing much anymore anyway. Lots of issues, but the museum finished off the game for me, it just took a while to set in.