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Obviously the top players on each world will argue against this thread, as they are the same players who will eventually be responsible for killing the game.
Here is what's happening and how it will play out, unless something is done about Arc.
Already, on the better developed worlds it is apparent that players with high level Arc's are point bombing, and i've already seen Arc's of over level 50 on a some worlds and on houndsmoor Addonexus' Arc has gone from level 80 to level 85 in 2 days.
level 1 arc gives 10% fp bonus and then at each level another 2%. it does not take a mathmetician to work out that level 85 means he get's 178% fp bonus. He point bombs pretty much everyone in his hood, taking away the top fp reward from the player's point swap partner. At level 95, he wont even need to wait for anyone to donate to a GB to be able to point bomb EVERY SINGLE GB IN HIS HOOD and gaurentee top spot everytime - thereby taking the lion share of blueprints, and over level 95 he will begin to profit from those point bombs. In short, he will be able to level his whole giulds GB's. At that stage, he can then level all his guilds Arc's up, then they can all point bomb each other at an incredible rate, gaining sufficient bp's of each other etc... and the problem will become exponentially unstoppable.
In this, I can see the end of the game. The very best scenario to unfold from all this is 2 or 3 plaers from different top guilds will achieve these levels closely to each other - then at least there will be a little bit of competition between those guilds - the other guilds may as well give up now - and at worst, only 1 player will achieve this level, bringing her/his guild way forward at such a rate that all other guilds on that world will fall so far behind as to be irrelevant.
A single guild levelling Arc's at exponentially increasing rates will then be able to completely own firstly the highest age, but then they will recruit players to stay in lower ages with arc's and do the same thing there (multi-accounting : foe would like us to think doesn't happen, but we know it does). And the final stray of hope, that the top players creating this scenario get bored and quit is also a falicy, as such accounts would now have a value, and would be sold (already a very common occurance on games like Evony, where the value ofa top hero give's an account value, as a top GB would here). So, although the player may change, the account would live on and continue to dominate.
So, i'd be very happy to hear any reason's why I'm wrong in these thought's - although i'd be happier to hear that a limit is to be imposed on Arc. Honestly i think Arc should be limited to level 20. Otherwise imagine this scenario (which is already close to happening on some worlds). You in a hood with 4 players who have an Arc in excess of level 50 and 2 with level 90+. they can level up all your gb's at will, obtaining all the blueprints, and costing them nearly nothing - meaning that all those blueprints that would have gone to your guilds members, or your friends / swap partners are now in the hands of the people who's only intent is to continue with opening there alrady stupidly high gb's - while everyone else suffers.
Here is what's happening and how it will play out, unless something is done about Arc.
Already, on the better developed worlds it is apparent that players with high level Arc's are point bombing, and i've already seen Arc's of over level 50 on a some worlds and on houndsmoor Addonexus' Arc has gone from level 80 to level 85 in 2 days.
level 1 arc gives 10% fp bonus and then at each level another 2%. it does not take a mathmetician to work out that level 85 means he get's 178% fp bonus. He point bombs pretty much everyone in his hood, taking away the top fp reward from the player's point swap partner. At level 95, he wont even need to wait for anyone to donate to a GB to be able to point bomb EVERY SINGLE GB IN HIS HOOD and gaurentee top spot everytime - thereby taking the lion share of blueprints, and over level 95 he will begin to profit from those point bombs. In short, he will be able to level his whole giulds GB's. At that stage, he can then level all his guilds Arc's up, then they can all point bomb each other at an incredible rate, gaining sufficient bp's of each other etc... and the problem will become exponentially unstoppable.
In this, I can see the end of the game. The very best scenario to unfold from all this is 2 or 3 plaers from different top guilds will achieve these levels closely to each other - then at least there will be a little bit of competition between those guilds - the other guilds may as well give up now - and at worst, only 1 player will achieve this level, bringing her/his guild way forward at such a rate that all other guilds on that world will fall so far behind as to be irrelevant.
A single guild levelling Arc's at exponentially increasing rates will then be able to completely own firstly the highest age, but then they will recruit players to stay in lower ages with arc's and do the same thing there (multi-accounting : foe would like us to think doesn't happen, but we know it does). And the final stray of hope, that the top players creating this scenario get bored and quit is also a falicy, as such accounts would now have a value, and would be sold (already a very common occurance on games like Evony, where the value ofa top hero give's an account value, as a top GB would here). So, although the player may change, the account would live on and continue to dominate.
So, i'd be very happy to hear any reason's why I'm wrong in these thought's - although i'd be happier to hear that a limit is to be imposed on Arc. Honestly i think Arc should be limited to level 20. Otherwise imagine this scenario (which is already close to happening on some worlds). You in a hood with 4 players who have an Arc in excess of level 50 and 2 with level 90+. they can level up all your gb's at will, obtaining all the blueprints, and costing them nearly nothing - meaning that all those blueprints that would have gone to your guilds members, or your friends / swap partners are now in the hands of the people who's only intent is to continue with opening there alrady stupidly high gb's - while everyone else suffers.
