Prinza the Hunter
Monarch
I was going to limit this proposal to one relatively small matter to do with no message being displayed when a search results in no data. However, I see no reason not to make it all-encompassing.
If an update is going to be made; and when an update is declared on FoE's changelog, that update should apply to all player interfaces, regardless of which (supported) browser or which (supported) monile platform.
This proposal results from me logging a bug. You can see from that bug thread that it is declared that just because the changelog says that a change has been made, improving the interface, it doesn't mean that all players will get the improved interface. Clearly, the changelog does not need to bother specifying which users might or might not benefit: some will, some won't.
(I know many of you are thinking of another change that was partly implemented for just some users on browsers a few weeks ago. That instance, too, is covered by this proposal.)
If you look up the right source, you will find Forge of Empires described as a browser game. However, Forge of Empires is being advertised to mobile users as a strategy game played with a free app. The adverts to mobile users do not mention that it is primarily a game requiring a browser but which players can keep in touch with using a mobile - no expectation other than full, free-to-play (with in-game purchases) gaming.
Apparently, Inno are currently looking for financing to concentrate on mobile. This could mean that in a year or two, the app catches up with, and even overtakes, the facilities on the browser. This, too, is unacceptable. Until and unless a policy statement is issued that gaming on browser or on mobile is going to be phased out, or that players on one platform or the other will not be abke to access the entire game, effort should be made to provide a compatible experience and at the very least, any changes which could apply to both platforms should be applied to both.
This is the bug report I filed, which has been closed because the change was never intended to apply to everyone.
If an update is going to be made; and when an update is declared on FoE's changelog, that update should apply to all player interfaces, regardless of which (supported) browser or which (supported) monile platform.
This proposal results from me logging a bug. You can see from that bug thread that it is declared that just because the changelog says that a change has been made, improving the interface, it doesn't mean that all players will get the improved interface. Clearly, the changelog does not need to bother specifying which users might or might not benefit: some will, some won't.
(I know many of you are thinking of another change that was partly implemented for just some users on browsers a few weeks ago. That instance, too, is covered by this proposal.)
If you look up the right source, you will find Forge of Empires described as a browser game. However, Forge of Empires is being advertised to mobile users as a strategy game played with a free app. The adverts to mobile users do not mention that it is primarily a game requiring a browser but which players can keep in touch with using a mobile - no expectation other than full, free-to-play (with in-game purchases) gaming.
Apparently, Inno are currently looking for financing to concentrate on mobile. This could mean that in a year or two, the app catches up with, and even overtakes, the facilities on the browser. This, too, is unacceptable. Until and unless a policy statement is issued that gaming on browser or on mobile is going to be phased out, or that players on one platform or the other will not be abke to access the entire game, effort should be made to provide a compatible experience and at the very least, any changes which could apply to both platforms should be applied to both.
This is the bug report I filed, which has been closed because the change was never intended to apply to everyone.