Discussion: what's the surprise uni?

    Quote from BubbleBeam

    My ideas are never very popular.

    I actually laughed out loud.



    On a serious note, your idea to make people choose is nice.
    However, correct me if I'm wrong though, I think that beside changes in code/appearance, redesign also brought different features like the timers you see on the second fleet screen. Those weren't there before, so all had to be manually calculated. I think that'd scare a lot of people out of trying it, having to manually estimate/calculate the moment of arrival, return etc. Let alone slowing an attack by ACS without AGO :D


    But then again, if people could choose, it would have no impact to those not interested.


    Personally I'd loooove to try it. ''hardcore mode''

    Caught up in the game

    I like the old blue too. I would really like to see the old interface back.

    Quote from Mafkees


    I think that'd scare a lot of people out of trying it, having to manually estimate/calculate the moment of arrival, return etc. Let alone slowing an attack by ACS without AGO:D

    Maybe true the first part, but that was something everyone did back then. Always calculating. Damn, my math skills went away with the old design lol. Seriously tho, we had other addons to help us out, and they were GREAT. Even today I still have hard times slowing downs attacks with ACS, but back then it was so easy (for me). And it was fast loading those slim webpages. Maybe it's just the nostalgia of talking about it, but I do miss those times. People here on the board were different, more players, more rl friends.

    Although i started playing with Epic Blue back in 2005.. and that did start my love for this game.. i cant see GF (as with any company) admitting they were wrong in the customers (players) eyes. So moving forward, i certainly hope we can get a merger and they stop opening pointless universes to spread our player count even thinner. To have a special uni that is the old blue design and with no officers/ DM is a good thought in theory... but who would really wants to restart from 0? some im sure, iv seen a few comments in this thread to know atleast 1 system would be filled.. Seeing a Epic blue design 5x speed would be sweet.


    I guess all we can do is wait and potentially be let down again at the end of the month.. another month we wait. Maybe im wrong.. maybe this birthday of GF's they will throw us a proper party :bday::headbanging:

    I think it was already pointed out too often. But there won't be any server in the future without the possibility to buy DM. And this also won't change if we want it that much. We as team would also love to see it, but this won't happen. Sorry guys.

    I hope it will be faster than Qunacum. It could be 7-8x speed... :D :D

    50 % happy hour for purchase of DM will start with in the next hour, so for those of you that want to buy DM dont say you did not know.
    Get ready
    And get ready for new v6 surprise uni too hehe, who know what we will get

    Quote from ButtonDan

    I think it was already pointed out too often. But there won't be any server in the future without the possibility to buy DM. And this also won't change if we want it that much. We as team would also love to see it, but this won't happen. Sorry guys.


    It doesn't have to be a complete DM removal. Leave commander. I would bet my years pay that the money recovered from this would far surpass all uni's combined. 20k players buying commander vs 900 players with half buying officers. From a financial standpoint its stupid not to consider. And to save a game from certain death and make a profit is pretty dumb not to pass on to GF. But who am I. Just a nobody that owns a big business.

    Most likely a speed uni anyway as they get the most attention and v6 will need to be popular

    Ya know something unique that I'd like... Only runs from like 5am till 11pm or something.
    I wouldn't even care about other specs.


    Failing that, I've decided I support the mass-merger idea.

    Huge fan of destruction!

    me and my cynicism suspects it will be the first uni to have a brand new pay-2-win feature that the v6 thing has been developed for. I hope I'm wrong, of course.


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    I just wish for one uni that GF will listen to players and give people what they want, instead of what they (GF) want.


    Hope it won't be some event uni with duration or some kind of a pay-monster uni....


    My wishes are:


    • 1x speed for fleet travel, 2x speed for economy and research
    • NON-ACS (for pros finally, sick and tired of noobs slowing or 5 on 1 gay attacks)
    • 60%/70% DF (2x speed for miners and DF for fleeters, win-win)
    • +30 fields
    • 50,000 DM upon registration

    I think these would be great charachteristics for great uni for pros and old players. Epic Blue skin would be freakin' awsome too (crying when writing about it), since I play ogame since 2004/2005. but if not possible, well, s*it...