Ideas for an Ogame Guide

@Silverwind

Dark Matter Sales Surge????

Of course there would be every 3 months or even 2 months hehe

Most new unis are in serious decline after 3 months, so why leave another dying uni when GF can clean house every 2 or 3 months and let people throw money at them for DM

I was just speculating here, but I don't have hard data.

I would imagine the beginning of a new Uni there are lots of Dark Matter sales...hence the surge.

But I also imagine that they walk a thin line about closing old Universes since the players that stick out past the first 3 months are pretty serious, and in all likelihood hit the SECOND biggest part of a Dark Matter sales surge: Astrophysics. No one is going to spend 44 weeks waiting for astro, que the Dark Matter sales. So it also behoves GF to keep very old accounts around that maybe spend on big projects. Like I say, it's a fine line and eventually 3 active players on a server calls for a merger.

But enough off topic, back to the Ogame guide...still a great idea!

you are missing kinda " 1. Pay to win tutorial" 2. Averagly "$" summ to invest to lead " 3. After investing - when and how to invest more $$" . Also these 3 are a must tutorial.. sad but true

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you are missing kinda " 1. Pay to win tutorial" 2. Averagly "$" summ to invest to lead " 3. After investing - when and how to invest more $$" . Also these 3 are a must tutorial.. sad but true

Feom your point of view isnt it surviving when someone attacks you and u buy to ress on merch and instabuild stuff within few secs xd so i d say your half right.. cause that is survival with $$ guide to included, forgot to say that :p nevertheless noney rules this game, you liked it or not.. not to talk about constant relocates ppl use at higher game point.. to not stal anymore, money wins long term

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Feom your point of view isnt it surviving when someone attacks you and u buy to ress on merch and instabuild stuff within few secs xd so i d say your half right.. cause that is survival with $$ guide to included, forgot to say that nevertheless noney rules this game, you liked it or not.. not to talk about constant relocates ppl use at higher game point.. to not stal anymore, money wins long term

@Old_Fella I think your inclusion of a "How to abuse Dark Matter" tutorial is a cynical derailment to a really positive project.

In the end, Dark Matter pays the bills and makes the profit for gameforge. Without a means of income, exactly how long do you feel like the company would last?

The only other alternative would be in-game advertising which I see would be a disaster. Can you imagine you're about to make a locked hit on a super-advanced HOF and all of a sudden a pop up ad for Viagra shows up on your screen? Talk about bad timing.

I think what @Mavericks is attempting to do is help keep a new player interested in the game so they don't quit before they really have gotten a good start.

We can all argue for a long bit about "this" cause and "that" cause being the reasons that Ogame servers aren't as full as they once were, but in the end, this is someone trying to do something positive about that issue and I applaud it.

I've always felt it's important to respect the players, like many of us reading this thread just now, that have been here for a decade...but without some fresh blood in the mix, it's going to get lonely in here.

But really, the existence of Dark Matter thing is a whole different thread.