Lorekeeper
And Pun-isher
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It has already been explained by both staff and players that there were far more variables than estates contributing to the slowdown, especially considering that the estate contribution was deliberately overcompensated for when reducing the war waves. We have taken note of these issues, discussed them at length with players here and on multiple Discord servers, and compiled feedback to improve the format. There are also no plans to have a competitive war until the necessary changes, such as (for example) having estates contribute equally to both competing sides, can be implemented. Other variables, such as elemental parity, balanced wave composition, and compensating for how halved power doesn't properly impact health or status potency, were already discussed along with potential solutions. The Tank Knight issue, having had a particularly bad impact on morale, is one we'll especially keep an eye out to avoid repeating it. As of estates, as the answer to every post about them is in the first page of the thread: quote:
Given how extensively this has been clarified across multiple channels of communication, I would like to put the recent changes in the plainest of terms: As a patchwork measure, estates can participate in the competitive war. Sending armies only results in one victory, as you just noticed, but you are still receiving the normal rewards as you would for the multiple waves. Functionality is not altered for non-competitive wars. The estates are still an advantage, but now one that can be matched more easily. Fully developed estates are not an overwhelmingly one that compromises the integrity of a competition by providing thousands of wins to one side at the start. We can't have them creating a foregone conclusion through an insurmountable early lead that encourages piling onto the inevitable victor. This specific execution is a stopgap measure. One of the various points of feedback that we simply didn't have time to implement before this war was to find a way to keep estates active without being unfair. A more thorough execution will have to wait for a future war, but I'm confident that you will enjoy it.
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