State of the Game

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The following is the results of a survey conducted March 2019. 17 Surveys were submitted with no requirement for answering every question.


1) What are your top 3 favorite things about the game? Ranked.



These are ordered by decreasing frequency of occurrence, the number indicating the number of people who mentioned the item. Community/friends and WoT theme being the most frequently mentioned.



7 Friends/Community

3 for friends, 4 for community

  - The people

  - The camaraderie

6 WoT theme

  - Including WoT themed items/gear

5 Clan Building/Running

5 City Building

  - Including shop building

3 The Last Battle

3 Classes

  - Classes and weapons

2 RP

  - Well organized, non op characters

2 MMO format

2 Clan Battles

2 Dueling



Single mentions:

Story

Fun

Titles

Strategy

Contested cities: Not just CBs but accumulating Ji and seeing the results

Mobile Play

Simplicity of Play

Learning what works best

Friendly Competition

Fun and Fair Gameplay

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2) What are the top 3 things you think we need to try to fix about the game? Ranked



I grouped these a little bit as some were difficult to determine if they belonged under the same title so wanted similar ideas together.



3 Clan Hopping

  - Mid clan battle, unbalanced

3 Last Battle/Clan battles unbalanced

  - Participation is too strong and active participation should be a stronger component

  - Support should only be allowed to half of what the main clan gets

  - Clan Battles not weighting levels of players fighting

2 Clan Alliances Size

  - Need for balance

  - Mega alliances

2 Alt use/abuse

  - The way they are used go against their understanding of the official rules

  - "Inactive/Active" accounts

The ability to switch supports and declare a clan battle on yourself

Ji Farming

Support swaps of estates, unbalanced

Enforcement of CB Rules



2 Game Designer

  - Need someone working on mechanics and authorizing others to make changes

  - Game Mechanics we cannot fix

A clear list of who is currently in charge of which aspects of the game for new people

Lack of Game Mod



3 More features for clans/clan battles

  - More options for clan, greater optimization of clans

  - Lack of more things for clans to do together

2 Lack of Active Players

2 RP in game

  - Lack of ability to rp in game

  - More in depth correlation of rp to game

Ability to see alignment of players

Trading System: Not much place for traders and crafters in the game limiting the usefulness of stalls

Better Mobile Version such as small buttons

Maxes out too early

More Group Activities in Game

Level of Competition: Lose likelihood of being on any leader boards if you miss days

Better dice game

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3) What are the top 3 things you like in the wider community (anything that is in discord, forum, wiki, fb group)? Ranked



7 RP

  - That players embrace their characters bio and play like that

  - Responses cover both those that enjoy writing rp and those who enjoy reading/seeing it

5 Discord

  - Ability to chat with real players

  - Quicker response time of gathering clan members for quicker action in game

  - Allows easier and quicker access to other players (see negative notes)

  - RP channels for those who rp

3 Wiki

  - Information is helpful

2 Wheel of Time

  - Conversations about the series

  - Memes

2 Friends

2 Helpful information

  - Everyone being willing to help when learning to play

2 Chronicles of the Ages

2 Positive side of the community

  - Generally people have great manners

Organization of forums/discord

No intentional spoiling of the books

Clan channels on discord

Day to day chat on discord (as opposed to game related)

Diverse group of people

FB Group

Everyone having each other’s backs no matter how big the enemy.

Forum

Friendly Banter

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4) What are the top 3 things you think ought to be fixed/addressed in the wider community (anything that is in discord, forum, wiki, fb group)? Ranked



Keeping toxic people out

People getting more involved in the community (joining discord)

Wiki changes: simplify and streamline the wiki information but keep the specifics there for advanced players

One discord server instead of three

In game Tel could use improvement

An active mod

2 Leadership

  - Clear idea of who is in charge of what

  - Solid leader base

  - Discord mods and separately, recognized experts on certain topics by the community

2 More activity on FB group and forum

FB group is dead

Less bickering

Sometimes hard to get a word in edgewise with the rate of discord chat

Too many strong emotions on discord

2 Not getting personal about in game things

Trash talk should be moderated

Discord Mods should be voted on by the majority of players

Better utilization of Discord in relation to the game

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5) On a scale of 1 to 5, how would you like to see rules addressed in the game?

1 No rules,

2 Less rules,

3 Maintain official rules from the wiki,

4 Limited additional clarifying rules,

5 Many additional rules to adjust game play



1-        0 votes

2-        1 vote

3-        6 votes

3 or 4- 1 vote

4-        6 votes

4 or 5- 1 vote

5-        0 votes



Notes found with the votes in certain categories:

3- Fine with how the rules are but can see moving one step in either direction

    Maintain rules due to limited ability to enact most changes with Tim stepping away

4- An agreed upon list of " moral guidelines "

    Better guidelines agreed upon democratically

    Additional because of CB issues with alts

    No vote- Less rules in some areas and more in others

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6) Currently, as in this age, where do you think our focus should be on a scale of 1 to 5?

1 New player/growth focus only

2 More focus on getting new players/growth

3 Balance both

4 More focus on retention/stabilization

5 Retention/stabilization only focus



1- 1 vote

2- 2 votes

3- 5 votes

4- 8 votes

5- 1 vote

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7) Long term, where do you think our focus should be on a scale of 1 to 5?

1 New player/growth focus only

2 More focus on getting new players/growth

3 Balance both

4 More focus on retention/stabilization

5 Retention/stabilization only focus"



1- 2 votes

2- 2 votes

3- 11 votes

4- 1 vote

5- 0 votes



Note:

No vote- the long term focus of the community needs to be on finding a new developer for the game

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So.... with this... any thoughts or themes people see that should be addressed?