(02-14-2022, 05:19 PM)Duane Wrote: All of my excursions into Hazeron have ended at the pointy end of The Syndicate's spear while I was offline.
They're literally the reason the game won't ever take off.
I don't see how Syndicate can be the sole reason.
Syndicate as it once was hasn't actually played Hazeron is a long time, most of them left sone time after The Box which was a long time ago now. I know for a fact more Syndicate players are active on the forum than there are Syndicate players who want to play nowadays. They have simply gone off to play other games.
The end of the 5th universe clearly showed that even a one-man empire like Weltreich can hold the universe in an iron fist. All it takes is time, dedication and no competition.
But all this just proves that war in Hazeron is too fast and mostly happens while people are offline. Even the war between Rome and French Empire show it was mostly just capture worlds while enemy is offline, re-capture what was captured, then the enemy repeats it once they are online and you aren't.
Conquest of cities and territory kinda got even faster with the new-style cities, since they can be destroyed right away without any capture mechanic. Which is why it has been an interesting topic to discuss in the idea section of the forum over the last few weeks. Of course, like with most things, the community can't quite agree on what would be best.
See: (Idea thread) Conquest of Solar Systems
Haxus is also working on some solutions with the new noncombatant mechanic which will be interesting to see how that plays out.
(02-14-2022, 05:19 PM)Duane Wrote: Not only is the future of Hazeron still uncertain to the point that a monthly payment is actually suicidal, why would I play a game that I have to share with someone who thinks like this?
Everyone has voiced their concerns about pay-to-play monthly fee, and Haxus has yet to actually comment on it. We are waiting to hear what Haxus actually think about alternatives, but even so it can always change later if it doesn't work out.
I didn't see anything in outrageous in part you quoted, so please keep it civilized.