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single player game

cesnix

cesnix

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empire war is the most fun when there are a lot of players, this result in people only joining when their are already a lot of people online and most of the time the server is nearly or completely empty. i don't think its empty because nobody wants to play but because people don't join because its empty.
i think if we add a single player gamemode that is fun the suddenly people have a reason to go online when their are no other players and then server is no longer empty so more people will join and then the server is getting fuller so more people join and problem solved.

this single player mode could be something like a variant of a monster arena in lotr style ( i am sure this community can think of something epic)

TLDR:
add single player so that people can join when server is empty pls
 
My friend, I admire your commitment. To the server, to your peers and most of all, to the betterment of the community. I implore you to consider my admiration of you and your efforts when reading my following reply, and know it comes from a place of support rather than a place of hate.

I'll cut to the chase: a single player mode would defeat the point. Enabling people to play solo to any extent is the denial of mutality; the fights we endure, the victories and defeats we share are meaningful because we experience them together. To fight alone against faceless enemies may seem fun but know that a War fought alone is only meaningless violence. As an Empire we thrive or fall together, different yet united, and even if people were to play alone in any capacity they would not be playing the Empire War we know and love. For this server is at heart community-based, and will never be live or playable without its beating heart of a playerbase playing together. No, it will never be truly live unless it is live in the hearts of all its players.

So, you may ask, what now? Do we give up? Let this once-great server fade into nothingness? I put it to you my friend that as long as we are here for the server, holding it dear to us, it will never be gone.

Nobody online? They are online in their wishes. Server not up? It is live in our hearts and minds.

I believe it was Einstein who said "Yeah, is a p cool server i guess, dont sweat it too much". He was a great biologist but an even greater man and his words have never rung truer than now. For it is when times are hard and when we are tested that our faith bears the most fruit.

Thank you & goodnight.


lifedeather
 
The server used to have an RPG server at one point. Yea, nobody ever played it. It's buggy and as Steal said, it's hard to code.
 
lifedeather said:
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My, you brought a tear to my eye. How eloquent!

But on the topic at hand, this or something similar has been suggested many times, often in a single-player, or adventure, or PvE form. Three principle reasons why it won't be added.

1) Practicality. How would the transfer from single-player to siege work? What happens if two friends are playing, and one gets disconnected? Would the game end? Would they be forced into single player? What if someone were playing this single-player mode and someone else joined? Would they be insta-tped out? Would there be a timer? And what would this gamemode even entail?

2) Genre. We're a LOTR siege server. I fully agree people should be able to do more things in quiet hours *somehow*, but really we should preserve this element of multiplayer, LOTR siege as much as possible.

3) Too hard to code. Ok, maybe this is a bit of a joke. But on the serious side, the staff team and I have other priorities right now, and I can't see a time in the future where we have the time or motivation to add this.

So my verdict is, for now, no.
 
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