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i feel that there are some things missing in the game. i tried to post some of the suggestions i have in the forum, but go no response. so i've decided to publish this article.
i have a few suggestions, small improvements that could make the game much more user-friendly.
i'll start with the first one =]
1. LAST TIME A CITIZEN HAD LOGGED IN
not once i've invited new people to the game (as you can see, i have a Society Builder medal). the problem is, from about 30 people, only 10 actually continued to play.
my suggestion is simple: the last time a citizen had logged in should appear in his/her profile.
for example:
(i know there are some contradictions in that picture...for example, chuck norris obviously owns all of the 15 kinds of medals in this game.
ChentoX has decided to try and fix some of them. you can see his work too)
this could make it MUCH easier to follow the new citizens you've invited and see if they're still active. instead of trying to see if they had worked today, or some other kind of investigation, you could simply look at the last time they had logged in.
2. FIX THE LATEST ATTACKERS\ DEFENDERS DAMAGE SHOWN IN A BATTLE
i'll explain:
let's say you're hunting for a BH, or just spectating a batlle in its last minutes. you wanna know if a strong person starts to attack, and you gotta know it quickly.
with the new update, the damage of citizens that used bersek is shown as one attack, instead of 5.
this means, that you can't know, from the first look, if the person has just made 5k damage is an elite fighter who could drastically change the face of the battle, or just a beginner that used the bersek option, which shouldn't be a problem to you.
i'm not talking about situations like this one:
because no one strikes 19k or 14k at one attack, this is obviously someone who had used the bersek option.
i'm talking about this kind of situations:
of course, you can just enter their profile and check their strength, but every second at the ending of a battle is precious, you can't waste time on that.
therefore i suggest either to change it back, or to add a small sign for bersek hits. i mean, right where it says the damage that the latest attacker or defender had done, add a small sign at the bottm/top left/right corner of the square with the player's avatar.
3. A LIST OF YOUR DONATIONS
just like it is with messages, you should be able to see the donations you sent and received. and by donations, i mean donations between players. a list of donations to the country national treasure is also an option, but not as urgent as this one, in my opinion. there are a couple of advantages to the existence of this list that i can think about:
I. can be used as a proof of scam.
II. will simply be nice to see what you spent and when.
i know this one is a little bit more complicated than the others, but i'm sure it will help a lot. besides, there is an option to see the donations received via the notification page, but there isn't an option to categorize the notification which makes it a little bit hard to search for donations only.
4. TWO OTHER IDEAS
these ideas are not mine. but i decided to publish them too because i think they're wonderful and they were ignored (and also because these ideas are simple and therefore belong to this article)
i am sorry, but there won't be credits. i don't remember who were the first to publish these ideas.
I. add a "fire" button to the workers' productivity page (only to the company owner, of course)/
II. add an "edit" button next to the price on your monetary or product market offer.
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i've also collected a few of the reasons you should vote to this article and subscribe to my newspaper.
1. i've put a lot of effort writing this article.
2. i've put a lot of effort editing that Chuck Norris image.
3. it won't hurt you, and it will help me =]
4. TIS (hehe, just kidding, no political opinions involved in this article)
5. this is the first wednesday of 2012! in this special occasion, please sub.
5. it's free! why not then?
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