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Eggles87
12-21-2008, 06:29 PM
Dear Ubisoft,

I have been an avid player of endwar since the game came out and I must say that I absolutely LOVE it. Unfortunately, I am writing in regards to an issue that is affecting multipls factions in varying ways. This is the attack from nowhere rule in TOW.

Simply using Reagan seabase as an example, the attack from nowhere rule is making it extremely frustrating for players of both the EEFC and the JSF. It is as some of you may know, currently a stale mate due to no progress in either direction. The EEFC players keep trying to take the territory, and are unfortunately repaid by having their squads consistently beaten and countless units killed. However, despite the consistent winning at the seabase for the JSF, they are not allowed to counterattack, for example, Glen Albyn, which is the source of the european attack, or Wilstermarsch, which they could easily do from Copenhagen, which the JSF had held for several turns without using it at all.

Thus, since reagan has been a great place for the JSF newcomers to build up their forces since their winning percentage is so high, not to mention a fun place for the JSF AND the EEFC to play, it has consistently been the JSF primary front. However, since it is considered an attack from nowhere, there is no forward progress ANYWHERE for the JSF, and the best they can do is attempt to hold on to the territories they have, and then slowly lose them, which is what the JSF has been doing now for the majority of war 2.

I am speaking as someone not representing any faction, because while this rule is certainly frustrating for the JSF, it also affects the ability of the Europeans to have a shot of making a better offensive in the northern US or at least to have the JSF come to eruopean territory and have their units killed for a change.

Ubisoft, you guys have done a wonderful job making corrections from war 1 to war 2 in order to make the playing more fair and fun for everyone. Please, PLEASE continue to provide excellent service to your players by getting rid of the attack from nowhere rule so that there can be an end to the stalemate in the northern US and a chance for the JSF to gain a territory.

Eggles87
12-21-2008, 06:29 PM
Dear Ubisoft,

I have been an avid player of endwar since the game came out and I must say that I absolutely LOVE it. Unfortunately, I am writing in regards to an issue that is affecting multipls factions in varying ways. This is the attack from nowhere rule in TOW.

Simply using Reagan seabase as an example, the attack from nowhere rule is making it extremely frustrating for players of both the EEFC and the JSF. It is as some of you may know, currently a stale mate due to no progress in either direction. The EEFC players keep trying to take the territory, and are unfortunately repaid by having their squads consistently beaten and countless units killed. However, despite the consistent winning at the seabase for the JSF, they are not allowed to counterattack, for example, Glen Albyn, which is the source of the european attack, or Wilstermarsch, which they could easily do from Copenhagen, which the JSF had held for several turns without using it at all.

Thus, since reagan has been a great place for the JSF newcomers to build up their forces since their winning percentage is so high, not to mention a fun place for the JSF AND the EEFC to play, it has consistently been the JSF primary front. However, since it is considered an attack from nowhere, there is no forward progress ANYWHERE for the JSF, and the best they can do is attempt to hold on to the territories they have, and then slowly lose them, which is what the JSF has been doing now for the majority of war 2.

I am speaking as someone not representing any faction, because while this rule is certainly frustrating for the JSF, it also affects the ability of the Europeans to have a shot of making a better offensive in the northern US or at least to have the JSF come to eruopean territory and have their units killed for a change.

Ubisoft, you guys have done a wonderful job making corrections from war 1 to war 2 in order to make the playing more fair and fun for everyone. Please, PLEASE continue to provide excellent service to your players by getting rid of the attack from nowhere rule so that there can be an end to the stalemate in the northern US and a chance for the JSF to gain a territory.

xenocidic
12-21-2008, 06:38 PM
agreed - well said.

Exzeebo
12-21-2008, 07:06 PM
I am Exzeebo, and I approve this message.

TheBMT
12-21-2008, 09:12 PM
is there a way to send this to a dev? Or at least a community rep to pass it along? Basically many JSF play at reagen... making it our PF... which is counter to any push we could make in the south. Since Reagen is being attacked from nowhere it is a pointless turn. That for some reason is happening over and over even with a HUGE win spread.

Donos2
12-21-2008, 10:20 PM
Well written, but please don't double post your threads, that's spam.

prmetme2
12-21-2008, 10:41 PM
I say we all should copy and paste this thread in a pm to a mod and DEMAND that it gets sent to the devs. We should also send emails to ubi soft and actually letters and carrier pigeons to them.

Eggles87
12-21-2008, 10:48 PM
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Donos2:
Well written, but please don't double post your threads, that's spam. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yeah. Actually one of those was in the general discussion board, but the mods must have moved it to this one. Sorry about that though.

Eggles87
12-22-2008, 12:42 PM
bump

Raide
12-22-2008, 12:54 PM
Despite being so close to Christmas, suggestions and ideas for the ToW mode have been passed on to the Development team.

Ubisoft has never done an MMO style game before, so it was of no surprise that things would have to be constantly looked at and tweaked.

Apollo457
12-22-2008, 11:45 PM
Seriously...? Of all the suggestions you forward this one? is it because he asked so nicely?

Sure its a good idea, and yes I understand that the game will constantly need tweaking for some time, but I really don't think that this is the biggest problem facing the game as a whole right now...

prmetme2
12-23-2008, 09:22 AM
I'm glad a Moderator replied to this post and said something was done. It would be great in the future if a Moderator would sticky a post that they have forward to the Devs so people will stop reposting the same stuff over and over again.

Apollo457
12-23-2008, 11:27 AM
I agree, that way we would know our suggestions have at least been taken into consideration...