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Duna:
Obvious, we can also add graphic here. And i see alot of graphic we can add.
As for IRC - i saw IRC link at travian:)
And i dont see any pushing to solo servers in this thread.
Actually, i tryed to recruite few resets ago - alot of ppl joining (most of them are like "i played 10 years ago and want try again"), but the game is hostile to them.
And again. The main idea is not to improve the game itself, but improve attitude.
I can change a bit question. Pick any game you know for more than 5 years. And ask "would this game be so popular if it would do nothing for 5 years?". No game can be popular if it do nothing.
It isn't just little pictures for stuff it is the entire way we interact with the game. Travian has an interactive world, we don't. I am not saying I would prefer that, but I believe to bring in fresh players in mass it likely is a requirement.
I agree the attitude of the entire game has created an environment where a truly new player wouldn't feel welcome, we are dinosaurs. We aren't going to have a community like we did in 2k. We have to accept that what brought us to this game 10+ years ago isn't going to bring new players now.
Actually a perfect example is WoW, they make regular updates for better or worse and have even done a pretty massive reboot with Cataclysm. Yet they still are leaking subscriptions like a sieve. Without completely changing fundamental concepts of the game they will never see 11million players again. They will probably never see positive growth beyond the first month of an expansion again actually.