Reduction of the number of empires to 2.

[Cashich]

There is no market for the yellow flag. The yellow flag is finished. Therefore the yellow flag and the red flag should merge. There is no need for three empires anymore. The number of empires should permanently be 2. This way the battles will be even more fun.

 

[IDemonI]

I dont feel like this is the way. WoM always had 3+ big guilds, and you cant really place them in the same kingdom, i feel like team is already thinking about something to balance the kingdoms (even tho every server meets the blue domination) but not this. (And i hope not a marketing map also. Maybe a bonus to make it worth moving to red and yellow, like 50 dc, 25% bonus xp for a month and whatever, im pretty sure they aldready got a plan. Anyway for those that dont know, blue kingdom already got a nerf, 5% tax for selling items at npc's instead lf the other kingdom's 3%, making starting at blue a little bit harder anyway

 

[otrivine]

kingdom merges always end badly. there is no good example of this and it shows that the server is in decline. it shortens the life of the server. the new village map created when merging two kingdoms damages the originality of the game.
it may be possible if the server is opened with 2 kingdoms, but I dont think merging later will be positive.

and some people like to play in kingdoms with fewer players. if a player is not happy being in that kingdom, he should move to other kingdoms.

besides, oppressing players who play in the blue kingdom in order to encourage players to play in a kingdom other than the blue kingdom is not a solution either. it breaks the players desire to play the game.

 

[r1r2r3]

imo all that needs to be done is to have a Teleport option (even if more expensive than the regular teleport), to the center of each city. this way people won't be pressured to create new chars to put their shops in blue or move to blue - they'll know they can reach map1 middle of other kingdoms in an instant to check shops.
in the long run, this might also make people move to red/blue or start there from the get-go, knowing the market activity is minimal, due to mentioned Teleport function.

Of course, this would need to be "advertised" properly to players - and not something they happen to find out later.

 

[Cashich]

we have to think about a player who is just starting the game. when he starts on the yellow flag he will directly exit the game. because he will see very few players and markets. instead we can combine the yellow and red flag to put 2 more powerful empires against each other.

 

[Cashich]

At the moment there are a total of 10 markets in the yellow flag. do you think this can continue? In 2007 it was normal to have 3 empires because there were too many players. now there is no need for 3 empires. 2 empires will be enough and the battles will be even more fun.

 

[AeroSpace]

I remember the old WoM had a singular map for trading, but as far as I remember it was always super crowded. - I don't think it's a healthy approach.

In my opinion, most of the blue kingdom players have chosen for blue because they want to maximise their chances of selling items in the market.
As some other fellow player explained above, i think part of the solution would be to keep the status quo, but enhance/ease the ability to travel from map1 to map1 from/to each of the three kingdoms. It could take the form of a ring (or any item) that can be crafted in-game (without much hassle), and let you teleport strictly to other kingdoms' map1 markets. It could be named 'Trader's ring' or 'Traveler's Scroll' or whatever.

 

[ThePlayer]

Anyway for those that dont know, blue kingdom already got a nerf, 5% tax for selling items at npc's instead lf the other kingdom's 3%, making starting at blue a little bit harder anyway

Does a complete new player, who opens the WoM2 client, knows about this nerf? Is that new player informed somehow BEFORE he chooses the kingdom?

And a possible solution that I would suggest instead of merging, is that when searching for an item through "Shop search", no matter in which map1 kingdom you are in, to show ALL the results from ALL three kingdoms (e.g. 10 results in Blue, 5 results in Red, 2 results in Yellow), This way, you can decide if you want to travel or not to other kingdoms (ofc, a Traveler's Ring would be very useful which keeps the "Arrow" above the shops still active in the other kingdoms too if possible)

 

[Cashich]

it will be healthier for the game to have 2 kingdoms in total. there is almost no market and players left in chunjo. it is like a dead kingdom. for this reason, 2 kingdoms with few players need to merge.

 

[IDemonI]

it will be healthier for the game to have 2 kingdoms in total. there is almost no market and players left in chunjo. it is like a dead kingdom. for this reason, 2 kingdoms with few players need to merge.

That cant be done bro. 3 good events would be ruined by this, and there is just no point in doing so. Rather bring johwna back as map1 for everyone, with different 2nd maps

 

[Cashich]

making a single map will make wom2 not a war game. 2 kingdoms makes more sense. This way kingdom wars can continue.

 

[Cashich]

The only thing to do is to inactivate one of the yellow or red kingdoms by voting and transfer players to the other kingdom for free and compulsorily.