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We've made a tool that let us "alter" the game.

@fiki574you forgot >???

Yea, we kinda have new features already.
- Resizeable chat windows
- Quests and achievements
- New loot list
- Upgrades are now buyable with Gold instead of Tokens
- Tokens, Elements of X, Tomes removed
More is to come once we hit Open Beta or any future iteration which is more stable than this one and doesn't require an account reset.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profit_(economics)

>TeamViewer
>Profit
That's what I do.

I can't understand how can you miss a sticky announcement that's 100% stretched to the width of your browser.
I can't understand how can you miss the biggest colored message in that thread which solves this question from start.
I'm confused, please explain.

Hey. I like this idea generally, however somehow dislike the manual upload process. In the recent months, Kubik and Blank finished our own server-sided replay generator that behaves exactly the same as the client one does. I'll see what can be done with this, maybe we can create an API that will allow you to query the generated replays and upload them automatically to the website. However, don't take this as a promise, just as a possibility in the future, if (of course) we agree upon this internally. If not, you'll have to resort to manual uploads and player submission, just like you originally thought of.

This "full fldeged studio" was responsible to make the content for the game (models, textures, animations, audio, maps, scripting etc.). And even then, one studio never fully commits its entire crew to just one game. Even-more, towards the end of the game, this "full fledged studio" boiled down to one guy: "The Black One". TBO was no designer, he was a programmer and had other priorities than balance.
Nonetheless, I think the balancing in Battleforge was noticeably improved over time. Virtually every Lost Soul card was broken on release (Lost Shade, Grigori Bombs, Lost Vigil + Ice Barrier and even Lost Reavers were nerfed) and a lot of toxic combinations were fixed towards the end. Again, balance is an iterative process that takes time to refine over time.
You are fortunate if you got a single guy dedicated to balance because. Game devs usually change from one project to another and because they are expensive, they are usually not employed on balance for a long time. The problematic aspect is that proper balance takes so much time, as you can only fix one aspect of the game at a time.
Your hypothesis that a non-studio developer cannot fix the balance also doesn't hold because it is not uncommon in the RTS genre to have community created balance patches. Such modders don't require pay and put in their free time to come up with time intense tests and adjustments. And the chance is community members have a deeper understanding of the game's meta because they have been playing it for years.
Balance is not rocket science, it's a craft that takes precision and insight to get right. You are doomed to fail if you don't know exactly what you are doing. Chances are that you are making everything worse if you randomly tweak numbers. And compared to games like Starcraft, Battleforge has really easy mechanics that usually allow for good counterplay in terms of faction design. Effectively, the game only has several core cards that most of the game resolves around, along with some good and situational cards.
I repeat, you are doomed to fail if you tinker around without having a methodological approach. You might wonder why I know? I've been working on balance patches, and my own current mod project is all about balancing atm. I've added content over a long time, but only when you got a stable amount of content you can iterative and improve the balance of the game.

Lmao, if you think we're doing something malicious, don't use our executables/game and you've solved the problem.

Ayy lmao.

Ayy lmao.

You bumped a 10 months old thread only to express your aggressive opinion.
We're not forcing anyone to play on our servers, if you are unsatisfied you can simply leave. We run the game the way we think it will be the most enjoyable for all players, and I'm sorry if you think otherwise. Don't be so entitled, we owe nothing to no one.

There is a reason why booster ratios aren't buffed. We're trying to simulate Open Beta economy as close as possible because we certainly don't want to end up screwing the entire market over. In the end, all rewards and gains are boosted by 244% (according to MrX, and if I recall correctly). However, your point is good too, I'll propose this for discussion.

I would close all of those wailing threads. I have enough of reading about people crying about problems in the stress phase.

Hi guys,  
Love the game always have.  So grateful you have got this up and running.
However,  Please concentrate on the crashes from the server.  Driving me nuts.  Having a LOVE HATE relationship with the game.
Can't even almost get a map done with out being kicked out.
I know it's a beta and being stressed tested, and as I said, so grateful as I thought I would never play this again.
Guess I'm just wishing you the best and keep on keeping on.  This is not a complaint!  Just a wish that it would stop crashing so much, and I know you'll get there in the end
All the best,
WolvenX

Well, it would be great if people could search and read and not create duplicate threads but okay.

Well, it would be great if people could search and read and not create duplicate threads but okay.

No, he wasn't left with millions of gold, it was a simple client bug, his gold was normal on the server and he couldn't spend it even if he wanted to.

Do you really think this is a good thread to spam your problems with? No, it isn't. There are specific sections for these issues which are, by the way, known and reported. No need for every other post to shove those pictures to our faces.

This is just friendly advice - uninstall AVG completely, it slowed down each of my PCs and laptops I ever had, I've switched to IOBit Malware Fighter in the Advanced SystemCare program package by IOBit, it's great.

Yes please, previous 10 topics were not sufficient, create some more before searching or reading #announcements-dev at Discord. Maybe if you post this bug 20 times, something changes.

This is just friendly advice - uninstall AVG completely, it slowed down each of my PCs and laptops I ever had, I've switched to IOBit Malware Fighter in the Advanced SystemCare program package by IOBit, it's great.

Sorry we didn't meet your expectations with STRESS TEST, but the servers are getting improved every day. We don't force anyone to try to get in and waste their oh-so-precious time, you could also just wait a week or two until the STRESS period passes by and until stuff is more stable.

Jes, veri sed