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  1. MrDanilov liked a post in a topic by RadicalX in I'm one of the PvP Players who left and tried to come back, here are my thoughts   
    First of all thanks for your feedback, agreeing on many of your thoughts here. 
     
    To give you some input on the current process as the major aspects you point out are being worked on:
    - We expect meta shifts with the bigger balancing patches, that will come soon: Pure Frost and Fire Frost design upgrades will go live next patch, Bandits might get an even bigger overhaul afterwards considering the process of devoloping new cards started recently
    - We will move towards to a seasonal system soon - cosmetic rewards are being worked on, we didn't fully decide on when and how to distribute them yet
    - We also currently are building a new set of free PvP decks, that will be adjusted due the amount of balancing changes we made up to this point (expect them to be ready with the next patch)
    - And on a sidenote: We nerfed Treespirits together with Phasetower & Mortar to prevent the exact type of oppressive gameplay you seem to be worried about 😄 
     
    Some other points like expanding the pool of free PvP decks didn't get discussed yet. I think it should be possible to adjust decks to personal needs within a rather short timeframe - still something I will keep in mind. Making entire color trees accessible won't happen in the near future though. Ladder updates and rank/acitivity distributions might be an important topic to discuss before the seasonal system starts, we might consider making some improvements here.
    Generally speaking we want to attract more players towards PvP again with fresh content and an optimized system so any feedback in that regard is always going to be appreciated! 
     
  2. MrDanilov liked a post in a topic by Majora in Fear of a slow death of a community   
    I totaly understand where your feelings come from, and the silence of the last few months have left their scars. But the fact the dev team is now hiring people to adress those very same issues is a good thing, and the only thing they can do right now. Yes, it would have been better if it happened earlier, but nothing that can be done about that.
    You say you couldnt care less about balancing, but most of the PvP scene was dead because people were waiting for those balance changes. The fact the team opened up positions like Community Ambassador and Event Manager are precicely to tackle the issues you mentioned. Sadly, it will take some time for them to get filled, but after that we should definitly see improvements in the very things you mentioned. 
    I guess what I am trying to say is: try to be patient a little bit longer, it looks like good things are about to come  
  3. MrDanilov liked a post in a topic by anonyme0273 in Fear of a slow death of a community   
    Hi, all you weird people who like me still visit the forum for some reason.
    I've come to share my first negative experience with the project and hope to bring more attention to what I believe matters most.
    Now we all are here for the game and its community (can't have one without the other for long). The game is almost the same as when we fell in love with it so many years ago. The community changed over the years since the establishment of this project until now - for the better in most cases, I'd say. There is still positivity everywhere I look and support has seemingly never been stronger, now that we can play to our hearts content. But is playing all I expected from this project? Not really.
    The game is (essentially) the same, you can tell me all about the changes to BFP, quests, balances... I think I know all of those. But the community, in my opinion, is at a standstill. Not because the hype is dead, that is not the case. But there is nothing official happening. We have a few amazing streamers and content creators and honestly praise be onto them, they keep this project fresh for me. Things are happening BY the community FOR the community, while the staff team hires more people to work on the game. Why is that not a good thing? More maps, more stable development, a clearer image of what the game can be - all those are great, but are all for nothing if the life of the game is stale with no official events, tournaments or something to look forward to by the staff.

    I brought this idea up in Discord without much reply, so I took it then privately to @Ladadoos, who ignored the content of the message because of the way it was worded - a rather shallow behavior. I admit, I lost my temper in how I addressed this, but I will not apologize because I firmly believe that map designers, discord moderators, and more developers are not necessary until the word gets out there to both existing and hopefully new players. We can have the best game, but with only ~1000 active players it won't be long until those numbers start to fall and sooner or later the hype dies with it. What we should be doing, in my opinion, is supporting the community, its content creators, the games public image, rather than the inner workings. I believe noone here can complain about the job done until now - impecable! The game works, we can play, trade, talk, strategize, get better, grind. But that won't last forever, unless the community has something more to look forward to - again, tournaments, events, official livestreams, contests of all kinds. I love this game and the community that grew over the years and don't want it to die just because the staff is busy growing itself and the game mechanics when the player numbers are what essentially matters long term.

    So yea, to be blunt and completely honest, in the last few weeks, I couldn't care less about rebalancing cards or hiring new staff and in my opinion @Toggy has done more for the game this year than any other actual staff member. Watching his tournaments and seeing the people root for their favorite deck, player, and generally enjoying the vibes is what I always looked forward to! I am so grateful we get to play the game, and I want it to stay a great place to go to, but not if it's at the cost of the people that came along with it.

    If you disagree with me, please, let me know. Maybe I am missing a big picture, some future amazing prospects and plans that elude me, but for now I stand firmly by my beliefs that if nothing changes, soon this game will be just that - another game, nothing special. And that would be the worst thing to happen after all this work.
  4. MrDanilov liked a post in a topic by SunWu in Wintertide Red: What were you guys thinking?   
    Except master archers and ice guardian
    So godsent that most topplayers didn't even consider using it
    No, witchclaw is inferior - useless ability, squad of two (half dmg once at a certain HP), only 2 can attack a well
     
     
    Edit: I'm gonna stop here now, at this point it's just you venting and being wrong most of the time (when it comes to facts and not opinion, totally respect you not liking the change, hate how you handle it)
  5. MrDanilov liked a post in a topic by SunWu in Wintertide Red: What were you guys thinking?   
    He thinks it's funny that you're complaining about a certain niche use not being available anymore and then turn around and say ,,I feel its problematic to balance things base on such niche situation''. You see the contradiction. And while killing XL units with S units and wintertide IS a niche situation, dread vs MAs in pvp is not, it's a standard scenario.
  6. MrDanilov liked a post in a topic by SunWu in Wintertide Red: What were you guys thinking?   
    It's really not that complicated:
    Frost is the strongest in close well situations. This has nothing to do with playstyle, meta or players adapting to mapping... Ice guardians are just really strong and in close well situations you actually get to use them. Fire and shadow really struggle cause they can't rely on their S sized M counters as usual, cause they get destroyed by master archers.
    So: big map bad for frost. Small map good. There's no adapting to that, it's been like that for years. One of the reasons frost was never really popular, a lot of players don't want to be that dependant on rng.
  7. MrDanilov liked a post in a topic by SunWu in Wintertide Red: What were you guys thinking?   
    You obviously didn't notice they reworked a lot of the maps so that frost now has much better chances of gaining mapcontrol / defending swift rushes.
  8. MrDanilov liked a post in a topic by RadicalX in Wintertide Red: What were you guys thinking?   
    The removal of Wintertide reflect damage opens up many ways of changing Frost towards better design as a PvP faction (map changes already helped here and you can expect more in the future). I can see that people consider the new Wintertide mechanic as uninteresting. But to give you an idea about our thought process and reasoning for this change: Essentially we temporarly "sacrifice" a really poorly designed PvP card with no playrates or strong usecases in PvE to make room for faction improvements and I personally think it pays off so far as the balance in PvP has improved on several aspects. 
    I am not opposed to the idea of making Wintertide more useful again by redesigning it towards the PvE side at some point, but that decision is up to the PvE faction designers as they also need to set their priorities when it comes down to impactful changes (there already are plans, that are going to affect Frost T1). 
    If you have any ideas to submit, feel free to share them in the forums or go to the balancing discord and discuss them in the respective channel. Just keep in mind, that we have no intentions of keeping that card as a core option in PvP decks right now (If you want to receive a more detailed reasoning for that decision from the PvP side, feel free to ask).
     
  9. MrDanilov liked a post in a topic by Eirias in My old ReplayAnalyzer Tool   
    Adding this to the new player guides
  10. MrDanilov liked a post in a topic by dreaddy in My old ReplayAnalyzer Tool   
    I think I get almost everything out of the replaydata that I can. Some subevents are missing, ill fix that as soon as I have some time.
    Energy used is something that can be calculated from the units, spells, obrs and wells played.

    But for the other values the biggest problem is, there is no event when things get destroyed.
    If a unit dies, a well is killed or someone has lost the game. So without simulating the whole game (which is ... unrealistic ) there is no way to get that out of the replay.

    And help is always appreciated, but I honestly think that I don't want to expand that kind of deprectated >10 year old Java Code myself ;).
    I'll expand the php library and the page when I have the time. But at the moment I have some other things to do.
    But feel free to download the code and improve it.
     
  11. MrDanilov liked a post in a topic by dreaddy in My old ReplayAnalyzer Tool   
    Hi,
    back in 2009 I made a ReplayAnalyzertool with a friend.
    Just found it (still looking for the sourcecode, i'll share should I find it again).

    It features playerinfos(deck, apm etc. ), a replay browser, a basic replay function outside of skylords and the possibility to rename your replays (on buttonpress or automatically) from autosave to something that will be kept and includes maps/playername.

    have fun:
    http://torsten-lueders.de/replayanalyzer/skylords_replay_analyzer.zip 
    ( You will need a Java runtime for the tool and it still misses the maps and cards of "newest" Edition (Lost Units etc.) that will be displayed as unknown card. )

    The falso also includes a command line tool (/parser) to get jsondata (orbs, played cards, winner, apm etc. ) from replays.
    Used it on my webserver for a replay database and on a battleforge turney page to detect the winner(bfleague.com).
    Works on Linux and Windows but you need a (v)server with commandline for it so you can install java and execute the command line.
    Feel free to use it.


  12. MrDanilov liked a post in a topic by RatQing in My old ReplayAnalyzer Tool   
    i just stumbled onto you'r replay analyser... i think it's quite cool. Is there the potential to get more data out of the replay? (like energy used, total energy lost from defeated units, total energy lost from defeated wells, total energy available etc). Are there even plans on extending the site?
     I do have coding experience in C, Java, a little C#, a little PHP, HTML, CSS (Bootstrap and plain), Javascript (Vue.js Library), and Microsoft SQL if you want any help
     
  13. MrDanilov liked a post in a topic by Toggy in The Skylords Open #10 25.07.21   
    Hello fellow Skyladies and Skylords!
     
    Another 1on1 tournament, who will take the title this time?
     
    Format?
    The tournament will be played as a 1on1 best of 3 double elimination tournament, grand finals will be best of 5, no reset. The grand finalist coming from the winnerbracket will start with  a win (1-0) already.
     
    Prize Pool! (subject to change)
    1st place  - 4 Booster packs
    2nd place - 3 Booster packs
    3rd place - 2 Booster pack
    4th -8th place  - 1 Booster pack
    Big thanks to the devs who sponsor the booster packs!
     
    Bounty: Beat radicalX in a set to gain 3 extra boosters.
     
     
    When?
    On 25.07.21  starting on 3pm CET (Berlin time), the stream will start about 30 minutes in advance.
     
    Organisation?
    The tournament brackets will be on Challonge, so register and join the tournament there. Please use your in game account name to make communication and finding your enemy easier.
    The streaming channel that will be covering the tournament is DasToggy on twitch.tv.
    In case of problems contact me or one of my mods via Discord, Battleforge or on twitch.
     
    Twitch mods: LynnTaki
     
     
    Rules! (read this)
    -Disconnection during a game results in a default loss. If both sides agree it is possible to have a remake.
    -Not showing up to your match after 15 minutes results in a default loss. The plan is to play a round of matches every ~30 mins.
    -After your match, go to Challonge and insert the result. That is done by clicking on your match and selecting the winner/stats . The brackets will be updated automatically.
    -The Map Pool is: 1st round: Haladur, 2nd round: Simai, 3rd: Elyon, 4th: Lajesh, 5th: Uro and 6th: Yrmia (same pool as in ranked duel). The first match of the round will be played on the fixed map, then it is losers choice.  The winning player (who won the previous match in this bo3) also has to lock in his deck first.
    -The brackets for the tournament will be shuffled before the tournament starts.
    -Use your Battleforge name for the tournament. If your Challonge account differs from your Battleforge account name use the "Sign up with an alternate name" feature or change your name for the tournament in the settings. Finding your opponent will be a LOT easier this way.
     
     
    Reply in this thread if you have questions, I will check it out later.
     
     
    Best regards,
    Toggy
  14. MrDanilov liked a post in a topic by Toggy in The Skylords Open #9 11.07.21   
    Hello fellow Skyladies and Skylords!
     
    Another 1on1 tournament, who will take the title this time?
     
    Format?
    The tournament will be played as a 1on1 best of 3 double elimination tournament, grand finals will be best of 5, no reset. The grand finalist coming from the winnerbracket will start with  a win (1-0) already.
     
    Prize Pool! (subject to change)
    1st place  - 4 Booster packs
    2nd place - 3 Booster packs
    3rd place - 2 Booster pack
    4th - 8th place  - 1 Booster pack
    +200 BFP for every participant
    + a Juggernaut for ranks 1-8
    Big thanks to the devs who sponsor the booster packs!
     
     
    When?
    On 11.07.21  starting on 3pm CET (Berlin time), the stream will start about 30 minutes in advance.
     
    Organisation?
    The tournament brackets will be on Challonge, so register and join the tournament there. Please use your in game account name to make communication and finding your enemy easier.
    The streaming channel that will be covering the tournament is DasToggy on twitch.tv.
    In case of problems contact me or one of my mods via Discord, Battleforge or on twitch.
     
    Twitch mods: LynnTaki
     
     
    Rules! (read this)
    -Disconnection during a game results in a default loss. If both sides agree it is possible to have a remake.
    -Not showing up to your match after 15 minutes results in a default loss. The plan is to play a round of matches every ~30 mins.
    -After your match, go to Challonge and insert the result. That is done by clicking on your match and selecting the winner/stats . The brackets will be updated automatically.
    -The Map Pool is: 1st round: Haladur, 2nd round: Simai, 3rd: Elyon, 4th: Lajesh, 5th: Uro and 6th: Yrmia (same pool as in ranked duel). The first match of the round will be played on the fixed map, then it is losers choice.  The winning player (who won the previous match in this bo3) also has to lock in his deck first.
    -The brackets for the tournament will be shuffled before the tournament starts.
    -Use your Battleforge name for the tournament. If your Challonge account differs from your Battleforge account name use the "Sign up with an alternate name" feature or change your name for the tournament in the settings. Finding your opponent will be a LOT easier this way.
     
     
    Reply in this thread if you have questions, I will check it out later.
     
     
    Best regards,
    Toggy
  15. MrDanilov liked a post in a topic by Rankerz in The Skylords Open#2 30.01.21   
    Saturday and 3 PM thats a good improvement
     
  16. MrDanilov liked a post in a topic by Toggy in The Skylords Open#2 30.01.21   
    THIS IS A COMMUNITY-DRIVEN TOURNAMENT. WE ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE SR-TEAM.
     
    Hello fellow Skyladies and Skylords!
     
    We had one Skylords Open yes, but what about the second Skylords Open? Now you know about second Skylords Open!
     
    Format?
    The tournament will be played as a best of 3 double elimination tournament, grand finals will be best of 5, no reset.
     
    Prize Pool!
    1st place  - 20€ + promo Juggernaut
    2nd place - 15€
    3rd place - 10€
    4th place - 5€
    Special prize: Beat RadicalX in a best of 3 and you get 8 booster.
     
    Big thanks to Nachtwolf for the € sponsoring!
    Big thanks to NewGuy for the promo Juggernaut and the 8 boosters!
    Prizes will be distributed via PayPal.
     
    When?
    On 30.01.21  starting on 3pm CET (Berlin time), the stream will start about 30 minutes in advance.
     
    Organisation?
    The tournament brackets will be on Challonge, so register and join the tournament there. Please use your in game account name to make communication and finding your enemy easier.
    The streaming channel that will be covering the tournament is DasToggy on twitch.tv.
    In case of problems contact me or one of my mods via Discord, Battleforge or in the stream.
     
    Twitch mods: LynnTaki, TheFatherJack
     
     
     
    Rules!
    -No bugabuse, cheating or insulting the other players. Penalties may vary from a warning to default loss.
    -Disconnection during a game results in a default loss. If both sides agree it is possible to have a remake.
    -Not showing up to your match after 15 minutes results in a default loss. The plan is to play a round of matches every ~30 mins.
    -After your match, go to Challonge and insert the result. That is done by clicking on your match and selecting the winner/stats . The brackets will be updated automatically.
    -The Map Pool is:
    1st round: Haladur, 2nd round: Simai, 3rd round: Wazhai, 4th: Elyon, 5th: Lajesh, 6th: Uro and 7th: Yrmia (same pool as in ranked duel). The first match of the round will be played on the fixed map, then it is losers choice.  The winning player (who won the last match in this bo3) also has to lock in his deck first.
    -The brackets for the tournament will be shuffled before the tournament starts.
    -Use your Battleforge name for the tournament. If your Challonge account differs from your Battleforge account name use the "Sign up with an alternate name" feature or change your name for the tournament in the settings. Finding your opponent will be a LOT easier this way.
     
     
     
    Reply in this thread if you have questions, I will check it out later.
     
     
    Best regards,
    Toggy
  17. MrDanilov liked a post in a topic by Toggy in Skylords Rookies #1 17.01.21   
    Hello new Skylords!
     
    The first tournament was fought out and we have a champion. But who might become the first squire? All the newer players may gather to show off their freshly gained skills! Veteran Skylords step aside, it is time for the new recruits to put up a show.
     
    Format?
    The tournament will be a best of three single elimination tournament. Should a lot of participants register again the format might be changed to best of one again.
    The access to the tournament will be restricted, only players who...
    ...are not part of the top 40
    ...have a w/l ratio of below 60%
    ...feel like they are rookies
    are allowed to enter the tournament. I will recheck some of the entries personally.
    If you have doubt wether you are allowed into the tournament either ask me via discord or ingame.
     
     
    Prize Pool! (stay tuned)
    1st place  - 1200 BFP
    2nd place - 800 BFP
    3rd-4th place - 550 BFP
    5th-8th place - 350 BFP
    And one free Boosterpack for everyone participating!
    Big thanks to the devs who sponsor the ENTIRE prizepool again!
     
     
    When?
    On 17.01.21  starting on 2pm CET (Berlin time), the stream will start about 30 minutes in advance.
     
     
    Organisation?
    The tournament brackets will be on Challonge, so register and join the tournament there. Use your in game account name to make communication and finding your opponent easier.
    The streaming channel that will be covering the tournament is DasToggy on twitch.tv.
    In case of problems contact me or one of my mods via Discord, Battleforge or in the stream.
     
    Twitch mods: Karlmann90, Lynntaki, TheFatherJack
    ingame: Karlo
     
     
     
    Rules!
    -No bugabuse, cheating or insulting the other players. Penalties may vary from a warning to default loss.
    -Disconnection during a game results in a default loss. If both sides agree it is possible to have a remake.
    -Not showing up to your match after 15 minutes results in a default loss. The plan is to play a round of matches every ~30 mins.
    -After your match, go to Challonge and insert the result. That is done by clicking on your match and selecting the winner/stats . The brackets will be updated automatically.
    -The Map Pool is:
    1st round: Haladur, 2nd round: Simai, 3rd round: Wazhai, 4th: Elyon, 5th: Lajesh, 6th: Uro and 7th: Yrmia (same pool as in ranked duel). The first match of the round will be played on the fixed map, then it is losers choice.  The winning player (who won the last match in this bo3) also has to lock in his deck first.
    -The brackets for the tournament will be shuffled before the tournament starts.
    -Use your account name for the tournament. If your Challonge account differs from your Battleforge account name use the "Sign up with an alternate name" feature or change your name for the tournament in the settings. Finding your opponent will be a LOT easier this way. If you do not register for the tournament with your Battleforge name we cannot find you for the prizes!
     
    Reply in this thread if you have questions, I will check it out later. Also recheck this thread before the tournament starts, there might be changes to rules, format,mods or prizepool.
     
     
    Best regards,
    Toggy
  18. MrDanilov liked a post in a topic by Eirias in BattleForge Discord Servers (List)   
    As far as I'm aware, there isn't a list of the BattleForge Discord servers (If there is, I guess the mods can lock this one and pin that one  )
     
    Please let me know if I missed any, and I'll add them here.
    Skylords Reborn: This is the main discord server, run by official moderaters from the Skylords Reborn team. Here you can find announcments, development updates, links to the test server, and general chat rooms. Skylords Reborn Balance Changes: This is an official discord, used for discussing balance changes. You can't participate in most channels unless you are voted as a "community representative," but you can read the discussion, offer thoughts in a general channel, or PM a representative with your suggestion. Skylords Tutors and Apprentices: This was originally for PvP tutoring, but has evolved to a place where anyone can ask for help (but most members are PvP players). I don't think it's an official discord, but @Ultrakool is still one of the moderators Skylords Reborn Creator's Guild: This is an unofficial discord. This is a discord for content creators to come together and help each other. If you are interested in growing the largest BattleForge youtube channel, this is the community to join. Skylords Map Community:This is an unofficial discord, for map creators! Skylords Reborn PvP: This is an unoffical discord for PvP matchmaking, set up by @felkin Allegedly there's a Russian discord server as well, for helping translate the game for Russians that don't speak another language. I don't have a link to that one though.... Please let me know if I missed any other unoffical discords! (I'm guessing there's a speedrun discord somewhere I don't know about?). If you make a BattleForge related discord in the future, you can also write a post here and I'll add it to the main list.
  19. MrDanilov liked a post in a topic by kuwahara in kobold trick in pvp is too trong   
    another no ,maybe lost souls are a bit more powerfull but nature and frost t1 have huge disandvantages against other colors.
    its very very risky to "balance" cards in this game ,better keep it as it was few years ago than make it worse.
  20. MrDanilov liked a post in a topic by werty in kobold trick in pvp is too trong   
    nope its not, try to fight a couple firedancers behind the wall with stonekin.
     
  21. MrDanilov liked a post in a topic by nofearek9 in kobold trick in pvp is too trong   
    and how you expect to counter pure fire and pure shadow attacks ?
    frost and stonekin decks have weak attack ,because you lost a game in pvp doesnt mean we must change a card.
  22. MrDanilov liked a post in a topic by Zyna in Rule updates and permaban policy revision   
    Greetings Skylords, Skyladies, and Skyfolks,
    with each day we're moving closer and closer to the long awaited release!
    In lights of that, we decided to revise our zero-tolerance policy for multi-accounting and cheating. If you broke the rules against 'Cheating' or 'Multi-Accounting' during the open stress test, you might have had the pleasure to experience our zero-tolerance policy! Every Skylord who broke the aforementioned rules was given a permanent lifetime ban. Meaning they were not allowed to play the game at all anymore.
    Moving forward, we have decided to be a little less strict in that regard. From now on we'll not be handing out permanent lifetime bans anymore on first offense. Instead, players who break these rules will receive a progression reset and temporary ban on their first offense, and then a lifetime ban on any futher offenses. A progression reset means that all your Experience, BFP, Gold, Cards, Upgrades, etc. will be reset.
    Additionally, we have decided to give a all of the players who tested their luck and managed to get themselves permanently banned during the open stress test a final chance. You will no longer be living in the shadows of the forge - you will be allowed to play again, but beware! This is your last and final chance, so please make sure to follow our rules, otherwise you might find yourself in Batariel's grasp again!
    You will be able to ask for a second chance on our discord by contacting the SR Staff Mail! Please make sure to include your forum name and the reason why you were banned. If you think you were rude towards anyone in the moderation team in the past: also feel free to include an apology.

    Best regards, Zyna.
  23. MrDanilov liked a post in a topic by luckilyvz in We have a release date: December 18, 2020!   
    OMG i miss shaman and nomad this was one of the first games ive ever played and sad to see it down on year 2013 and every month i would check if it ever comes back and they announce that a skylord team was remaking on facebook nearly 4-5 years ago and many people complained that its never coming back but i had hope every month i continue to check until now its finally annouced! so stoked this will be my main game for a long long time.
  24. MrDanilov liked a post in a topic by Baziszta75 in We have a release date: December 18, 2020!   
    Guys just found out this few days ago, as i looked for “battleforge” cause i remembered how amazing this game was when it came out and me young and fresh trying on xp in that time, incouldnt continue. And after years, (now) i found that some awesome people actually bringing it back! 
    long story short
    all the respect for the devs, and thank you for bringing back this masterpiece, and a small-piece of childhood! 

    thank you!
    Ps.: keep up the good work, and why not to expand this? New maps, cards? Just askin.
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