Truce time at x5

    What do you think about such an idea? 7

    1. I support. (2) 29%
    2. I support but have thoughts on how to improve it. Please write below in the comments. (0) 0%
    3. I do not support, because... Please write below in the comments. (5) 71%

    This is an idea for review by the team of developers on how to improve x5 servers in the future. You already conducted a survey and gathered feedback at the forum about this, but I would like to suggest one more issue on how to adapt servers (especially fun, like Halloween) to x5 speed.


    I picked up this topic because extra challenges on x5 change attitude of players to the server. What do I mean? Example.


    I'm playing on the Treat server now, and it's 3rd day. I already have a problem with crop management. The issue that crop production is growing faster then granary, and I will repeat this is only 3rd day with low-level farms and a small number of villages, which I have to manage. Players should build not military infrastructure, but granaries, which is the wasting time. Moreover, that is limited by place in a village. My granary is filling for 4 hours. So I have to wake up in the middle of the sleep and use gold for NPCing.

    As I said these unneeded and useless challenges change the opinion of players to the server. How many people are ready to wake up? So such server becoming only "for fun", and players do not build serious plans for such servers. I'm interested in how it expressed in the amount of gold per player, which was bought at 5x servers... I suppose the amount is lower than at other servers. Players would not be involved deeply in-game if they cannot manage their accounts effectively.


    But this thing is already under discussion and I hope the resource management system will be modified at x5 servers. Another challenge in troops management. Here villages could be destroyed by catapults attacks in a few hours because troops move very fast. So a typical player without a huge amount of def in his village can be surprised that his village was destroyed when he slept (even if he/she will . sleep not longer 4 hours, it is enough for destruction). Again that such a challenge that is not manageable by the player. People can not be online 24/7. They will have to use some bots, find a sitter or dual (only a few people at the server have duals), or relax and do not put huge efforts in such an uncontrolled server.


    I think that decision for x5 servers in "night truce". But not night actually. I suggest implementing one mechanic, which called "truce time". So this an option, which players can use to determine the time when they fall into the "truce mode". I mean that "truce mode" is the same as now "night truce". As with any other option, this should have rules. For example:


    1. Player has to determine 8 (or other relevant numbers of hours) during the day when he is in truce mode.

    2. The determination of truce time is necessarily going during the intro quest.

    3. Leaders (kings and dukes) can not fall into "truce mode". If the player was governor and got a crown his "truce mode" will not activate more. But if the crown was taken off, that truce mode will be activated according to the schedule, chosen at the registration.

    4a. Players can split truce time into 2 periods.

    5a. One of them should be no shorter than 7 hours.

    or

    4b. Truce time can not be split.


    I will explain why these rules.
    1. 8 hours is a typical time for sleep for humans. But different players play from different timezone. For some people, it is convenient to sleep during the daylight time, or they live in different from Europe timezones.
    2. Determination of truce time should be done at the registration, as people choose a part of the world and role.
    Of course, other options like people can have a right to choose truce time or not choose, and this option can work as a vacation. If the player decided not to use the truce time, because he want to get advantages and agree with the risks, that's OK. But if he will select to activate truce time, it will take 1-2 days for activation and be active until the end of the game. I wouldn't say I like such a scenario because players with 1-2 duals/sitters will have extra advantages in the game.
    3. Story with leaders the same as for "vacation mode." If the player became responsible for kingdom treasuries, he should understand that he got not only advantages but limits also.
    4. Splitting the truce time is an exciting topic for discussion. On the one hand, it is logical that many people need a few hours in the day to do their duties. I suppose that players will choose time for sleep (up to 7 hours) and left 1-2 hours in the middle of the day for lunch or work.
    But if the game permits to split truce time hour by hour during the day, it creates a field for abuse.

    Other mechanics is the same as for night truce mode.

    If you are in truce mode you should not be able to move troops and troops moving at that time will freeze for truce duration.

    Big op's get harder with this as how do you know what everyones truce times are?? onlyway to check is try attacking them to find their truce time.



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    8 hours in 5x server is like 40h in normal server if you can't cope with that, why would you play x5x server that is too fast for you?

    Hi ApT,


    thank you for your suggestion.


    I know sometimes it's not easy to play on a 5x server. It's very quick, you have to be very active if you want to reach a good result. As you said a sitter or a dual could be very helpful.


    The problem I see is the same as Tiitana wrote: If each account have different truce times it's impossible to plan anything. For example if a kingdom is planning an attack on the enemy kingdom, they have not only to check the truce time of the targets, they have as well to think about the truce time of their own members. That makes it very difficult.