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18th August 2009 - Mobilising Armies Polish Since the release of Mobilising Armies, we’ve been in-game and scanning the forums to see what has worked well and what hasn’t. As can be expected from a project of this complexity, some things didn’t quite pan out how we intended. So, we’ve made a few amendments that we hope will create a better gaming experience: The Conflict scenario has changed from 4-player to 2-player The idea of the Conflict scenario was for players to consider a variety of tactics and to really engage in an all-out battle to the death. There turned out to be one unwanted and dominant tactic, however: wait for the other teams to beat each other up, then join in later when you have the advantage. Although you could argue this was a legitimate tactic, we didn’t feel that doing nothing for a few minutes was any fun. We considered a great many options to fix this, but decided to change this scenario (and only this scenario) to make it 1 versus 1. Squad levels removed Mobilising Armies was built with five levels of squad that you could purchase as your Rank increased, which allowed larger amounts of reward credits. The issue with this was that it led to far too many waiting rooms (4 scenarios x 5 ranks = 20 rooms) and, with each room requiring 20 players, we needed 20 x 20 players for a game to start in each room. Even if games started more quickly, there would not be enough players available, so to simplify the waiting rooms, we have changed it so only one level of squad is available. If you previously had higher-level squads in your inventory or bank, you will find them gone and your credits reimbursed as investment credits. This will hopefully make it easier for people to experience all four scenarios. Waiting room system improved and five simultaneous games Twenty players are required for a game of Mobilising Armies to start, and, when a player doesn't get picked, they get an increased priority for the next game. Originally, only four out of those twenty players were picked to join a game at a time, but we improved this a little while back so that three games started at any one time. This was only a temporary fix, so five games will now start simultaneously, as soon as there are enough players. Selling reward items back When buying rewards, many players felt the best idea was to save up their reward points until they had increased their Rank and unlocked the best rewards, neglecting the earlier rewards. We want you to make use of the lower-level rewards, so you can now sell reward items back to the reward shops in the officers' tower for 100% of their initial cost. This should encourage you to buy the rewards as and when you can afford them, since you can upgrade them at no extra cost. The only exceptions to this are the resource locators and quest kits (which remain a partial trade-in), and spoils of war.

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We are now on a new server, enjoy.

Don't miss PW too much.

There will be downtime in around 7-8 hours, this will last approximately 30 minutes whilst we transfer over to a new server. After this we shouldn't experience any other problems as the new server will be more stable.

Wow, that's so **** =\

No one in Epidemic calls the shots, I call the shots and I am clanless. Enough said.

Clear Cache and Cookies.

Amazing job FF! You own. FIRST POST@@@@@@@@

myBB isn't safe. On topic, if you want secure forums, set a good password (www.goodpassword.com), don't accept .exe files from people, don't allow HTML on the forums, and it's unlikely you'll get "hacked".

Think of a better one then, there was a thread and a poll.

It did win, and that's the one we're using atm. Just haven't had the other banners re-made yet, as I don't have the PSD's. That slogan is on the Deflection skin, however.

PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, it's a server side scripting language which supports many databases, the main one being MySQL. PHP is widely used as it can be used on many operating systems. PHP can start in various ways. For example: <?php?> Or: <script language="php"></script> However, I always used the first and it's recommended. Basic Syntax In order to make PHP display something, the easiest thing is the Hello World tutorial. To do this, it's quite simple. You open PHP with <?php, simple enough? Then you Echo something for the script to display echo "Hello World"; Next, closed PHP. ?> Put it all together. <?phpecho "Hello World";?> Save it as index.php, well done you've used your first syntax. In order to use PHP in dynamic web pages, you'll need to know a few basic things. You will need to include HTML for the correct formatting. To include HTML, there are two main ways. For example: <?phpecho "<b>Hello World</d>";?> That will simple make the Hello World bold. This next way is my favourite way, it's easier and you can include more: <?php echo <<<HTML<b>Hello World</b>HTML;?> The next thing you need to know is how to include files. It's easier to include the HTML in to the files, from a main file. For example, index.php could have an include from main.php, main.php will have the HTML inside of it, so that if a link changes, you only need to change the main.php rather than each file separately. To include a file you can either use this: include 'main.php'; Or: require 'main.php'; Both codes do the exact same thing, however, with an include the script will continue to run if the file is not found. With a require, the script will generate a fatal error and will fail to continue. To be continued.

I've now changed it to only have one ladder, in response to feedback from the clan leaders. There's one ladder for F2P, one for P2P, you do not have to re-register as I've changed everything for you. If a high clan declares on a low clan, they will not be penalized for declining the war.

Voice quality on TS is perfect for me

He didn't flame, it was criticism, take it on the chin. However, you flamed him. I'd watch out what you post next.

I'll make up for it, I swear.

We didn't get it long ago, also there was like 10 people on earlier, so smd Phillip.

Sorry, but it was causing ****. Anyway, spam forum is yours

TS owns Vent

u suk

omggggggggggggggggggggggggg it's so huge!

No.

Which admin?

We give everyone a chance to speak, but if something is out of hand it will get closed. If the issue is resolved, it will get closed.