Comments on: Travian Plus, have you any gold, buying the end game http://www.makethisgame.com/travian-plus-have-you-any-gold-buying-the-end-game/ Encouraging new game ideas that take advantage of todays technologies Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:27:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Administrator http://www.makethisgame.com/travian-plus-have-you-any-gold-buying-the-end-game/#comment-46565 Administrator Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:05:28 +0000 http://www.makethisgame.com/travian-plus-have-you-any-gold-buying-the-end-game/#comment-46565 I'm seeing the travian "Golf Effect" is also in effect on Server 6 at the minute. Your are absolutly correct regarding the reward....there is NONE! You can pour gold into a travian account and you get no advantages or edge for the next server if you win the previous one. You get pride, I hope its worth it ;) I’m seeing the travian “Golf Effect” is also in effect on Server 6 at the minute. Your are absolutly correct regarding the reward….there is NONE!

You can pour gold into a travian account and you get no advantages or edge for the next server if you win the previous one. You get pride, I hope its worth it ;)

]]> By: Jesse http://www.makethisgame.com/travian-plus-have-you-any-gold-buying-the-end-game/#comment-45845 Jesse Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:56:32 +0000 http://www.makethisgame.com/travian-plus-have-you-any-gold-buying-the-end-game/#comment-45845 Shame on the developers? You're right, the people that spend so much of their time creating, maintaining, and moderating this FREE game world should not have the right to gain profits from it. I would much rather be overwhelmed with banner ads as soon as I log into my account. Be serious, the employees of Travian have created a product that is 1) quite popular, 2) well-known, and 3) fun, as most people that have played it will tell you. They deserve any money that players are willing to give them. As a purchaser of gold myself (spending about US$5 every couple months), I can tell you that it's not a huge advantage. Rolling a Roman over a Teuton could give you a lot more advantages than a 25% increase in resource production (which, by the way, would cost about $6 a month, one hour worked at minimum wage, to maintain). Back to the original topic, I agree that it's a shame some people are willing to go to such lengths as "GF" to win the server, especially since there are really no tangible rewards to doing so. To be honest, if they want to work that hard to cheat and "win" the server and get such a reputation as they seem to have, then let them. After all, it is just a game. Shame on the developers? You’re right, the people that spend so much of their time creating, maintaining, and moderating this FREE game world should not have the right to gain profits from it. I would much rather be overwhelmed with banner ads as soon as I log into my account. Be serious, the employees of Travian have created a product that is 1) quite popular, 2) well-known, and 3) fun, as most people that have played it will tell you. They deserve any money that players are willing to give them. As a purchaser of gold myself (spending about US$5 every couple months), I can tell you that it’s not a huge advantage. Rolling a Roman over a Teuton could give you a lot more advantages than a 25% increase in resource production (which, by the way, would cost about $6 a month, one hour worked at minimum wage, to maintain).

Back to the original topic, I agree that it’s a shame some people are willing to go to such lengths as “GF” to win the server, especially since there are really no tangible rewards to doing so. To be honest, if they want to work that hard to cheat and “win” the server and get such a reputation as they seem to have, then let them. After all, it is just a game.

]]> By: Administrator http://www.makethisgame.com/travian-plus-have-you-any-gold-buying-the-end-game/#comment-40518 Administrator Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:12:47 +0000 http://www.makethisgame.com/travian-plus-have-you-any-gold-buying-the-end-game/#comment-40518 Thanks for the comment Nick, however I would not argree that time at a computer and gold can be seen as "edges" in the same light. Firstly, I completely agree that the game favours users who can cover as much time as possible online. That said players who have little internet access during the day can organise sitters to cover their downtime. This will limit logging on to find your villages in ruins. As for Gold, I recently was involved on an attack on a village that was "propped up" using gold. The guy would re-build his building as quick as I could cata them to the ground. So the game became a case of my cata speed vs his speed to enter his credit card details. You see my point about gold? I think the extras should be stripped out, with gold just giving you access to the plus account. Its quite obviously a ploy to extract more money from the travian masses (shame on the developers) Thanks for the comment Nick, however I would not argree that time at a computer and gold can be seen as “edges” in the same light.

Firstly, I completely agree that the game favours users who can cover as much time as possible online. That said players who have little internet access during the day can organise sitters to cover their downtime. This will limit logging on to find your villages in ruins.

As for Gold, I recently was involved on an attack on a village that was “propped up” using gold. The guy would re-build his building as quick as I could cata them to the ground. So the game became a case of my cata speed vs his speed to enter his credit card details. You see my point about gold? I think the extras should be stripped out, with gold just giving you access to the plus account. Its quite obviously a ploy to extract more money from the travian masses (shame on the developers)

]]> By: Nick http://www.makethisgame.com/travian-plus-have-you-any-gold-buying-the-end-game/#comment-40186 Nick Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:00:17 +0000 http://www.makethisgame.com/travian-plus-have-you-any-gold-buying-the-end-game/#comment-40186 I disagree, travian is a complex game and there is more than one way to "skin a cat." gold offersseveral advantages but it's not as if you can just buy limitless resources or buildings. I think the developers have devised a way for players to get an edge witout making it ridiculous. I mean the game already favors the player who works at a computer all day and has limitless access at night as well. This is construed as "unfair " by some players who can only afford ten minutes a day, so how is gold any different? As I said, Travian is a very complicated game where tactical smarts, diplomatic skills, luck, time and money all come into play. Thanks for the article, I found it well written and thought provoking... nick I disagree, travian is a complex game and there is more than one way to “skin a cat.” gold offersseveral advantages but it’s not as if you can just buy limitless resources or buildings. I think the developers have devised a way for players to get an edge witout making it ridiculous. I mean the game already favors the player who works at a computer all day and has limitless access at night as well. This is construed as “unfair ” by some players who can only afford ten minutes a day, so how is gold any different? As I said, Travian is a very complicated game where tactical smarts, diplomatic skills, luck, time and money all come into play. Thanks for the article, I found it well written and thought provoking… nick

]]> By: MiG http://www.makethisgame.com/travian-plus-have-you-any-gold-buying-the-end-game/#comment-33919 MiG Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:09:59 +0000 http://www.makethisgame.com/travian-plus-have-you-any-gold-buying-the-end-game/#comment-33919 this is great game butt i don`t know where i can download cheats this is great game butt i don`t know where i can download cheats

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