Subj : FIgured out why Kingdoms is a dead game
To   : calcmandan
From : Shurato
Date : Thu May 29 2025 19:03:00


 ca> I joined the Kingdoms rpg a few months back and  have been playing daily
 ca> this last month or so. On the surface it seems like a deep game but was
 ca> wondering why the playerbase is so small - at least compared to LORD - the
 ca> baseline, minimal no frills rpg.

 ca> Well, I made the realization why.

 ca> 1. Buggy. Armor makes no damned bit of difference. Either low level  armor
 ca> to the highest offered in the game, the mobs hit with the same damage and
 ca> just as often. I sold my armor, and seemed to have equal success.

 ca> 2. Buggy. On death, it lists 4 daily charges of heals. Each charge is
 ca> 10HP. If you choose 1, you get a 10hp heal but it counts as 2. A
 ca> third death ends the game. If you choose 2 charges, it counts as
 ca> four. A second death ends the game. A user should afford four deaths
 ca> per day but gives two at most. The dumbness of this bug is
 ca> Microsoft-level. This is slightly above Apple-level fuckery.

 ca> 3. Buggy. I bought a castle in a foreign land. I, therefore, should
 ca> own two castles. No evidence of it in my character sheet. That gold is
 ca> gone for good.

 ca> 4. Buggy. I bought land to grow food for soldiers. The land was
 ca> purchased and, nada. It disappeared. 0 land deeds owned. Starving soldiers
 ca> defect.

 ca> 5. Buggy. At higher levels, dozens and dozens of defense points
 ca> yields zero effect on survivability with high level mobs. They hit with
 ca> the same frequency and with the same damage. With the increasing cost of
 ca> defense points, there is no conceivable benefit like it does at lower
 ca> levels.

 ca> 6. Ill conceived healing system. Potions are the only device for heals
 ca> during combat. A potion heals for 10hp and may only be used once per
 ca> turn. If the enemy hits for 200hp, a 10hp heal is about as worthless
 ca> as tits on a steer.

 ca> 6a. Since investment in armor and defense is worthless, the gold reward is
 ca> negated when spending it on heals after every battle.

 ca> 7. Ill conceived weapon system. No stats are provided on weapon types. The
 ca> only indication of weapon improvement is cost. I sold my near-capped
 ca> weapon and the difference in damage output was barely noticeable.
 ca> Weaponlness attack = 34 damage on average. With weapon = 37 on
 ca> average, It's an ingame scam like armor and land ownerhip and castle
 ca> ownership and, well, fucking everything it seems.

 ca> It's a pre-alpha game that the devs abandoned decades ago. No wonder the
 ca> userbase is nonexistent. Not playable. It could be a great game if it were
 ca> completed.

 ca> I'm mad at myself for sustaining this game on a daily basis as long as I
 ca> did. Sometimes I don't learn.

 ca> My gripe session is over. I invite anyone to invade my castle and take my
 ca> puny gold. You'll likely override my 280 defense points like the mobs do.

 ca> That is all

I didn't realize it was that buggy.  I'm in X League in it, though I haven't
played it a lot.  Perhaps you'd get more enjoyment in a league, dunno.

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