NandoCruise
New member
Hello PAdventures community,
I decided to post my thoughts on few matters that have been going through my head lately.
1.- Just so you get the background. Diglett's level of evolution was changed from 30 to level 50. I noticed this change today in the morning. There is already a Meme here: http://www.padventures.org/forum/showthread.php?39801-Players-memes&p=363374&viewfull=1#post363374
and in that same Thread Huberto gave his opinion on why this change (Diglett):
This is exactly what Darken explains in this video about "How to make money" here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqHYEUBuIh0
In this video it's said that you can make up to 800 HD for 2 digletts every 8 days (Dugtrio used to be 500 HD, now 200HD). That's 3.2k~ A MONTH. I haven't personally done this, ever. But there might be people who actually do it and it is a good way they help themselves. I am NOT asking to return Diglett to the way it was, but I want to emphasise that this type of changes are what make people to quit playing.
2.- What I also think make people to quit playing or to get very frustrated (like my case), is the way some Staff members ignore us, Players (on forum). I personally don't know how Staff members are organised, but what I have seen so far is that there are "teams", like Rebalance Team for instance. It's incredible the amount of Threads that have NO answer whatsoever, but there are other recently-posted Threads that Staff members answer. Why is that?.
Furthermore, I have seen so many great and well-justified suggestions on Pokemon skills here: http://www.padventures.org/forum/showthread.php?36573-Pokemon-Skills but the ONLY change that has been applied was Dark Portal to Dusknoir about 2 weeks ago. I know Staff will say "we are busy with Alola update", but we can see that, for example, members of Staff in charge of Rebalancing Pokemons or Skills are actually online playing. Besides... if you had time to change Diglett's Evolution lvl and Dugtrio too, why can't you add the abilities that people are suggesting? or at least say "yes, we will do it but we are busy" , "we have to analyse(or discuss) this suggestion/change" or "no, rejected". Don't get me wrong, I am not saying Staff should answer the same day or the next day that the Thread was posted, but when it's been WEEKS I believe we deserve an answer.
3.- @About Platinum. I have been playing here since February, which means 3 months now. I have been questioning myself: Why do people prefer playing in Diamond, which is way harder. Simple: People get bored in Platinum. In my guild, for instance, lots of players have retired mostly because they find the server boring. But, Why do people get bored in Platinum? There are obviously several factors, but I will mention the ones I believe in.
a) There is no interaction between Staff Members and Platinum as there is between Staff Members and Diamond. I have seen how Raissa, Jano (on Pecunia), Zelricks and Hohenheim, among others, interact with Players in Diamond. They even duel with Diamond players. I even remember one time I randomly logged in to Diamond and there was this raid of Manaphy in PvP with traps and volcanoes that where killing people and I remember Raissa making fun of people. I personally killed myself a couple of times and was having a good time in Diamond and I though to myself "Well, if there is a Raid here that means there will be a raid in Platinum as well, I am going to wait for Diamond to kill Manaphy to log in to Platinum". Manaphy was defeated... and there was NO Raid in Platinum at all.
Also, this other occasion where Hohenheim made a Pool Party in Pvp in Diamond. Still, NO Pool Party in Platinum.
(I guess most friends (if not all) of Staff members play in Diamond, but that shouldn't mean that all fun things should be in Diamond)
b) Ironically, Platinum is supposed to be the server where Staff members test things; but, for instance, in Diamond all new pokemons are tested by Sting. In these past three months I haven't seen ANY new pokemon in Platinum. Not Alolan nor other pokes at all.
When I moved to Platinum I thought I would be the happiest with the increased rates, but this game is not all about lvling up your character or pokemon, it's also about interaction with other players. In Diamond, you can actually stay in PvP to chat and/or have fun watching Duels. Platinum's pvp is a desert. Check this screenshots taken exactly 5 min ago:
Diamond:
Platinum:
I am only pointing out what I think influence in the amount of players of the game. If people ask me what is there to be done to improve the game, I would say I don't know because I don't have the whole picture. These 3 points of view I have just wrote are just that... my points of view.
Yes, there is a little bit of myself complaining... but hopefully members of Staff will take this as constructive criticism and will not ignore my suggestions for ever.
I really like this game and I felt the need of posting this to help members of Staff understand why people stop playing.
If YOU, PAd player, agree with my points of view please post something or "thank" my post so we all can know we share the same feelings.
I decided to post my thoughts on few matters that have been going through my head lately.
1.- Just so you get the background. Diglett's level of evolution was changed from 30 to level 50. I noticed this change today in the morning. There is already a Meme here: http://www.padventures.org/forum/showthread.php?39801-Players-memes&p=363374&viewfull=1#post363374
and in that same Thread Huberto gave his opinion on why this change (Diglett):
It just got changed probably because:
1. Catch Diglett
2. Give to Kate
3. Few days later take it back (lvl 30, paying few HDs)
4. Evolve and sell for 200 HD
5. Profit
No easy things in this game :d
This is exactly what Darken explains in this video about "How to make money" here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqHYEUBuIh0
In this video it's said that you can make up to 800 HD for 2 digletts every 8 days (Dugtrio used to be 500 HD, now 200HD). That's 3.2k~ A MONTH. I haven't personally done this, ever. But there might be people who actually do it and it is a good way they help themselves. I am NOT asking to return Diglett to the way it was, but I want to emphasise that this type of changes are what make people to quit playing.
2.- What I also think make people to quit playing or to get very frustrated (like my case), is the way some Staff members ignore us, Players (on forum). I personally don't know how Staff members are organised, but what I have seen so far is that there are "teams", like Rebalance Team for instance. It's incredible the amount of Threads that have NO answer whatsoever, but there are other recently-posted Threads that Staff members answer. Why is that?.
Furthermore, I have seen so many great and well-justified suggestions on Pokemon skills here: http://www.padventures.org/forum/showthread.php?36573-Pokemon-Skills but the ONLY change that has been applied was Dark Portal to Dusknoir about 2 weeks ago. I know Staff will say "we are busy with Alola update", but we can see that, for example, members of Staff in charge of Rebalancing Pokemons or Skills are actually online playing. Besides... if you had time to change Diglett's Evolution lvl and Dugtrio too, why can't you add the abilities that people are suggesting? or at least say "yes, we will do it but we are busy" , "we have to analyse(or discuss) this suggestion/change" or "no, rejected". Don't get me wrong, I am not saying Staff should answer the same day or the next day that the Thread was posted, but when it's been WEEKS I believe we deserve an answer.
3.- @About Platinum. I have been playing here since February, which means 3 months now. I have been questioning myself: Why do people prefer playing in Diamond, which is way harder. Simple: People get bored in Platinum. In my guild, for instance, lots of players have retired mostly because they find the server boring. But, Why do people get bored in Platinum? There are obviously several factors, but I will mention the ones I believe in.
a) There is no interaction between Staff Members and Platinum as there is between Staff Members and Diamond. I have seen how Raissa, Jano (on Pecunia), Zelricks and Hohenheim, among others, interact with Players in Diamond. They even duel with Diamond players. I even remember one time I randomly logged in to Diamond and there was this raid of Manaphy in PvP with traps and volcanoes that where killing people and I remember Raissa making fun of people. I personally killed myself a couple of times and was having a good time in Diamond and I though to myself "Well, if there is a Raid here that means there will be a raid in Platinum as well, I am going to wait for Diamond to kill Manaphy to log in to Platinum". Manaphy was defeated... and there was NO Raid in Platinum at all.
Also, this other occasion where Hohenheim made a Pool Party in Pvp in Diamond. Still, NO Pool Party in Platinum.
(I guess most friends (if not all) of Staff members play in Diamond, but that shouldn't mean that all fun things should be in Diamond)
b) Ironically, Platinum is supposed to be the server where Staff members test things; but, for instance, in Diamond all new pokemons are tested by Sting. In these past three months I haven't seen ANY new pokemon in Platinum. Not Alolan nor other pokes at all.
When I moved to Platinum I thought I would be the happiest with the increased rates, but this game is not all about lvling up your character or pokemon, it's also about interaction with other players. In Diamond, you can actually stay in PvP to chat and/or have fun watching Duels. Platinum's pvp is a desert. Check this screenshots taken exactly 5 min ago:
Diamond:
Platinum:
I am only pointing out what I think influence in the amount of players of the game. If people ask me what is there to be done to improve the game, I would say I don't know because I don't have the whole picture. These 3 points of view I have just wrote are just that... my points of view.
Yes, there is a little bit of myself complaining... but hopefully members of Staff will take this as constructive criticism and will not ignore my suggestions for ever.
I really like this game and I felt the need of posting this to help members of Staff understand why people stop playing.
If YOU, PAd player, agree with my points of view please post something or "thank" my post so we all can know we share the same feelings.