[TTH] The Plato Foundation
Day 3,541, 05:52
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by Franklin Stone
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Introducing Plato's Foundation
My suggestions are directed to Plato and his new boss Stilfront Group. Simply complete the updates to the following two updates, eRepublik Cities Update and New Industry and Aircraft Battles. Both of these updates held great potential and have yet to be completed.
Anti cheating software. One of the biggest reasons this game went to seed is the fact Plato and eRep Labs would do nothing about the cheating and the game went from 40K+ American citizens to 1600 American citizens today. Install any of the these anti-cheating software packages: nProtect GameGuard, PunkBuster, Valve Anti-Cheat. Doing this simple update would eliminate those currently cheating and any potential future cheaters.
Once those three things are accomplished then Stilfront Group needs to encourage a BABY BOOM. Plato needs to advertise this game -using press releases- through every major worldwide news outlet. Until eRepublik gets NEW citizens any programs to help the community are going to fail.
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FN links to the eRepublik site are considered Malicious?
Those software options you mentioned are for games installed and run locally.
You really shouldn't make suggestions in areas where you are wholly ignorant.
I understand that but you obviously don't understand what I am suggesting....
You suggested a series of software solutions which solve nothing. That's what you suggested. The text is right there for anyone with two eyes to read.
Good ideas?
1. bring back factory discounts.
2. introduce perception training grounds (as was promised)
3. finish residence module and Governorship (to give everyone an important role)
4. bring back prize for congress (because it is no longer a reward in and of itself)
5. Set presidential term limits (as in real life to give everyone a go at it)
6. introduce weekly missions (with different and varied prizes for either doing a certain amount of damage or accomplishing a random goal)
um. I got 5 gold for being elected to congress....
when was this? did they bring it back?
It was never removed?
You just don't get the 5 gold IF there is a dictator in place.
6. or monthly missions
congressmen get nothing under a Dictator. without the dictator all things are back to normal.
Factory discounts and perception training will entrench current players in a position of advantage relative to anyone who joins "tomorrow".
They're as bad a pair of ideas as the current land battle system.
not bad for the player that wants to entrench himself like me... or the players that are just starting that i would like to give some of that money to... try telling them not to have rich friends.
it only benefits the players that are currently entrenched such as yourself (not to introduce it) that dont want more competition.
lol! Thanks for thinking I'm entrenched. I have under 100 BH medals and will be D3 by the end of the month. My strength is and will always remain, no matter what I do, around 120k behind the top players. It's a frustrating experience that I would not wish on anyone. Including n00bs. That you would choose to entrench your advantage at the expense of new entrants speaks volumes about your character.
If you're referring to my income generating assets as "an entrenched position" then that's because I did the maths early on and made a set of decisions that have led me to this point. I have written about it extensively in the past - everything I have done could have been done by anyone else. It is still a route you can no take, if you're prepared to do the hard work as well as listen.
Of course having rich friends is helpful. This is an axiom that holds true through all of human history.
While I think you misunderstand the software part, I totally agree with the finishing what you started part. This is like fan fiction levels of promising something then delaying it. Hopefully Plato begins to do things and finish the game.
I can't help but laugh at someone who got caught cheating multiple times calling for anti-cheating measures and not even bothering to research how that actually works.
Aren't the best game keepers former poachers?
Obviously not in this case, based on the suggestions he put forth being completely and utterly useless for stopping cheating in eRep.
I'm glad you have in depth knowledge of how people cheat in this game. Perhaps you can use that knowledge to propose some more effective solutions to the Plato Foundation?
It's easy to criticise the work of others. Put something of your own on the table instead.
I know enough to know that the softwares he listed are for installed games, not browser games.
Barring the blocking of VPN and proxy connections, there aren't really many ways to prevent multis.
...and yet not one single suggestion from you.
O7
Since our two esteemed detractors, Pfeiffer Period and dmjohston, can't seem to figure out what I mean by my software suggestions let me make it very plain...to save this game you must fundamentally change this game. Yes, I am suggesting that this game can not, will not survive as a browser game. Yes, I am suggesting this game needs to block VPN and IP connections.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/07/11/steam-bans-40000-cheaters-in-one-day
Steam and Valve just recently banned 40K paying cheaters. iRacing banned 100 paying players worldwide yesterday for intentionally causing wrecks. Stilfront Group paid a fair chunk of change for eRepublik and I am pretty sure they wish to make that investment back. I and I am pretty sure most still playing would be willing to pay a small fee to continue playing but not if cheaters are not removed.