| Author | Revert com server to pre merge discussion (who supports?) |
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After the merge, lots of com players were bullied and quit the game.
The game used to be thriving with players worldwide, all speaking english and having fun.
After the merge, there were lots of bullying from the russian server, where if u spoke english or had an english bio, they would target u in free for all first, or throw the battle. Also a lot of them use the N word and insult others or other derogatory terms to insult foreigners as such. This made a lot of players quit the game due to lack of support. Many com players also started turning on one another and started becoming racist as well towards their own community, this created a snowball effect which made even more players quit.
Has seen this happen many times, even in 2024, had many russian players go AFK in CG after i spoke english, where they would say "ahhh foreigner idiot, going for a beer now goodbye" or such
Com server used to be lots of fun with many group battles and duels and forums were active, today it is dead due to the constant bullying and harassment. Admins should unmerge the servers and let com server thrive again tbh.
Who else is with me? Lets unmerge the servers and compete against ourselves once again and all the old players will come back quickly |
I've never felt bullied (though cannot comment on other people's experiences), so one of the main reasons cited I cannot say feels required. After all it is only in direct mails that I would get anything.
I do not think however there is the player base to support an unmerge. |
for Lord MilesTeg:
Brother u are a good man, but look at the complaints forum and many discussed being bullied.
I am looking at a recent thread
https://www.lordswm.com/forum_messages.php?tid=3003602
Russians ganging up to bully this player because he is non russian and then he got a fined
Almost every battle in CG i would say 1 out of 3 times is a bad experience due to russian teammates, i have been called the N word, dirty foreigner, all sort of slurs and some even went afk to *masturbate* etc.
I have almost given up trying to report all these russians who escape with a 1000g fine while we get punished with huge fines |
Also big reasons players left was after the merge, sure we did not have many events and such but there were lots of players engaging in the forum and in group battles etc
Everyone was having fun and making new friends, the game now seems to be a grind for me and the only excitement i get is via pvp and events.
nobody cares about making friends, chatting via pm, and all these other stuff anymore.
I would say 90% of player base quit shortly after merge after being bullied big time
I remember after the merge, joining a one for all and was instantly laughed at and taken out "lets get his head and kill this foreigner" |
for kchong:
Your account joined after the merge, who were you before hand? |
| On a technical point correlation is not causation. While I know there is a number of people who have left I do not think as many as you say left due to the merge. There is also the flip side. Many may have stayed as a result of their being sufficient events or players for PvP, things that were not so viable before the merge. |
This isn't happening.
Now what _could_ happen is a mute chat function. Not sure why that hasn't been implemented yet. |
ahhh foreigner idiot, going for a beer now goodbye
It might be more specifically targeted and not generic since it has not happened, your sample size is too egoistic on the issue, but I give it you, you know how to raise conversation making it too sensational without it being seen as a feeble attempt to fuel your kimchi malay slavery nutrition. |
| Enjoy your server with 25 active .com members. Must be fun. |
Ignore is a bliss
I do that in all videogames |
Now what _could_ happen is a mute chat function. Not sure why that hasn't been implemented yet.
That's a thing, open chat and find the little chat icon -> bottom left if your bar is on bottom or top left if your bar is on right. Click a few times to either hide all messages or hide non party messages etc. |
| I was there before the merge. I do not think that what we had back then was sustainable - if we want Alice forum communities we can create it here (Alas, with less bickering about updteas on .com being too slow than we had back then. |
I think there's a few things at play here.
I accept your premise that there are definitely bad experiences with Russian players. Rudeness and racism is a common occurrence. It's disappointing that the game doesn't do more to punish this behaviour but it is what it is. Russians will happily trash and insult each other so it's not just that they hate us, more a cultural thing. Right now they are at war with their cultural brothers over nothing at all.
The game was definitely a lot worse pre merge, reverting the merge would be a death blow for the English speaking side. There's barely any of us left to start with and undoing the merge would kill this side of the game within 12 months.
The community has obviously declined but it is against a backdrop of the internet changing completely. The merge was quite a long time ago now and it happened when internet chat rooms and forums were just the standard thing, making friends with stranger was just normal.
All the changes are a bit off topic for this post but the meteoric rise of social media and the consolidation of internet traffic to a few massive websites have really changed the feel. This game was born in the later part of the early internet when some of the biggest things on the internet were MSN, myspace and yahoo answers. I'd be shocked if your kids have heard of any of these. Those times are never coming back. |
Also you mention that players will come back.
The players are never coming back, this place is in a state of slow managed decline. To be honest i'm not sure how people even find this game to play in the first place. I would expect player numbers to slowly drop and drop until they eventually turn the lights off. I find it amazing that there are still so many people playing after all these years. |
I play this game for I am a fan of Heroes of Might & Magic series
and I was looking for an online game like it |
I thought the whole issue of merging servers began cause of copyright issues with HMM that the devs were unwilling to solve and thus could not push lwm in ads etc, resulting in the English player base declining gradually anyway. The merge was to save the English community and bring regular events and updates, heck there were periods before the merge we refered to as the dark times as there were literally no events or updates for months ...
Also we don't have Arctic anymore ... Who's gonna helm the English server once again |
Hello .com,
I understand your frustration kchong.
I was a top 300 player (based on XP) or ~65th as a Necormancer in .com and after the merge, I became ~13000 in XP or ~2500 in Necromancer rank. I quit since my characer was not competitive in PvP. THe dev did not bother giving us events and then, normalising the faction skill points of .com refugees.
About 2 months ago, I am back after almost 11 years. LOL I am now ~45000 in XP and ~9000 in Necromancer rank.
LOTS have changed and making the game better: More accessible PvP (CG), events ater events. This is a more dynamic world.
HOWEVER, lots have stayed stagnant or gone worst. These should REALLY be addressed before even thinking of unmerging. I cant believe there has been NO innovation in Talents wheel or spells, Pay to win 'Donation' artifacts is PVP META, lack of PvP tactics (META seems to be luck, moral and luck and kill them ASAP with more luck).
BTW I am the one bullying my teammate in group PvP battles: I feel like a leech/parasite with my Necro FSP 9 when our enemies have FSP 11!!! at Combat 14 (and I dont think potion of skill was helping). I dont want to face it but I think my character is ruined for PvP.
Oh well... this is only a game and atm having 'some' fun. I will be focusing on my Necro until it reaches FSP 12 (and hopefully will be able to compete in CG again). But until then, I miss PvP battles with variety of tactics and fair challenge. |
As someone who pvps a lot i rarely ever/never have russians just leave the game due to me being a foreigner. i think its a you thing kchong as you are known and disliked across servers.
The few times i have been flamed is because i was playing rusher elf and was across from necro or shadown barb and just do nothing and die. |
| Yea that’s a kchong thing |
| This would be a terrible idea. Hints are already hard for my lv. If I got events every 3-6 months like we used to it’s become almost impossible to push levels for me. I’d be forced to just enroll until penalty and hoard money. LG progression would be slowed. Etc |
