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Light · 21 Feb 2009, 15:04

Why do so many people want an iPhone app? like it would save planetarion from its dimishing numbers?

Its a pretty stupid idea, when you consider the cost and time involved and then balance that against what it would bring to the game. Its a much better solution all round to just make PA more friendly to every mobile, rather than exclusively to the iphone.

Judging by the amount of new players or returning players PA still gets after 30rounds, the only real thing that needs changing is the ease of the game for the new player. As its still a heavily flawed game where the new player doesnt know what to do when he logs in.

There's absolutly nothing for the new player in Planetarion. Planetarion in its current form requires the new player to come on irc, get into a established alliance, learn the ship stats, learn the tech tree and economy, learn how to attack with full use of scans (How does he even get scans?), learn that if he doesnt come online in the middle of the night.. he's going to die etc. How can you possibly expect to get a influx of players (and keep them) with the game setup like that?

The downfall of Planetarion is that it has no learning curve. From the moment you create your account, you need to know what you're doing or you'll just get podded/killed and exiled.

The Buddy System also does close to the exact opposite of whats intended, instead of the new player being welcomed.. He gets exiled and tossed around. Rather in the old system where he was highly likely to be in a poor galaxy but would be welcomed in that galaxy and placed with other new players.

21 Feb 2009, 15:04	#35
Light You've Seen The Light Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,152	Re: To save planetarion Why do so many people want an iPhone app? like it would save planetarion from its dimishing numbers? Its a pretty stupid idea, when you consider the cost and time involved and then balance that against what it would bring to the game. Its a much better solution all round to just make PA more friendly to every mobile, rather than exclusively to the iphone. Judging by the amount of new players or returning players PA still gets after 30rounds, the only real thing that needs changing is the ease of the game for the new player. As its still a heavily flawed game where the new player doesnt know what to do when he logs in. There's absolutly nothing for the new player in Planetarion. Planetarion in its current form requires the new player to come on irc, get into a established alliance, learn the ship stats, learn the tech tree and economy, learn how to attack with full use of scans (How does he even get scans?), learn that if he doesnt come online in the middle of the night.. he's going to die etc. How can you possibly expect to get a influx of players (and keep them) with the game setup like that? The downfall of Planetarion is that it has no learning curve. From the moment you create your account, you need to know what you're doing or you'll just get podded/killed and exiled. The Buddy System also does close to the exact opposite of whats intended, instead of the new player being welcomed.. He gets exiled and tossed around. Rather in the old system where he was highly likely to be in a poor galaxy but would be welcomed in that galaxy and placed with other new players. __________________ First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it. Last edited by Light; 21 Feb 2009 at 17:21.