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Xinhuan Game profile

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Oct 23rd 2012, 0:58:24

Add a message of the day for servers with clans that clan admins can set. This would display prominently below the "Next turn: 3 mins" at the country Main Menu page.

This allows clans to set MOTDs that everyone in that clan will see, ranging from alerts to kill runs to storing turns.

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Oct 23rd 2012, 3:36:28

nice SUG

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Oct 24th 2012, 4:06:01

i like it!
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Sov Game profile

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Oct 24th 2012, 4:18:44

Remember in E2025 how we could also put an Alliance logo up for the clan page, this feature would be nice too.

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Oct 24th 2012, 17:08:46

love it
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Oct 26th 2012, 18:45:17

pfft, I asked qz to do this over a year ago! lol
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Oct 26th 2012, 20:07:49

About a year from now, we'll probably see another thread on this topic...
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Oct 27th 2012, 17:45:09

i thought i responded to this? or is there duplicates...
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Atryn Game profile

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Nov 1st 2012, 12:05:12


I like this suggestion.

Even better if you allow the font color to be customizable so the clan admin can make it POP.

Slagpit Game profile

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Nov 4th 2012, 3:59:18

You can already send ingame messages to everyone in your tag.

Atryn Game profile

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Nov 4th 2012, 13:18:41

Slagpit: those are not at all the same thing...

Google sometimes puts a message on their homepage to promote the launch of a new product or even for philanthropy. Now, rather than change their homepage, they could just email everyone on the planet.

Not the same.

Our alliance already uses the in-game mass message feature. I don't see this as equivalent.

Xinhuan Game profile

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Nov 4th 2012, 15:29:43

So Slagpit, why is it that when there is a game mechanics change, it is announced on the Announcements forum where most people don't read it, instead of it being in-game mass messaged to every single country in every server?

Or mass-emailed?

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Nov 4th 2012, 15:55:08

It's not the same, but it seems to meet 95% of use cases. Or am I wrong?

Xinhuan, new threads on the announcements forum are mass-emailed to nearly all players.

Pang Game profile

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Nov 4th 2012, 16:07:58

i was under the impression this message would be persistent (like on the country's main menu page somewhere) where as a message or even something on the 12/18hr bonus screens wouldn't.

or am I wrong? :p

all of this needs a redesign so it could be baked into such a redesign
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Requiem Game profile

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Nov 4th 2012, 16:38:07

All we're talking about here is a MOTD to be displayed upon login.

While this has the same effect as sending a message to every country it is distinctly different.

Where you display this MOTD is entirely up to design limitations.

To me the easiest way would be to just use the page when you login that says you've earned tour 6 bonus turns and add the MOTD there.

EDIT: I should also add this is a good addition but only for the clan mates who are lazy and do not check their alliance site prior to running turns. As long as I've ever been in an alliance it's always been best practice to check your clan website before playing your turns to avoid missing out on a command/instruction from said alliance. This is for the lazy people who do not do this :p

Edited By: Requiem on Nov 4th 2012, 16:40:44
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Xinhuan Game profile

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Nov 4th 2012, 16:47:50

No Requiem, I really mean a persistent display on the country's Main Menu page (see first post).

Not a message that is one-off displayed at login. If I wanted a display-once message, I would just mass-ingame-mail the whole clan.

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Nov 4th 2012, 16:52:26

I just said the "easiest way" not changing your view. Let's take your thought a step further then. Because I do not visit my main menu page often so messages could still be lost if they are changed real time while I'm playing.

Display the said message above or below the turns, money, food, network information on every page within your country.

Otherwise only displaying it on the main menu page has the exact same effect as the one-off displayed at login unless you happen to go back to your main menu page often, which I don't.
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bertz Game profile

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Nov 6th 2012, 11:42:35

This should be prioritized.
Also add the Clan Alert level color.