i suggest we also raise the Power Requirements to get Blues in Referrals. i find it that most players do made some colony in a server that has 6k metal boost by using their referral link and then make units until the colony got 20 powers and Magic 200 Blues out of nowhere.
i know some people who do that but i won't call a name.

first of all don't shout at me for this


why not put a limit on resource trading such 3000 for metal/oil per 12/24 ticks

This will easily solve the problem and also you can say

sorry you can not send resources to this player as he has already recieved maximum resources by trade (3000 metal/oil)

please wait 12/24 more ticks for example

This will then stop token farming as the metal boost is 6000 this means on earth it will take a minimum of 312/624 ticks to do someting which is often done in a couple of ticks

in my opinion problem solved and if you want me to explain something in more depth pm me or reply

Yeah current system is fine as is. Only thing, remove that stupid rule that says its a violation.

And ads resources trading limitation is not a good idea. Remember its a team game. Resources are shared. Thats how good teams play. So no restriction should be put on them either.

And apollo I like your idea. I have actually thought about it many times. Why not make the player register, show a screen where he can check a box saying Accept the stupid ToS and then go on to choose a world he can play?

i think that maybe u should't care too much about these people giving tokens so they can send resources it's not too big of a deal. the big deal is people asking there friends on BD to place colonys just for them to conquer. now this is what id like to call cheating not people giving resources so they can move there army at times cause i knw how much it costs to move alot of squads all over the place and how much it costs per unit ith 200%+ overcome

2. I disagree with Celine, i don't think you should make it so that you cannot send reds, i've gotten tons of help from friends over the eras with them sending me reds. From a single friend over the course of the era, i was given over 2k reds, as well as another 1k from another player in my alliance, so I'm completely with sending reds to your friends.
We agree, this is why we're looking to fix/balance this specific issue while still allowing users to trade red tokens. We like giving players the ability to "share the wealth" and reward/help their teammates and allies.

3. This topic is about donators trying to bypass the cooldown system, its set the way it is, for a reason. If there was no cooldown system, one could just boost up to like 150 power before tick 1 even passes. It would just make the game completely unfair. And the sending tokens to your teammates, and having them boost then send it to you, will just allow you to do the same thing, albeit not quite to power 150.
Due to the trading limitations of 100 ticks after you join an alliance you cannot trade for the first 100 ticks.

4. If BD is so desperate for money, then lower the number of servers, it will increase competition, which in turn will increases your boosting, not to mention all the other benefits that other forumers mentioned.
This is something we're looking at, population levels were rising but have tapered off so we're going to look at consolidating some worlds.

5. Personally, the way i see it, BD is just plain and simple, to hidden. Its not well known, and we need to fix that. BD is an amazing game, but its not well known at all. If we could get BD more public, I'm sure it would produce a far larger income. So i suggest, find some way to make it more well known.
This is something we're looking into, we've been putting more money into advertising this year which has led to some growth. We're looking at getting a deal with a major gamesite similar to Kong but with a playerbase that is more into more persistent MMO type games. An announcement will be made on this once we're closer to launch.

i think that BD's main problem is that for a strategy game, it doesnt offer much of strategy (it got much worse in the new worlds). therefore you have 2 keys in order to win:

1 - activity
2 - money

maybe only allow these mass boosters on there own server. i mean they think it only takes money to win this game. put them all on one server so they can spend there 2k per round.

Keep mass boosting(cheating) off my serious servers or you will lose my $150 per round. That I use and follow the rules and wait for my cool downs to be over with.

read my proposals and request...if its rejected? i dont mind...is it prohibited to share ideas too?? will i get ban for it??

You guys must have no clue about what you are discussing or what "solutions" you think you are arriving at. This is probably the dumbest update that I have seen on BD. Shame on you all. For all I care, you admins should get fired. I would if I was Michael. You guys show a complete disconnect about the status of things ingame, how the game generally works and what is needed for a win. You have updated this game numerous times and shaped it into a - Who has the largest squads, wins the game contest. And now you wanna deny the advantage that boosters have over non boosters, EVEN if they spend tons of cash on this game.
Supporters have the advantage of red token boosts that give more return than the light boosts. We're not denying the advantage that boosters have over non, we're balancing it so that boosting gives an advantage but not one that is overpowered and gives too much advantage in a short time. Being able to get 10x or more than you should by bypassing the cooldowns is a huge power advantage for a single player to have.

I dont care about the 40 power thing. But what you are telling me is that I dont have any advantage even if I use money. Hope you figured out an alternate way to earn money.
How have we said that you don't have any advantage by using money? You can continually buy boosts if you keep buying tokens and if you bought a light and a large metal or oil boost every time it was off cooldown you could purchase 1,500,000 metal and oil over the course of a 3000 tick round, that doesn't include what you would earn from production, conquers, ufos, etc. Is that not enough advantage for those with money?

Anyways, like I said before, until you get over your stupidity and come up with something constructive, I am done for good, just like many others. Not one more dime will be spent on this stupid game run by jaded idiots.

Spyda the problem here is:

People sent tokens to their team mates, in order to use their boosts. This apparently is wrong and against the rules (Which is a stupid rule btw). So now the admins have come forward to enforce this rule.

The reason it is wrong is because, it will result in less spending which is not good for BD.

Now, lets get real for a moment. What skill are you really talking about? You have played this game for what 3 eras now? Ill tell you something. This game requires ZERO skills. This game is ALL about activity and Money. That is all there is to it. This is no rocket science. This game does not have any element of strategy or skill to it.

Now there are people, who are older (around 30 yrs of age or above) who have lots of disposable income. They spend enormous amounts of money on the game just because they can. Now they always win. Is BD gonna tell these people to just leave by enforcing this rule? That does no good.

There is a clear disconnect between the status of the game and the admins perception of it. Today BD is a "who has the largest squads wins the game" contest. Large squads with all the upkeep is only possible with boosting. Trust me without Reds you CANT win.

Now what cosmin said - Its the players who win round after round - who are mostly mass supporters that have played this game for a long time. The ones complaining are people that dont spend a lot and therefore lose eras. So they are naturally against it. But who are the ones responsible for BDs income? Its the ones that win and mass support. Enforcing this rule only alienates the mass supporters and they will obviously quit hurting BD a lot.

So you have to understand, this isnt a question of skill or strategy. This is about what it takes to win an era and about how a stupid rule can both drive people away and render BD bankrupt by driving away those people that have both played for a long time and spent a lot, for a long time.

Awesome changes! I especially like the Power Level 40 requirement. The 20 power just happens before any actual POWER is obtained.

How is build time going to be affected on the faster worlds though? 40 minutes is long enough in a single tick world. In a 4 tick world it would be 3-4 ticks to have that structure built. Extending that would make things even harder. Maybe I'm not right on this, I don't play fast worlds very often.

This is the best update out there? To ruin the game is the way the game will go? Except the power being set to 40 the rest is ridiculous.
Boosters have advantage no matter what. Game is never fair if u allow any boosting at all. If someone wants to hog the resources from his alliance he already has to pay extra upkeep as his army gets larger. The only time it is abused is if they leave their alliance and join another alliance. Having just used x amount of other players to boost himself up so he can then join the main alliance.
That is easily seen by admin and should be dealt with. This is probably why John Doe was banned on E4 but I don't know for sure. If he was using their boosts he should of had to stay in the alliance and not left it. Increase the cool time and increase the tick required to start sending off resources. If u think boosting is causing problems. But lets start using our heads on updates.

Well then if this will be a debate topic, then lets put a poll on this thing and see if we can get some votes going. Lets see the numbers, they can't lie. Any mods/ admins think they can put options up on here based on the things mentioned?

The only update in a long time....

Now, Andrew, I'm not only happy, but shocked that you guys are actually making an UPDATE! Holy hell, how long has it been? The keyboard a bit dusty? jk.
I refuse to answer any questions about the level of dust on my "update" keyboard .

I dont see a problem with these updates guys, (prepare for rage because I cannot stand incompetent people) If you can read on a second grade level you'll notice you can still trade red tokens. You just cant trade the resources from them. The guys complaining are utter morons who are probably still in first grade.

This doesnt hurt boosters. Doesnt help newbies. All it does is prevent abuse, and if you are still against this update then you obviously are for abuse and should leave.

I agree with psg, though. Crystals should provide more benefits since they wont be so abundant. However, psg, i believe they'll add some kind off new resource like "booster metals". They will be used first in production, and cannot be traded.
This is something I'd like to see more as well, crystals being more valuable to go after than conquers. This is something that will be revisited as well in the near future, resource income sources and rebalancing.

Now, in all seriousness, you are ruining the game. Not because of this, though, I support this update. I will defend this update. However, Andrew, at your next meeting bring this up:
Why the hell do you have so much godamn worlds? Is it necessary to have 7+ worlds for each theme? It is a WASTE of not only money, but time. Youre staff is overextended and if you hire more people your finances would suffer horribly.

If you cut back on your worlds, you will have more money. People wont leave because they have a few less worlds. I'd much rather see more focus in updates then in worlds. Until I see that, no money is to be made from me.