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Posted by diablo on 05-19-2010 at12:47:

Patch v. 1.2.7

You can now connect your BW account with your Facebook account for extra features. More info in the Throne Hall.

You can now see when a new attack/quest will become available.

Minor fixes and optimalizations.

Feel free to discuss Wink

Posted by Deathavan on 05-19-2010 at12:49:

Does connecting to FB give us anything besides the ease of sharing progress with others?

Posted by diablo on 05-19-2010 at12:51:

What are the benefits of connecting with Facebook?
Connecting your Bloodwars account with your Facebook account will let you post your in-game achievements on the Wall so you can share them with your friends!
What information will be posted on the Wall?
The following information will be posted automatically by default:

* tasks completed

* awards received

* levels gained

You can turn off posting any and all of the above.

You can also one-click post:

* items found on quests

* attack, siege and expedition reports

Will other players be able to see my personal details?
No, there is no way for other players to identify your Facebook account on the basis of your Bloodwars account and it is completely up to you who will be able to see your Facebook Wall.
What personal details does Bloodwars process?
BloodWars processes your Facebook name so it can be seen on the Wall, your Facebook ID which is a public information and is required for the connection. Bloodwars does NOT process any other personal details and consequently does NOT show them to other Bloodwars players.

Posted by Konrad on 05-19-2010 at12:54:

Only one: an action link below each Feed story you publish ("join fight" etc) is a reference link to your account.

Otherwise many players which don't use facebook might complain about facebook users getting some advantages.

Posted by Deathavan on 05-19-2010 at12:54:

Thank you for the fast response.
Sounds like a great feature!

Posted by franz on 05-19-2010 at12:54:

Not sure how this benefits game playing

Posted by FlashAOD on 05-19-2010 at12:55:

Congrats to another totally pointless update in my honest opinion..

Everybody gets quests at the same time.. on the hours ( YES I SAID HOURS ) incase some of you are non premium players.. its either on the hour or on the every 2hours.. If say i got a quest at 1:30PM and somebody else got one at 1:52PM or something it would be more usefull..

But granted that would be useful for a few people im not disputing that.

But that facebook connection? come on.. How many people would honestly love to send out reports all over facebook when you speak to people ingame / board?

Posted by Konrad on 05-19-2010 at13:00:

FlashAOD, you're right - from your point of view, this patch is pointless. But I'm sure many players will find it useful. We can't satisfy everyone every time Smile

Some big updates are up ahead in near future, so don't complain too much about FB Smile

Posted by franz on 05-19-2010 at13:00:

I agree, but in defence of bw, maybe it's their way of advertisement?

Posted by 4thtimelucky on 05-19-2010 at13:04:

quote:

Originally posted by Konrad
Some big updates are up ahead in near future, so don't complain too much about FB Smile

Can u give us some clues what these big updates are going to be ??

Posted by NouveauNosferatu on 05-19-2010 at13:06:

quote:

Originally posted by franz
I agree, but in defence of bw, maybe it's their way of advertisement?

Exactly, without more people joining there will be no new servers that people are crying on about.

That said, i dont use facebook so it will be of little use to me personally, but if it brings more people into the game it gets my thumbs up.

Only time will tell whether this has an impact, but it can't really do any harm.

I think any criticism is a bit unfair, for while it may not be the most amazing, ground-breaking patch by any stretch of the imagination, it certainly wont impede on any current player's gaming so far as i can see.

Posted by diablo on 05-19-2010 at13:07:

From a personal point of view I'm not that impressed, but it is due to the fact that I'm too addicted and know by hear when the next quest and attack will come. For new players, it is a great advantage.

Facebook, well, it is your choice whether to publish your BW achievements or not. We're all spammed on Fb with much worse things that I'm not going to mention now and here.
If is a great form of advertisement and if we get more people to join BW we can hope for a new Moria UK server! (lol, I know I went too far sci-fi here...)

Posted by Konrad on 05-19-2010 at13:12:

quote:

Originally posted by 4thtimelucky

quote:

Originally posted by Konrad
Some big updates are up ahead in near future, so don't complain too much about FB Smile

Can u give us some clues what these big updates are going to be ??

Individual storyline tasks different for each vampire race
+ (not-so-near future) act III.

And YES - facebook gives some advertisement possibilities we need to make game grow bigger and better.

Posted by 4thtimelucky on 05-19-2010 at13:14:

Nice cart wait Smile

Posted by Cthulhu on 05-19-2010 at13:15:

Hey ho, I like the FB link - just one question - is it seperate from the Polish FB link, or is all the same thing?? :S

Just wondered because, there seem to be competitions & prizes on the Polish one, but it is (obviously) all in polish, and I can't understand it that well.

I would like to have to competitions for the UK people as well.

Any clarity on this would be helpful - because when I go to the FB link, it takes me to the polish one.

Thanks Wink

(ps - I have been advertising BW on my FB account for many months - can I get some free premium please Tongue

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Posted by Konrad on 05-19-2010 at13:19:

Yes, profile page is the same, only FB application is different, because of other domain name (*.bloodwars.pl and *.bloodwars.net) but it doesn't matter from player's view.

We will consider publishing competition in both languages.

Posted by SwiftDeathIsComing on 05-19-2010 at13:28:

RE: Patch v. 1.2.7

quote:

Originally posted by diablo
You can now see when a new attack/quest will become available.

Minor fixes and optimalizations.

Feel free to discuss Wink

Good job with the new attack/quest i'm not new at all but it's still nice to see when i have 0 attacks/quests when the next one will come, we're not all diablo Tongue

Can you tell me what those minor fixes and things were?

Posted by Konrad on 05-19-2010 at13:33:

quote:

Can you tell me what those minor fixes and things were?

Some code and templates changes and small bug fixes, which doesn't affect game mechanics.

Posted by Cthulhu on 05-19-2010 at13:50:

Konrad - thanks for the info. Wink

A suggestion - perhaps put a link to the FB page in the game itself, instead of just on the log-in page - maybe on our game profile or throne hall page somewhere?

I'm a big FB user, and I would find that much more useful, than having to & find it in my FB account - because it is buried in amongst all the other things I like. Tongue

(ps - still waiting for my free premium - see message above. Tongue

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Posted by Foxy on 05-19-2010 at13:53:

I do like the att timer, i may not really need it anymore but i have in my underworld notes the time of ever att coming due neednig to check when i was lower

Posted by Hespera on 05-19-2010 at14:11:

Ugh I was disappointed when I logged on today to see this addition of FB . I am one of those people who has stopped using FB regularly because I'm so tired of seeing useless spam about mafia crap, farming crap, fishing crap, everything crap. I never used FB as a means to see what games people are playing and it's all annoying spam from my point of view which makes going there unpleasant and if I know someone's page is full of useless game spam I don't visit them. Also FB is continually having issues with privacy and I do not trust any application on there as safe.

Posted by Beatrice_2 on 05-19-2010 at14:25:

i think its alright, really eager to see what bigger updates are coming out in the near future Big Grin

Posted by FlashBlade on 05-19-2010 at14:26:

Next incoming attack too pls!

The next available attack and quest - while not that important - does not detract from the game at all, so I'm all for it. And any extra information (whether used or not) can help players. It would be nice to see when the last incoming attack happened (or when next incoming attack is possible), because I often accidentally (stupidly) delete my attacks and then try to remember how long ago the last one was! As for FB - I'm with Hespera on this one, but it's easy enough to not subscribe. As long as FB-connectivity does not disadvantage non-users it's a good idea. Question on FB connectivity: once deselected, is it possible to setup the connectivity again?

Posted by Knightroad on 05-19-2010 at16:38:

Good stuff, good way to advertise the game via FB. perhaps twitter next? hopefully it will bring some new people's to BW Smile

i dnt use FB myself as i aint that desperate to get laid ;d

not sure what dev's hope we/you are going to post... there's only so many times you can post "i failed... again" or "yet another crapy drop" Tongue

anywho; 7/10 for this patch.
im in a good mood as i haven't used/failed all my quests yet ;d

Posted by rolfrolf on 05-19-2010 at16:49:

quote:

Originally posted by Konrad

quote:

Can you tell me what those minor fixes and things were?

Some code and templates changes and small bug fixes, which doesn't affect game mechanics.

noticed, some step backward in my opinion: now every link you get from other players are based on bloodsoul layout, what if i like to play with other layout not the bloodsoul and once i click link, it does not open in C2k7 layout(i use most often) anymore, but it opens in that bloudsoul, not even eager to analize the links, is there a way to get back links in same layout i play the game, i mean then i logged in and playing the game, or that feature was deleted at all and now all links for all players are in same layout, ?, it's bit stupid now, then ingame, many colors,,,myself found it a bit frustrating.
the links posted on forums or elsthere(not ingame) does not bother me, they can be all the same for all, but links others players send to me, should be in same layout i currently use, any thoughts on this ?

Posted by Konrad on 05-20-2010 at10:27:

rolfrolf,
layout was always forced, the only difference is the layout itself - earlier it was Nanorobot, now it's Bloodsoul.

Speaking of layout choosing, notice that links other players send to you are visible even when you don't have any blooodwars account, so the game doesn't even check if you're logged in.

Posted by Jackel on 06-08-2010 at00:11:

quote:

Originally posted by Konrad
Speaking of layout choosing, notice that links other players send to you are visible even when you don't have any blooodwars account, so the game doesn't even check if you're logged in.

I think that is very good cause I send links to people not playing this game all the time. Because I play lots of other random games. Some for longer others shorter. But Ive recruited at least 10 people this way and almost all of them have premium. So thats definetly a good thing and would hate to see it changed.

Posted by necrol on 06-22-2010 at03:26:

personally i think there should be a version of this game on FB ots very similat to most of the games on there already but there would be a lot more advertisement on FB = more revenue

p.s. if u do make FB server make it UW

p.p.s just thought squares might be an issue so instead of having it how it is now you should auto move up a zone once youve completed all tasks in current zone

Posted by npc on 06-22-2010 at04:56:

Question

personally, I never/dont join any social network site,
better use forum/irc/messenger/email to connect other people.
so no more develop with any social network site please...

quote:

Originally posted by Szeszej
one day we may introduce uberlegendary items Wink

I'm waiting this one and act III, I hope one day isnt next year Smile