Why do you believe .us is dying? Why is it that GF has had to drag MODs from other servers to staff their team? If you look, you will see that every mod is new to .us server within the past 2 months or at least new as of 2020.
So I want to know (please keep it clean) why did you leave Ogame, why do you see yourself struggling to keep playing ogame, or why do you still love ogame.
For me, I see myself leaving ogame soon for several reasons. To summarize:
-Bugs: bugs bugs bugs bugs bugs. And then board staff that claims (in ignorance) that it is on the player to prove the bug beyond reason. The game is sooo broken now that some of the most basic game mechanics cannot be preformed.
-Board Staff: They censor beyond reproach. One day we will be asked to provide feedback. The next, any negative feedback is deleted/warned/harassed by board staff. There is no unified modding system anymore. And the BA can't seem to unify the staff behind any one system of moderation. Not to mention board staff asking for an API key 2 weeks after a hit occurered when the key has expired or your top 10 hit that you spent 200K DM and stayed up until 5 AM spamming lanx doesn't count. At point, we were told to stop complaining in the "bugs and complaints section"!
-P2W: I could respect when DM just gave you the advantage to instabuild defense so you could def ninja, or maybe speed up an astro or two, etc. But now this game is sooo P2W that every new server is dead to the hands of the fattest wallet. No amount of skill can defeat a visa card now. That alone kills the game.
Volunteer Staff and Loose Management: I hope QL doesn't see this as an attack on her, because I honestly believe she puts a crap ton of time and effort into this server and is very undervalued. That being said, so many GOs/MODs/SMODs/GAs are not on the same page. Several rules are vague and left to the interpretation of the assigned GO. There are times where an account can lose days of production because a GO is lazy and bans an innocent account. All the while an abviously botting or pushing acct is allowed to prosper because there "isn't enough proof". The lax management and the unwillingness to clarify rules has made it incredibly unfair and easy for cheaters to prosper. Not to mention some GOs are just clueless. Ie today my GO told myself and several others that a bug was fixed when it clearly was not.
This game was so much fun for so long. I have been staff, player, and enthusiast. I have paid money and recruited friends and family to play this game. I have made some incredible friendships playing this game. Yet it is dying if not already dead. I know the staff are just trying to do their jobs, but wake up and hear your community.
Prongs looking at you here man. Your community is pissed. We are unhappy with the direction of the game. We are unhappy with the boards. Do better.
Sincerely,
Shadyj09