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My .02 on the new regions

The underwater region is pleasant, though I don't think I'm entirely alone when I say I always imagined an underwater region with underwater things to do, such as gather salmon.  Another quoin region is okay I suppose, and it is definitely a unique choice that some will prefer to the other four.

And while there's some pleasant art variations from existing regions in the other new regions, they feel generally unnecessary.  Rather than add to the game, they just further dilute the population.   Tonight, or tomorrow, when there's less traffic, I will finish exploring these regions, then unless some feat sends me there, I will never have a compelling reason to return. 

I feel as if these are new regions for the sake of new regions, and the net effect on the game is at best neutral if not negative. 

Ormonos certainly seems to have room, so I suppose there's the potential that you folks have something up your sleeve to add to these regions, much like you did with fox parks before.  But personally, I would much prefer new regions that provide new things to do, rather than just new places to do the same things I can do elsewhere. 

Posted 55 days ago by Red Sauce Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • and just saw stoot's update hinting that there is something up your sleeves.  So never mind.  :-D
    Posted 55 days ago by Red Sauce Subscriber! | Permalink
  • what underwater region?
    Posted 55 days ago by Thursday Soleil Subscriber! | Permalink
  • what update?
    Posted 55 days ago by chilirlw Subscriber! | Permalink
  • stoot alluded to something yet to be added to the water. My guess is pee.
    Posted 55 days ago by scragz Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh boy, I hope it's pee :D
    Posted 55 days ago by Red Sauce Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Pee!
    Posted 55 days ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink
  • 1. More regions to do the same thing are necessary as we grow. 

    2. Time is G-d's way of ensuring not everything happens at once: we tend to release-iterate-increment-over-and-over (very few things are the way they were when they were first launched) so: later, things will be different!
    Posted 55 days ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink
  • fair enough, will keep that in mind in the future.  But I have my eye on you folks.  You're trouble. 
    Posted 55 days ago by Red Sauce Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I can see where you're coming from, Sauce. I tend to avoid new regions when they first come out due to the number of people exploring them (among other reasons) so when the last three regions got added, I didn't end up exploring them until the Quarzy Quoin feat.

    I may venture out for Jal, at least, for tonight, but we'll see.

    As far as other regions are concerned, I don't do much quoin hopping, I do go to older regions for some resources, but for the most part, unless something draws me out (like a friend's party) I tend not to go many places.
    Posted 55 days ago by Ayasta Subscriber! | Permalink
  • that sounds pretty boring ayasta - what do you do to keep yourself engaged with the game other than possibly hoarding resources?
    Posted 55 days ago by Arietty Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The old quoin hopping regions didn't really thrill me. Jal is where it's at. It's interesting, beautiful, peaceful, and quoinful. Love it.
    Posted 55 days ago by Aleph Zero Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I agree that more new regions is low priority right now. While a water street is appealing, Lida is just more of the same.

    Here's to hoping that the people working on new regions are not being taken away from critical things like client performance and server lag. Not to mention client disconnection bugs that some people have been having. (And what about support for my not-so-new laptop?)
    Posted 55 days ago by Janitch Subscriber! | Permalink
  • ,,,and I want a sea-pony.  
    Posted 55 days ago by Miss Parsley Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh?  Why salmon?  Why not a way to get honey?  Fish in the ocean is SO last game.  Let's use our imagination!
    Posted 55 days ago by Dartha Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I've said it once, and I'll say it again.  We need to squeeze penguins for salmon.  Maybe I'm functioning under the crazy assumption that squeezing flightless birds gets you things, but hey - squeezing chickens gets you grain, right?  Squeezing penguins should get you fish.

    Furthermore, if it's a source of honey we're after, I believe that squeezing kiwis is the ONLY way to go.  
    Posted 55 days ago by Kipple Subscriber! | Permalink
  • My New Zealand friends hate it when I squeeze them and demand honey. 
    Posted 55 days ago by Red Sauce Subscriber! | Permalink
  • You aren't squeezing hard enough, then.
    Posted 55 days ago by Kipple Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I vote pee
    Posted 55 days ago by DriveSafe Subscriber! | Permalink
  • We get to unlock the client performance and server lag upgrades on the next epic.
    Posted 55 days ago by scragz Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 for pee...and I'm still in favor of honey badgers for honey...
    Posted 55 days ago by Chazerei Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I agree with you on some points.  I seldom return to the new regions once I have completed them.  This was helpful in the Q collection part of the Feat because there were many locations that I had not been to in a long time and so there were several Qs to gather in them.  I have poor vision so I don't like to go to places where it is difficult to see.  I love Jal but can't see very well there (too dark) so I won't be back until the Pee is added (might brighten it a bit).
    Posted 55 days ago by Brib Annie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Penguin squeezing is a GREAT idea. I'm game for that. ;)
    Posted 54 days ago by Miss Muffett Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Pee? No. Whale sperm. More realistic like.
    Posted 54 days ago by natsumi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • my question is WHY ARE THERE SO MANY MAILBOXES IN LIDA :O
    Posted 54 days ago by Sororia Rose Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh, the landscapers probably got a whole bunch cheap in a clearance sale from when they shut down the old housing streets. I had a neighbor once who ended up with forty pink flamingos that way and he just had to put them all on his front lawn.
    Posted 54 days ago by Teem Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Arietty What's entertaining to one person may not be so much to another. There's no right or wrong way to play this game. I'm not bored as long as I'm chatting with others, it is a social game after all.

    Anyways, pee sounds funny. XD How about instead of squeezing penguins, we poke them?

    I shall look forward to whatever brilliant things are headed our way next.
    Posted 54 days ago by Ayasta Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ha! Poke the penguins. Pokey the Penguin.
    Posted 54 days ago by dm Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Forget fish or penguins or pee... I want pearls.

    I need pearls so I can throw them before my swine.
    Posted 54 days ago by Adar Subscriber! | Permalink
  • pearls!  and squeezable fish.... fish pee in water - that could count.
    Posted 54 days ago by Thursday Soleil Subscriber! | Permalink