Happy cake day @Gryphonknight !
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Congrats,… There is nothing more beautiful than celebration, enjoy the celebration.
Happy cake day @Gryphonknight !
Congrats,… There is nothing more beautiful than celebration, enjoy the celebration.
Many happy returns @Gryphonknight …. Enjoy your day, have fun, stay safe and good luck in your game
Wooop have a blast thanks for all yah doo!!!
Happy cake day @Gryphonknight
Your notes are usually long, but it is worth to read them
Happy day! Thanks for all the information! There’s something in return here:
And thanks @SamMe for the tag! Another party thread!
Four years! That’s some achievement right there sir. Happy 4th cake day @Gryphonknight, may it be full of delicious goodies!
Happy cake day! That was more fun than it should have been
Thanks
The day was very eventful even if most was spent fighting with filing
We did enjoy some delicious pasties^1 we had stashed in the freezer
Thank you
Gryphonkit, my wife, squeeeeee 'd over the lovely photo of a gryphon, its castle and its knight in shining armor. Now she wants one. Both a gryphon, and a castle full of knights. Though cake is always nice
P.S. She is also a huge Star Wars fan
Thank you
And for the truly decedent combine all three into a chocolate covered rum cake
Happy birthday @Gryphonknight ,
I figured this cake would be right up your alley
Also,
Learning bonusright up your alley/street [literal meaning] | WordReference Forums
And thanks for the tag @SamMe !
Thank you
Both the cake, and the link, got a chuckle, and a thumbs up, from Gryphonkit, my wife
Happy day. May every moment count!
Wow!
We have been watching Baking Impossible on Netflix ^1 and
I still have no clue how the dessert in your photo was make!
Looks insanely yummy and insanely geometric
First thought is a pastry chef decided to present their line graph in yummy edible form! Hopefully the smaller red lines mean good news
That was more fun than it should have been
I Know, Right
Sometimes it can be hard to stop
(teasing)
Though according to Gryphonkit, my wife and occasional proofreader, I do not seem to be trying as hard as I could
(end teasing)
And to the rest of the forum gang, thank you.
I would not still be here without the awesome community ( see notes )
Civil discussion
What is this E&P Forum meant for ?!
Click for civil discussion, fan art, bug work arounds, tracking updates, live service game, Super fans, future friends, venting, no spend
I write on the forums because someone answered my questions. I write on the forums because I made some bad decisions, and peer review showed me the way to correct them. If I cannot teach you something on the forums, how can we discuss it? I write on the forums because I might think I know what I am doing, but writing them out, and civilly discussing them, can help show I am moving in the right direction, a dead end, or a wonderful unexpected discover
Fan art
And the way intellectual property works is, as long as you do not financially profit from the art you can’t be sued. If you wish to profit, you must ask for permission, and keep a record of it for your protection. As I understand it.
No.
My lawyer wife often advises on this for craft magazines.
They way she typically explains it, the law varies but most fan art falls under derivative works which is specifically forbidden without written consent.
However, most companies see fan art as free advertising and do not aggressively go after artists. Some, coughDisneycough, are more aggressive and hire firms to monitor the internet.
Regardless Small Giant listed this sub-forum as explicit permission
“ Would you like to share your video, fan art, stories, poems, pics or funny experiences related to the game? Feel free to share! <3”
However by posting here you forfeit some of your rights under law, see game TOS and forum TOS.
Bug work around
Community
It is foolish to discuss errors and bugs of the game only among ordinary players, ordinary players will not fix errors and bugs!
Often players will
Tell others fixes are pending.
([SOLVED] Game crashing after doing season 2 quest (v24))
The DEVS cannot comment, but Community team passes on bug reports from forum AND support tickets.
Warn others NOT to do something, thus avoiding the bugs ( I do not participate in 4* / 5* tourneys). (Increase emblem drops or 1x Free and 1x 75g Tourney or Run five tourneys- 5* to 1*- EVERY week or still bitter about 1*+20 heroes)
Offer work around like rerolling, crafting battle items, keeping a buffer of 1* / 2* heroes or a buffer of 1* / 2* troops (MASTER THREAD (Solved) - Training Camp Lost food/recruits at withdrawal - #19 by Gryphonknight )
We are not Devs, but we still help each other out!
IP
Usually legal department, and marketing departments, forbid/ ban/ restricts DEVS from replying on the forum.
All the AMAs are vetted before asked (🗨 Upcoming SG Community Team AMA – Submit Your Questions Here! [no game design questions, please])
This is
(I want to get an answer from the developers: WHEN WILL THE BUGS BE FIXED? - #14 by Gryphonknight)
Tracking updates
Tracking bugs on a forum and posting update notes can be a grueling and thankless job. Thanks for making sure our bugs get reported to the exterminators and we are kept on top of the evolution of Empires and Puzzles.
Live service
When the game changes, new users can more easily tell what stayed the same, and what changed ( looking at you costumes )
This is why I love Empires and Puzzles forum
It the institutional memory
Blood, Sweat and Tears
But the biggest advantage of this software is the institutional memory
As long as this forum exists, all the blood, all the sweat and all the tears from this fantastic community will live on
I wish more games had forums
I wish they were as well run, and full of cool people, as this forum
Super Fans
Super Fans
This forum is primary for creating, and managing, early stage, English speaking Super Fans including Whales, Whales+ and Whales++
The Puzzle Combat business plan does not include an official forum to nurture Super Fans ( that is a different freemium game rant )
Future friends
Forum Friends, Part 2
This is a strange love letter to the friends I have found on this forum.
Any list would miss people I have forgotten.
Or have left.
But If you ever smiled after reading something I wrote.
If you ever civilly disagreed with me.
If you ever helped a new forum user learn about the how, or why, of a game mechanic.
If you ever loved the forum as much as I did.
You are a friend.
Even if I am long gone from this forum by the time you first read some of my writing.
A future friend.
Venting
Venting
see Complaint Category in notes
No spend
to not participate beyond Ninja Tower 50 & teach SG some kind of a lesson… whatever that meant…!
see No spend trap in notes
Notes
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Helping forum
(Be a Regular Hero 🤹 - guide for Regular Forum Users)
Forum organization
(I strongly dislike merged topics - #57 by zephyr1)
Complaint Category
I have considered making some kind of Common Complaints thread, however I personally don’t think it will redirect any complaints, or reduce complaining clutter around the Forum.
The only thing that will reduce clutter is a separate category “Feedback”. Buuuut, the problem is most topics eventually get derailed into complaining ( Godwin’s law ) so the reduction is more like -10% than -100%. In practice, this is just not worth the effort moderating it.
If you want to reduce clutter, the best ( that I have actually seen in use on a public forum ) is one or two curated sections of posts or links.
Example:
A “Beginners” category that contains locked, copies of useful posts for beginners. Since all posts are copies, people can still complain in the original posts but not the curated copies. Since all copies are locked, there are no replies six months later that derail into complaints. Since only moderators or staff can post copies, all posts are on topic. Since all posts are edit locked copies, the original poster cannot vandalize the post at a latter date out of frustration.
But MMOs are always changing and old posts become obsolete, especially when new features are added.
I have always wanted to try a “Hot Links” curated category, with just links to interesting topics or replies. Or maybe a “Link of the Day” curated category. Just some way to boost a topic or reply. By having a separate topic for each link, you could see what is interesting people.
However, I have never moderated a forum that was busy enough to warrant anything but a couple of global sticky posts like “Phones click here or HOT, Bugs, Search & FAQ” or “Known Requests - OFFICIAL RESPONSES (24)” or “Known Requests - RESOLVED (6-2)”.
Forums are just messy things because humans are messy. Forums that are neat, tend to be dead forums.
“Moderators are paid and praise and taxed in grief. The pay is too low and the taxes too high!”- Gryphonknight
No spend trap
No Spend
TrapConsidering the above ways F2P games are designed to monetize, retain, and engage more players ( see notes )
The only way to get SGG 's Empires and Puzzles game to change, is not to play
Edit:
@Petri
( head cat wrangler ), staff, moderators, regulars, users, and everyone who contributes positively to the forum are awesome. One of the best forums on the internetFIN
FIN
too late to leave a cake?
Never!
Thank you!!!
20 chocolate feathers
How the heck did I miss this one too? Happy cake day dude! Your posts always make for a good read. The forum would be a lesser place without you.
Shower Thought
I am still bitter, years later, that I do not have the snowman avatar from the first Winter event
We are similar.
I was sad that I missed out on the original snowman avatar too. I know it’s not the same but I was happy that they released Frosty avatar later.
released Frosty avatar later.
I know you are trying to be positive
But I keep chasing limited availability 3* healers and not getting them ( including Frosty )
And I finally get limited availability, green Pseudo 5* Buddy after a 3 year chase ( my only decent Green 5* / Pseudo 5* ), and TZS nerfed him to a Pseudo 4.5*
Still no Mother Frakking North after years, and hundreds of USD
So really, I try to avoid thinking of ANY Winter avatars
FIN
I’d gift you a maxed, non-emblemed Frosty from my roster if I could.
gift
Thank you
Another reason I am sad Soul Exchange will permanently replace alpha v0.1 of Trading in Empires and Puzzles ( per AMA ) but 3* / 4* Soul Exchange is incredibly unlikely to happen while I still live
available?
Player A ( appears to be a Beta tester from main forum posts ):costumes availlable in the Hero Academy too once the event arrives to the game ?
( half teasing/ half serious )
Are any costumes really available in Academy?
( end half teasing/ half serious )
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Any limited availability costume ( includes duplicates )
Spend depth = 400 retraining or 7.69 years
Loot box unit pricing = 1,839+ retraining or 35+ years
Specific limited availability costume
Spend depth = 400 retraining, or 7.69 years, * number of Limited availability heroes ( with AND without costumes )
Loot box unit pricing = 1,839+ retraining, or 35+ years, * number of Limited availability heroes ( with AND without costumes )
FIN
I must really be old because I seem to be missing everything.
@Gryphonknight has been around this place forever and his input and research over the years stands at the top as far as dedication to this forum.
Very lucky to have you old friend.
Yarr !!!
Happy cake day @Gryphonknight, author of the most comprehensive, well formatted posts in the forum. I’m fairly certain that the 4th cake day club must be very exclusive.