Hey folks, you might remember that a few weeks ago we had our final installment of the closed beta diary. There we provided you with some insights into how it is like to be a mighty ruler in Forge of Empires. As the open beta has started, now every single one of you can write their own story in the game. And now it’s time for you to tell them! You can forward us your experiences and submit your story to your.story@innogames.de and we will post the most interesting ones here on our blog. Today we start with Frank – a well-known salt merchant from Germany.
Hi, my name is Frank and I’m playing Forge of Empires since the start of the German version. What I really like about the game is that I don’t have to build up a huge army in order to be successful. Reigning by economic superiority is also possible. Thus I decided very early that I would go for overpowering my opponents with my well-oiled economic infrastructure, instead of facing them on the battlefield. And this strategy worked exceptionally well for me. During my first days in the game, I tried to strategically set up an infrastructure that would push my economic growth. Blocks of houses and production areas – producing both supplies and rare resources – were built up quickly out of thin air, just to be demolished after a couple of days. Change was omnipresent. But after a while I found a working formula that allowed me to quickly progress through the game: I started to focus only on those rare resources, where I had conquered a good deposit. After adjusting my strategy, the progression through the game really picked up its pace. Now after reaching the high middle age, I am one of the leading salt merchants in my whole neighborhood. As salt is a valuable resource in my world – a lot of other players are craving for it – I would consider myself to be one of the most-known and most-influential merchants. So basically I achieved my goal of reigning with my economic power. You might even have traded with me without noticing! And of course, I am already planning my next steps – concentrating on producing glass and gold. The demand for both resources is also enormous at the moment. And who knows, maybe I will be the leading merchant in whole Germany in the near future – at least this is what I am working towards ;) I hope that I have provided you with some insights into how merchants can be successful in Forge of Empires! Hopefully this strategy works for you as well and you can become as successful in the game, as I am today. I wish you all the best, Frank.
DO NOT PLAY THIS GAME…
You can no longer knock down a building so you can build another.
Games gone from bad to worse.
Hi Ray,
you can still sell buildings. As we changed the layout of the interface a little bit, you now find the sell button on the top of the screen (under your Forge points), when you open the the building menu.
Not you cannot demolish buildings ones your farm gone negative, i dont know why which is stupid by the way….
Hi Joeforide,
please keep in mind that residential buildings are closely connected to your population. Therefore you can’t sell them, once the population is negative.
Hi,
I’m not getting the option to Sabotage (Plunder) a players building after winning against him in the PvP tournament. The menu doesn’t show up at all. I have defeated 5 players now & the menu didn’t show up even once.
Can someone please look into this? Thanks.
Hi Jaydeep,
this menu only shows up when you attack other players and their city. In the PvP tournament you are battling for medals, therefor you do not have the option to plunder other cities.
I tried logging on today and many problems. First, the game didn’t recongize my log in name like I never existed, so apparently the game I have been playing is lost. Second, I re-register to at least start a new game and once I try to log in it screen goes white and nothing loads up. Can someone from Innogames email me about this. I would try to contact you directly about this, but I could not find anyway to send you an email.
Hi Charles,
unfortunately we have some login problems at the moment. Our developers already work hard to fix them. Your first game is definitely not lost. Do you still have problems logging into the game?
i cannot currently log in
Hi Chris,
we know about this problem and we are working very hard to fix it. Do you also have tried to log in the game with a different browser? Does it work?
Oh now i know why i could not start the game too, and i keep getting the same message in the login/welcome screen “To view this page ensure that Adobe Flash Player version 11.2 or greater is installed.”, even though i just installed flash player 11.3.300.257.
It would make a lot of sense if innogames simply create common login screen (which tells people whether they have successfully login or not) and have the system requirement checks on separate screen. Players would appreciate if they were told that the login has been successful but there were system problems or minimum requirements to run the game has not been met. Just like common games distributed thru DVDs, there should be product information label or somekind.
PS: so far, i think innogames has the creativity, and the courage to do so, just like the grepolis you made.
I get the same problem today with the account, and i don’t want to play the game from beginning. Did they fix the problems on your account Charles?
it’s works ;)
O MEU JOGO ESTA COM PROBLEMA NÃO CONSIGO ENTRA NO PESQUISAS PARA CONCLUIR OQ FAZER???? DYVAA.
Hi diva,
thank you for your comment. We forwarded your problem to our developers. Please also report bugs and problems in pour forum at: http://forum.pt.forgeofempires.com/forum.php
Every time i send a message to someone, the windows always goes up by every answer i give or get. I want to read the whole conversation but i can’t. I hope you can solve this problem.
Hi Jurgen,
we are already aware of this issue and we try to fix it a.s.a.p.
- When do you think do you will move active ppl on to servers without inactive players?
- When will work the inventary buttom ?
- When trades allowed for allies?
Hi Javi,
we will release those updates in the near future, but so far we have not announced an exact release date. You can find out more information and recent changelogs in the announcement section of our forum at: http://forum.en.forgeofempires.com/forumdisplay.php?7-Announcements
ok well, not much information, but ty.
Jaja. All talk.But what about the players NOW? We play but have only half the game. You like maybe smal armies but what is that with the nice add? Nice views of a game what we cant play.No trade , or what they call trade isnt trade but only cheating the players. Forums where you dont get answers. Players who dont play. Quests that wil not respond when you have done your task. Building that give you products but you need to klick those building 2 times before they understand you dont need that sighn anymore to see. Buttons that are not working at the moment.(they say it wil be in the future but we are playing now!!!) Iam paying money NOW.But i stop paying NOW to. And its just a bad made game.
Hi Hanspy,
Forge of Empires is still a beta version. Therefor our developers are working very hard to fix the existing problems, improve the game and also implement new features. We are aware of all problems that are reported in our bug report section in our forum and we are working on fixing them at the moment. So please be patient with us and keep helping us by reporting bugs in our forum at: http://forum.en.forgeofempires.com/forumdisplay.php?33-Bug-Report-section
CRASH DETECTED
when you are in a fight, with 8 (i don’t know the name in english, so i will say) of the spear “dudes”, the game freezes when you try to attack someone that is in a forest (with +2 or +3 of defense)…
also, if a legionary (with 13 of defense) goes to a forest (with +2 or +3 of defense), and you try to attack, it shows a error saying that “We are sorry, an internal error occurred. Try again later.”…
by the way, the mouse has some problems: auto drag of the scenario, and it’s a bit tricky to do not miss the right building when zoom is at minimum…
Hi Ismael,
thank you for reporting this bug. We forwarded it to our developers and they will fix it a.s.a.p.
just one sugestion:
at the beggining, the evolution is really fast…
but then, when you go to explode Badakus in front, the game just gets soooooo slow to evolve..
i mean, it takes more than 2 hours just to explore!!!!
the first ones didn’t even took a minute…
it’s a huge difference…
and will cost many players…
and there are soooo few extentions to our area…
it would be a bit better if there where the double…
and rewards in conquering (or buying) sectors are miserable…
120 coins is nothing compared to the cost of the lost soldiers:
in a fight 8 against 8, you might have 1 alive, if you win…
then you have to spend 175 coins…
the rewards should be higher…
like 200 or 300…
and the construction time of things is really too high…
at first, a simple house takes 10 seconds, and then, the next one, takes 10 minutes…
it should take 2 minutes…
it’s an acceptable difference…
please, consider this…
another things that i would suggest is that you let make less zoom:
i have a 1280×1024 screen and i have troubles in seeing my whole city, in minimum zoom and in full screen…
when you increase the zoom, it’s too much zoom..
you should put a level between it…
another thing you could change are those “notifications” and place them in one single place…
for example, the one showing that the population is happy and the ones with the challenges, the option to collect everything at once and the other to increase production…
i guess the visual would be a bit simpler…
you should make a pool about this option…
p.s.: by the way, on google chrome, the game is “cutted”: the size of the game is bigger than the size of the available space for the web page, making it something like 200px hidden…
i noticed this in my friends computer…
i am running the game over opera 11.64 (linux 32 bits)…
Hi Ismael,
thank you for your comment. We forwarded your suggestions to our developers.
another bug found:
when, for any reason, the game has to be reloaded (internal error in the game, by mistake, opera kills the plugin (for performance reasons), power failure, etc…), when you enter again in the game, you have the option to continue the battle or finish it and take your troops…
well, the problem is when the battle finishes:
it shows the city controls but in the map!
here, the link to the image: http://tinypic.com/r/xehrn7/6
p.s.: you should create a link to submit bugs, with the possibility to upload images… it would make waaay easier to know the bugs and you didn’t had to search the blog for all the bugs…
Hi Ismael,
you can submit bugs and make suggestions in our Forge of Empires-forum. You can access the forum either via the game (forum-button) or directly at: http://forum.en.forgeofempires.com/forum.php
I have been playing on Arvahall site for some time and am rated no 1 but scince this morning it won’t allow me to log in saying http404 not found there is no web site. I have also spend money
what is happening
Hi puckit2,
we have some connection problems at the moment and our developers are working very hard to fix them. Have you already tried logging in via a different browser? Please also report your connection problems in our forum at: http://forum.en.forgeofempires.com/forum.php as our developers constantly monitor the forum.
My login attempt has failed screen just says (file not found) i have always logged in on google gold and now i have tried explorer but Arvahall is not recognised in the drop down menu.? Is my game lost?
Hi Adrian,
we have some server problems at the moment and our developers are working very hard to fix them. You can also report your connection problems in our forum at: http://forum.de.forgeofempires.com/forum.php as our developers constantly monitor the forum. Please be assured that your game is definitely not lost!
Why can’t I log in in my game/world? I had a city in the second world beginning with the letter B and now there’s only one world available the D world, what gives?!
Hi Michael,
we have some server problems at the moment and our developers working very hard to fix them. You can also report bugs and connection problems in our forum at: http://forum.en.forgeofempires.com/forum.php
The game don’t login , help me …
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu (-.-)
Server portuguese .
Hi SirCarlos,
we have some connection problems at the moment. Do you still have problems logging in? Have you tried using a different browser? You can also report bugs and connection problems in our forum at: http://forum.en.forgeofempires.com/forum.php
Greetings!
As a Forum Moderator in the Hungarian FoE, I like this game, and the people, but after a time, it’ll be a small boring!
I’m sorry Innogames, I like all of your games, (I like Grepolis so much, it’s the best game ever :D) but this game is worse than the other games!
Hi Trys,
please keep in mind that Forge of Empires is still a beta version and our developers are working very hard to fix the existing problems, improve the game and also implement new features.
No meu bairro tem só eu e mais umas quatro pessoas jogando, não tem jeito de negociar materiais o jogo ta muito lento, tente providenciar aumentar a população do bairro, pois ta ficando dificil.
Hi Fabiana,
we know about those issues and we are planning on soon releasing a new feature in Forge of Empires, that will solve them. So stay tuned!
E aí Fabiana, bora criar um clã de Br !?
Greetings,
I have problems with logging into a game (Czech server).
Is that common now, or is the problem on my side ??
Thx for replying ;)
Hi NathaNyel,
unfortunately we have some connection problems at the moment, but our developers are working very hard on fixing them. Do you still have problems logging in today? Have you already tried logging in via a different browser?
Is there a way of extending your army beyond the 8 that you get at the start??
Hi Gamer,
in Forge of Empires armies are limited to 8 units at the moment. But we keep you updated, if we decide to change the battle system of the game.
When I conquer some other player in battle, there used to come this player’s town and a drop-down box for actions (meaning mostly plundering the other city on my occasion…). Now that opportunity seems to be away – I get other player’s town there but no boxes. Any reason for that?
Hi AlluKoo,
sorry for this problem. We forwarded it to our developers. Please also report the bug in the bug report section of our forum at: http://forum.en.forgeofempires.com/forumdisplay.php?33-Bug-Report-section
After the update off this game the competition list off the brons age is gone. i have played over 200 games and was firstplace. Now i am not even in this list with only 2 days to go. This isn`t fair.
Hi Abboss,
sorry for this problem. Please report it in the bug report section of our forum at: http://forum.en.forgeofempires.com/forumdisplay.php?33-Bug-Report-section or submit a support ticket by right clicking in-game and then selecting support.
Cannot get the screen that sells diamonds to come up. All that appears is a white blank page.
i used to play foe with the adobe flash player 11.2 version but now when i log in it says that i need to get a player of 11.3 and it doesnt work even after downloading
what do i do???
Hey mubariz, sorry if you have problems with the game. Have you tried a different browser?