Originally Posted by
CoffeeCat
Hey Narasn.
It's clear that you love TSO (for all the grumbling, so do the rest of us or we wouldn't be here anyway), but getting snarky with the rest of us who are less fortunate in our new game atmosphere isn't helping our level of frustration. Other than you, I haven't seen anyone else who's game is "improved" other than those who were unable to start the game after the flash extinction until unity went live. The problems are too widespread and consistent for it to be either users' computers or low-level tech savvy (definitely me). It IS helpful when you offer tips and tricks that you have found as workarounds (as you have done before, many thanks!) until BB gets the server problems and game glitches ready for prime time. But for a lot of us this frustration is real and game-killing.
Thankfully I don't have as much trouble starting the game after the last update, but for me the game is still too glitchy to enjoy playing. It's hard to call something a game when it feels like a chore. It takes too long just to accomplish what little I do, so I have given up actually playing for now. Occasionally I try chat, but then there are refreshes, type lags, and absolutely no idea if anyone is even on. I try to do GQ to help the few guildies who are able/willing to play as-is. The usual game for me now is: I login, wait a few minutes to get through the brown bar, splash screen and resized splash screen, then try to click through the first pop-up green check bar. Half of the time that causes a refresh. Then the gem progress click, and if the first pop-up didn't cause a refresh, this one will. Then it takes ~5 mins minimum to fully load my island, for a bit the only parts that load are the roads and trees. Then I open the quest log... this is where almost every click causes a mini freeze. 6-10 mins to get through that much, and most of the island is usually (but not always) loaded. Every click on an explorer or geo causes a little lag so I stopped sending them. Collectibles cause freezes so I stopped collecting. Trying to buff production buildings cause both freeze and lag, so all my production is sleeping. Loading generals and getting the attack waves right is a nightmare and leads to unnecessary loss of expensive to replace troops so I don't do any adventures. Most of the time I can get books queued in the RPH and collect/initiate the bookbinder. What I can manage in a half-hour to full hour in-game is get through initial screens, quest log and DQ/GQ that do not require either production, adventures or high-end resources. And yes, I HAVE bought gems in the past, but not any more until the game is at least as functional as it was on the client.
I really am glad the game works for you, and apparently functions excellently, and I do appreciate the tips, but please consider that most of us who care enough to be posting are NOT having much "happy settling" going on.