Gotta add, remember thinking VIP status was a joke. I had many occasions where I had sheets and sheets of 9 digit codes laying around. My roommate thought I was going all "John Nash" on them.
Gotta add, remember thinking VIP status was a joke. I had many occasions where I had sheets and sheets of 9 digit codes laying around. My roommate thought I was going all "John Nash" on them.
Brotherhood Without Banners
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The Pros from Dover.
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Don't know the exact day but yeah I've been playing for 2 years. I think it was right when the app released because it was in the top ten free apps at the time.
Been just over 2 years, If JMC were around he would be most likely one of if not the longest playing forum member. I would be just behind him by 1-2 days. We had MW released in Canada around Nov 11, 2011 and I had a pop up on my iPad advertising this game so I downloaded it. Sadly there are many of the original players who were very active on this forum and who posted some very insightful messages no longer here.
To say that things have changed is an understatement. Some for the better but also a lot for the worse. Support was particularly non existent back then, other then the odd response from Crime City Mark here in the forum.
The game even way back then was in a constant state of flux, always called this the only strategy game I have ever played where not having a strategy was the best strategy.
The biggest screw up back then was with the Stealth Frigates, many of us figured out that if we attacked the crap out of rivals that we would build up a nice pot of valour. This was then used to buy the Stealth Frigates which Funzio had messed up on in terms of cost vs power. So free players way back then were some of the strongest players in the game. Funzio realized this and suddenly changed the cost of the attack and defense stats of the units which set off a furor here on the forum. Then after several players got support to give them refunds for valour Funzio suddenly changed the values back to what we see now but also increased their cost. But some of us held back and didn't cash out, so Funzio suddenly radically changed the death rate of these units and they were suddenly dropping like flies.
The moral here, never think that this game is a fair fight, it has not and never will be....
Then General Insane showed up and the game has never been the same since. If there is one real legend of MW my vote would be for him, whoever he is.You see back then nobody figured that someone would spend their way so quickly to the top, myself included. So he was labeled a hacker and called all sorts of names in the forum. But he showed all of us how fast you could build an army that nobody could beat, until a few other folks with equally deep pockets turned up and then it was game on! He also showed us that having an army stronger than everyone else meant you did not need an economy, you just raided the crap out of everyone else. So he had a very spartan base. Which was a very logical thing to do, why give up resources to an enemy that could take advantage of it and that is how the 'cloak' was born...
That was probably the most interesting period of this game, and from where PUN was spawned. Partly following the old saying, if you can't beat them join them. But perhaps more fittingly, if you can beat them and join them then decimate everyone else.
Other then a game my wife got me started on on Facebook this is the only online game I still play. Tried the other Funzio/Gree concoctions but most are just regraphiced versions of this game engine and have since been deleted.
So why do I still play, I think partly because I'm hoping that one day the game will actually work the way it was supposed to..... ok just kidding! It won't! But mainly it's because of the other players who over the years have become friends and team mates. If it wasn't for this aspect of the game this app would have been nuked a long time ago since I have a very low monetary investment in it compared to others.
Last edited by Agent Orange; 11-26-2013 at 11:27 AM.
Modern War
IOS - Agent Orange - ID 863 440 860
Free player
Playing since 11/08/2011
Level 240+
Android - Agent Orange -ID 179 321 004
Free Player since 7/18/12
Level 33+
War of Nations - Agent Orange - Quit the game
Free Player since 5/30/13
its been 2+ years for me also.
I remember looking through all the buildings and thinking i would never be able to afford a nano building.
I also remember saying to myself why the heck would anyone buy gold?? Now i don't even like adding up the numbers in my head of how much i have spent. And yes, its all because of factions, i was gold free until then.
It will be two years for me in mid-December. I remember when the forums were useful and fun and it was worth checking out everyday especially as a free player. Now, not so much.
You guys that are 2+ years, what are your in game names? Mine was Niteshooter before I changed to Agent Orange to reduce confusion.
Modern War
IOS - Agent Orange - ID 863 440 860
Free player
Playing since 11/08/2011
Level 240+
Android - Agent Orange -ID 179 321 004
Free Player since 7/18/12
Level 33+
War of Nations - Agent Orange - Quit the game
Free Player since 5/30/13
I'm always here with you. Still a clean free player so far. Happy thanksgiving!Originally Posted by Agent Orange
Started on Dec 10 2011
MW 183 657 097 IpH 9,500,000
Started on Feb 5 2012
CC 357 749 226 IpH 16,500,000
Started on April 19 2012
KA 885 307 144 IpH 45000
A good death is its Own reward.
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My first name was stephen.
Gunnery Sergeant
Brotherhood Without Banners
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The Pros from Dover.
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Hit 100k at level 170. Those were the good ol' days. Day 622 for me. Same name.
McGurt Assisted Living
I just sh!t my pants. PM for details.
2 years coming mid Decemberwhyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
I may not be your daddy, but I will still spank you.
2 For Me! Started over several times, and now have 4 players playing actively at different levels.
thats great i remember family looking at me strange when finding pages and pages of codes. think they thought i had gone of the deep end.
My favorite memory was counting the number of indestructible above 50 in stats and thinking i was the man
almost 2 years for me, stop playing for a bit so maybe a little under
2+ for me as well.. Especially if you count CC which I started day 1. Yeah.. Pretty crazy to think of all the changes since funzio went out the door.. And the massive amount of time I've wasted with this. It's an addiction no doubt. My in game name has always been the same. .
The first box event in CC paid a unit called Diamond Duster (I think). It was a gun.. Had a +1 Respect per fight buff.. And was around 200/200. I remember thinking "MY GOD MAN! 200/200!"
The nice thing about being a veteran.. Is that these LE buildings are a cakewalk.
I downloaded the game just before new year 2012. I'm mostly a free player so have only got to level 208, but I still enjoy playing the game.
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