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I would really appreciate it !
First of all, thank you all for supporting my previous article ("The Suggestions, Advices & Guidelines to Epic Win !" . It got over 260 votes, and top 1 International ! I think it's great because it showed how much you all cared about this game and your will to help the Staff team to improve it.
Thanks to your support, the staff has indeed seen and enjoyed these suggestions and answered that all of them would be taken into consideration by the staff. Maybe we will see some of them (or all ? :p) come true in the next months
As I've been admin of another game myself, I know that it is kinda difficult for the staff team to have a clear view of the suggestions of a community with thousands of players (some players like one, others don't, how can you know if it will be appreciated by the players if you implement it?). I wanted, with this article to make an attempt to gather all the community's suggestions.
That's why I'm asking you, to send me any suggestion you want, anything you ever dreamed about, anything you always wanted to see on e-Sim. Below you have a simple Google docs formular where you can fill whatever you want.
Click HERE to Send a Suggestion !
These suggestions will then be sorted to keep only the ones that are realist and in my next article I'm going to let you all vote for the ones you prefer. The top 20 suggestions will then be submitted to the admins (some of them might be accompanied by “fake screens” like I did for the war module suggestion (see previous article) to show what it could look like
The purpose is of course to help the administration to make the best choices for their future implementations.
I'm counting on you to gather the best suggestions ! Don't hesitate to submit !
And as I'm still not out of ideas
, here is my contribution to the whole “gathering the most suggestions possible thing” . Some are just details, others more important suggestions. According to me, it could make the game a lot more easy or fun to play. But don't hesitate to give me your opinion about 'em in the comments, I would be glad to hear them !
PS: If you like it, please vote and sub !
Details/small things suggestions:
- [Country Pages] Access to Country's pages by clicking on the flags
Wouldn't it be easier if you could also access the “Country Economy” page of a certain country by clicking on the appropriate flag? For example the flag that shows your citizenship, or the one next to your current location.
- [Country Pages] Easy Switching between the different informative pages of a Country
When you're on an informative page of a certain country (e.g. the “War & Economics” page), you can't switch quickly to another informative page concerning that same country. Wouldn't it be easier to have a few links in each informative page to switch easily between them?
- [Media] Newspapers' names in top articles
It's a small thing but on the main page's Top articles you only see the nickname of the publisher but not the name of the newspaper. I think it could be useful to have the name of the newspaper next to the nickname of the journalist
- [Media] Clickable Pictures in articles
I don't think it is possible to make “clickable” pictures in an article. It would be nice though.
- [Media] No character limit
For my previous article, I couldn't publish the whole of it because of a “Character limit”. It's not very useful in my opinion and it should be removed or increased, don't you think?
- [Media] National rankings
The Newspaper's ranking is the only one where you cannot sort by country.
- [Wiki&Forum] Better place for Wiki & Forum links
For new players, finding the official wiki and official forum of e-Sim is not obvious. I think that they should be more visible, for example in a main tab at the top of the page. Maybe there should be a “More” tab, next to the “Country” tab that would contain “Official Forum”, “Wiki”, “Invite Friends” and “Laws”.
- [Wiki] Change "Jamwiki" logo on wiki?
On the wiki there is still a “Jamwiki” logo. Shouldn't there be a “e-Sim” logo instead?
- [Battle page] Switch defender & Attacker side
I don't know about you but I think that the fact that the defender is at the left side and the attacker at the right side feels a little bit “unnatural”. Of course this is the slightest detail but if I'm not the only one to think that way (do you? Tell me in the comments
) it would be nice to switch both sides to make the attackers attack from the left while the defenders defend from the right
- [Lay out] Empty space & Ugly clock
When I look at the top of the page I notice two things, first there is an ugly clock ticking on the right !
Secondly there is a huge empty space between the logo and the clock. This place could be used for something more useful, isn't it? Like the latest articles written by Admin or the planned maintenances, the last major events in the sWorld, ...
- [Other] National organization on country page + Special color for official articles?
As every country has 1 official organization, I think it would be very useful to have the link of that org on every Country page and on the “more” tab I mentioned earlier
Also admin's and government's official articles could have a special color.
More ambitious changes:
- Custom & Automatic Biography on Profile page
For now on, when you look at the profile of another player, you still don't know much about him. Yeah, you know how much medals he has and when he was born but what about all the things he achieved through his entire sLife? I think it would be awesome to have a automatic record of the major events of your sLife on your profile (to avoid making it too long, there would be a “show more” link ofc). It would go from your sbirth to your sdeath and it would include the times you ran for president, the times you actually became president or party prez or congressman and such. The times you got that BH that was a real pain in your ass.
Example:Biography of “CitizenX”:
Day 1: Birth of CitizenX in Serbia
Day 36: CitizenX changes his citizenship for Ukrainian
Day 45: CitizenX is elected congressman in Ukraine
Day 123: CitizenX gets a BH in the battle for Sofia, dealing 224.000dmg
...
And because some events are more important than others for some people and because the game cannot know about some other events, you would be able to customize that “Biography” by adding manually some events and removing the ones you don't want to show up on your profile. Yeah, it sounds like facebook but whatever.
Example: Edited Biography of “CitizenX”:
Day 101: CitizenX gets married with HornyBeauty34
Day 112: CitizenX is MOD
...
- Icons indicating military rank/level/congress/president
It could be useful to be able to see in a glimpse who is a certain player, only by looking at his avatar. I think it would be nice to have a little icon in a corner of your avatar of a certain colour that indicates if you are congressman, president or party president. That icon could have a certain shape indicating your military rank. Moreover, inside the icon you could also have a small number indicating your level (now, I don't know yet how it could look like and if it is possible to make such an icon with so much information
)
- Epic Archives
e-Sim will soon have a whole “history” but no player that remembers it entirely. Wiki articles are not always up to date and demand a lot of work to write. I would love to have “Archives”. It could include a list of the major events through the months and years. Or also a ranking of the most epic battles (most damage dealt) through history or of the most voted articles ever, etc... Just to keep a trace of the past as we move forward
- [Market] Automatic Gold equivalent?
On ER, everybody used to have a script called “ER advanced” that slowed down the game but had many awesome features. For example, it showed the price of any product or salary, automatically converted in gold. It was damn useful. Could it be implemented on e-Sim as a native feature?
- [Community Forums] Forum links set by Congress
Forums run by the users communities around the sWorld will always exist and aren't "concurrent" of the official forum as their purpose is entirely different and as they often have a different language. But sadly, the newbies can't find these forums easily, unless the link is given in the welcoming message (the one they often don't read), I think it would be a good idea to give the possibility to the Congress to set up the link of the official Community Board of their country. The link would then be accessible through the Country page and eventually in the “More” tab, I mentioned earlier.
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About the game:
USA as a world power? In E-Sim it is possible!
In E-Sim we have a huge, living world, which is a mirror copy of the Earth. Well, maybe not completely mirrored, because the balance of power in this virtual world looks a bit different than in real life. In E-Sim, USA does not have to be a world superpower, It can be efficiently managed as a much smaller country that has entrepreneurial citizens that support it's foundation. Everything depends on the players themselves and how they decide to shape the political map of the game.
Work for the good of your country and see it rise to an empire.
Activities in this game are divided into several modules. First is the economy as a citizen in a country of your choice you must work to earn money, which you will get to spend for example, on food or purchase of weapons which are critical for your progress as a fighter. You will work in either private companies which are owned by players or government companies which are owned by the state. After progressing in the game you will finally get the opportunity to set up your own business and hire other players. If it prospers, we can even change it into a joint-stock company and enter the stock market and get even more money in this way.
In E-Sim, international wars are nothing out of the ordinary.
Become an influential politician.
The second module is a politics. Just like in real life politics in E-Sim are an extremely powerful tool that can be used for your own purposes. From time to time there are elections in the game in which you will not only vote, but also have the ability to run for the head of the party you're in. You can also apply for congress, where once elected you will be given the right to vote on laws proposed by your fellow congress members or your president and propose laws yourself. Voting on laws is important for your country as it can shape the lives of those around you. You can also try to become the head of a given party, and even take part in presidential elections and decide on the shape of the foreign policy of a given state (for example, who to declare war on). Career in politics is obviously not easy and in order to succeed in it, you have to have a good plan and compete for the votes of voters.
You can go bankrupt or become a rich man while playing the stock market.
The international war.
The last and probably the most important module is military. In E-Sim, countries are constantly fighting each other for control over territories which in return grant them access to more valuable raw materials. For this purpose, they form alliances, they fight international wars, but they also have to deal with, for example, uprisings in conquered countries or civil wars, which may explode on their territory. You can also take part in these clashes, although you are also given the opportunity to lead a life as a pacifist who focuses on other activities in the game (for example, running a successful newspaper or selling products).
At the auction you can sell or buy your dream inventory.
E-Sim is a unique browser game. It's creators ensured realistic representation of the mechanisms present in the real world and gave all power to the players who shape the image of the virtual Earth according to their own. So come and join them and help your country achieve its full potential.
Invest, produce and sell - be an entrepreneur in E-Sim.
Take part in numerous events for the E-Sim community.
