Nostalgia

[Portal]

Originally Posted by bloodykiller

somebody ban this kid.

nice pics, except you can tell from the interface that half of them are after 2010. i'd make fun of my brother for playing a retarded 2d game then i tried it and i'd play for hours after school having sick fun.

simple was better in many aspects... but the problem is that it's impossible for new players to compete with pkers with 10 years or so of experience

With respect, i think you view it through rose tinted glasses.
You seem like the type of person who would hate it because it's new and not the exact same server you played like 12 years ago.
how would you improve it?

[Ramsfan]

Nice seeing myself in some of these older pics! Wish I had some of my old screenshots of Era's biggest raids...

Heres a lame PK video Spike and I made back around 2007. Good times. Enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksPOSKwjz_s

[salesman]

Originally Posted by Ramsfan

Nice seeing myself in some of these older pics! Wish I had some of my old screenshots of Era's biggest raids...

Heres a lame PK video Spike and I made back around 2007. Good times. Enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksPOSKwjz_s

lol at the gang messages in BB...I took this game way too seriously

[fowlplay4]

here's a screenshot i took in 2003:



it's amazing how much the game hasn't changed since then

[Tim_Rocks]

Those cars look cool.

[shrimps]

Oh man, an invisible shrimps with BRB emoticon up. That's a rare breed.

[Eclipse]

thoes cars look stupid

[Tim_Rocks]

Originally Posted by Eclipse

thoes cars look stupid

You're just a hater.

[shrimps]

The current cars look stupid, half of them are drawn from different angles and when they're not facing up or down look retarted.

[TheJames]

Haha oh wow now I want to go get my old hard drive and upload all of my old screenshots...

[Fiberwyre_P2P]

Oh god, Mog. What ever happened to that guy and his dual shotties?

[Meph]

Originally Posted by shrimps

If I remember correctly, when I first started playing in 2001 Era had the classic graal style inventory with the scroll looking thing.

Yeah, back when we had trading baskets.

And on the topic of iEra, it's an acquired taste for PC-Era Natives.
Here's the first impression of a PC-Era Native when they come to iEra:
1) "Oh, nice playercount."
2) "Ew, slow walk speed."
3) "Ew, laggy flash/java-based client. The hell is this friends list in my way for?"
4) "Man, this basing system sucks."
5) "Man, this walk speed really sucks,"
6) "Is it just me, or is this hit box off?"

Once you get past these quirks, it's manageable.

But it's really hard to get past that.
Especially for people who enjoy base takeovers, which is really what Era (both versions) are about.
Basing on iEra is flawed in many respects-- respawning, healing, and the general lack of focus on gunplay.

This does not captivate the typical PC Era player, who has seen a great basing system in action.

I really enjoy playing iEra, and I have plans to improve on it to give people the "old school Era" experience I grew up with.
I feel the newer generation is being robbed of a great game.

Admittedly though, I wouldn't play if I was limited to the Facebook application.

If iEra wants to attract anybody interested in playing on the PC, a good first step is to open up the server on the Graal Client to the general public, giving them the same limitations the Facebook client has, without the lag or that bulky friends list at the bottom.

Oh, and good to see some of you guys again.

[Fiberwyre_P2P]

Originally Posted by Meph

Admittedly though, I wouldn't play if I was limited to the Facebook application.

If iEra wants to attract anybody interested in playing on the PC, a good first step is to open up the server on the Graal Client to the general public, giving them the same limitations the Facebook client has, without the lag or that bulky friends list at the bottom.

Does anyone know the reason behind making a shitty facebook web application instead of just letting people use the native client that was already made and ready to go?

[callimuc]

Originally Posted by Fiberwyre_P2P

Does anyone know the reason behind making a shitty facebook web application instead of just letting people use the native client that was already made and ready to go?

Advertising Graal for free. People invite friends to play the game and they eventually try it out. It's a free advertisement, considering the Graal community on facebook spreading it to their real life accounts.
People tend to hop on Facebook and try out games instead of downloading stuff etc. The mobile platforms and Facebook are the biggest income Graal does get, considering the amount of people and money being spent just to get Gralats.

Even though people won't stick to the Facebook client, they see that it's also available for their phone/tablet/whatnot and will get it on there

[Fiberwyre_P2P]

Originally Posted by callimuc

Advertising Graal for free. People invite friends to play the game and they eventually try it out. It's a free advertisement, considering the Graal community on facebook spreading it to their real life accounts.
People tend to hop on Facebook and try out games instead of downloading stuff etc. The mobile platforms and Facebook are the biggest income Graal does get, considering the amount of people and money being spent just to get Gralats.

Even though people won't stick to the Facebook client, they see that it's also available for their phone/tablet/whatnot and will get it on there

That makes sense. Can't argue with the logic there.