The Asterisk Issue

Perhaps if you’ve been living in a cave, up a very tall mountain or just don’t visit the OGame.org forum which is  irrelavant in this case, since all the links to this blog come from there then you can’t possibly failed to have noticed the plethora of activity and complaint surrounding the new version of OGame, .76d.

In fact, it is so serious that a (as of 4th of August) 27 page topic has been created in the General OGame area of our board, with most posts complaining about how such a change in the latest version could ruin the very spirit of OGame. Add to that that many players have already quit over the debacle, some at GameForge fear this could become another ‘Officers’ incident.

The change is simple, the activity stars that display fleet activity on a planet has been changed so it appears whenever there is any log in or click on any planet by the player. This new change, which itself is bugged, could force ninja attacks to be rendered impossible and change a fundemental aspect of the game, say critics of the move.

The previous status quo has been called a bug by GameForge, who’s attempted and blundered fix has caused outrage with many already quitting the game after being presented with three very poor poll options and the brains behind the outfit showing very little will to return to the previous system.

I wonder, does that mean all players who’ve ever ninjad a player should be banned for bug using? Afterall, it was indeed a bug was it not? GameForge’s logic again seems flawed to this reporter – I shall continue report as news comes in.