Why must level 9 look like you are an evil overlord?

This is a really good point and I have joined the community specially just to make! One of the great things about the game is the building and designing part, and there is a really nice medieval aesthetic to the early Town-Hall levels but as you get more powerful WHY MUST IT LOOK LIKE YOU ARE AN EVIL OVERLORD?

The purple wall-crystals are bad enough, but the level 9 Town-hall is ugly and all the top villages now look like they are run by an infantile Darth Vader fanatic... Is it possible at all to have a choice NOT to go all gothic and very dark grey? I am staying at level 8 for a while because the village i have spent a lot of time and money on looks OK - well the purple walls are not as nice as the gold ones but people are now ploughing through my gold ones...

Even a COLOUR CHANGE would be better, paler and less dark walls and Town-Hall? I have noticed that the canons and mortars go to black after they were a cool gold colour...

Please can people comment? There is another post on this but the phrase 'girly version' is not really what I mean...

I don't want to spend the rest of the game feeling that I am part of the evil empire! I want to pretend that I am one of the Good Guys! When Fable 2 came out the research suggested that most players chose the good guy route, especially as it makes no real difference to the gameplay.

Please comment on this idea!

TY


Please vote - choice of your village looking Evil or Good?
or no choice, just all look like the above?

No you should not be able to change colors, it would be to hard to know what level of defense you opponent have.

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Originally Posted by tobyyarwood

This is a really good point and I have joined the community specially just to make! One of the great things about the game is the building and designing part, and there is a really nice medieval aesthetic to the early Town-Hall levels but as you get more powerful WHY MUST IT LOOK LIKE YOU ARE AN EVIL OVERLORD?

The purple wall-crystals are bad enough, but the level 9 Town-hall is ugly and all the top villages now look like they are run by an infantile Darth Vader fanatic... Is it possible at all to have a choice NOT to go all gothic and very dark grey? I am staying at level 8 for a while because the village i have spent a lot of time and money on looks OK - well the purple walls are not as nice as the gold ones but people are now ploughing through my gold ones...

Even a COLOUR CHANGE would be better, paler and less dark walls and Town-Hall? I have noticed that the canons and mortars go to black after they were a cool gold colour...

Please can people comment? There is another post on this but the phrase 'girly version' is not really what I mean...

I don't want to spend the rest of the game feeling that I am part of the evil empire! I want to pretend that I am one of the Good Guys! When Fable 2 came out the research suggested that most players chose the good guy route, especially as it makes no real difference to the gameplay.

Please comment on this idea!

TY


Please vote - choice of your village looking Evil or Good?
or no choice, just all look like the above?

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When I started reading this I thought it would be an empty pipe dream. But I have to agree.

town hall level 8 is a nice castle view, the rustic orange look. Then you upgrade and BAM, black with skulls.

They should have different skins perhaps then? Light or Dark. So people can choose. But I think the majority would enjoy being "an evil overlord" as this is a more child friendly game...although maybe I'm wrong!

Perhaps they can just change it for everyone, and have it more magical looking, than dark and evil? So instead of skulls, have like crystal orbs that emit light?
Work on a golden city, from wood to gold, rather than wood, to gold, to crystal, to fiery inferno.

As my name on there is death when I get it I want it to look like that kind of goes with the name don't you think?

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Originally Posted by XenapZ

No you should not be able to change colors, it would be to hard to know what level of defense you opponent have.

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Fair point. If this is going to happen, the buildings are going to have to look almost identical, with a different tint. Or they universally change it.

Another reason why I think this is a bad idea is that the scare-effect goes away.

Why have I maxed my lvl8 walls? You still only need 2 lvl 5 wallbreakers to get through. Sure they are of course effective agains other troops but the main reason is the scare-effect.

Most people who see a base with with lvl 8 walls just skips on past it as fast as they can.

I agree I personally like the gold walls better than the purple. They at least could have had the purple walls then when you upgrade went with a different color and structure instead of just basically turning then into a darker purple. Seems like someone was lazy and didn't want to design something new.

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Originally Posted by Houseofsharonb

I agree I personally like the gold walls better than the purple. They at least could have had the purple walls then when you upgrade went with a different color and structure instead of just basically turning then into a darker purple. Seems like someone was lazy and didn't want to design something new.

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Well first they are pink, then they are purple :)

Two completly different colors in my opinion.

Nothing says stay out quite like walls with skulls on them and a black townhall. Sadly, my walls are only partially skulls. :(

(Happy about TH 8 though :p)

what are you talking about? the TH9 looks amazing. i love the dark overlord look along with the skulls, that shows that you are a high level player with mad skills. what were you expecting? a ginger bread house? i dont know why you would post this thread. the buildings are supposed to look more threatening and fascinating with each upgrade, so the spikes and dark buildings are perfect.