Do you guys think the mining patch is ok?
1: Decreased Mining speed - Basically same thing, same amount of gold in same amount of time (except extra time wasted walking back and forth :/)
2. Faster Walking speed & mining
3. Same mana gain on prayer

Do you guys think it's ok? Personally I kind of like it. Not sure if it makes a difference in giant spamming but should make spamming giants slower! :P

I can't get used to the 75 gold, but it will help against giant spammers. They added this to Stick War II first, and I liked it as a campaign thing only. I have mixed feelings right now, maybe add another "Miner Hustle" thingy that changes your miners to the old miners or something.

I don't really like it. It makes people more economical and defensive (which actually promotes Giant Massing). If you get swordwraths early now, you'll end up with only a few miners and a very bad economy.

I don't like it much but then.. the enemy has the exact same income so it doesn't ruin the game xD

Maybe if they added the Dashinite (a scrapped idea) then I could even out my gold surplus, but then again, now it's very hard to get an army quickly. Early attacks can have devastating blows now.

Personally, I don't think it does much except make the games go twice as long. It would take 20 miner drops instead of 10 to make a giant now. People don't have that much time and would prefer to just play several quick rounds... not one long one.

Did you not read the patch notes? The miner bags are half full, but they have increased early speed to make up for it. You actually get more resources quicker.

I love the patch. The pace of the game is absolutely rapid now, so time is now the new resource that you have to divide between macro and micro. I was getting bored but the game is far more interesting now.

Adapt to whatever changes are made and use whatever necesarry to win. If it's viable then it is usable.

It is just ending up in faster giant rushes ;)

HAS NO ONE READ THE ANNOUNCEMENT? THE INCOME RATE IS THE SAME. IT TAKES THE SAME TIME TO GET A GIANT WITH THE SAME NUMBER OF MINERS.

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HAS NO ONE READ THE ANNOUNCEMENT? THE INCOME RATE IS THE SAME. IT TAKES THE SAME TIME TO GET A GIANT WITH THE SAME NUMBER OF MINERS.

Exactly what I was just about to say. The announcement says bag size is down, but speed is up and resources are gathered at the same rate.
So, I guess it means attacking miners is less effective, as he's already delivered half a bag when you kill him, rather then the enemy gets nothing if you kill a miner, and if they now move faster, they will be harder to kill. So if anything, if helps the giant masser - assuming the best way to deal with a giant masser is to stop or reduce his economy.

I thought it just said pray was the same rate.

They do still pray at same rate..

It only makes the game faster paced but its really the same thing, I like it at least.

Like it. Can get swords more faster rather than giants