[Dispatch Messenger(s)]

This is a request for something of both a quality of life and an immersion mod combined. Specifically when being sieged or raided, by making use of Militia of the Fief in question to send a Messenger to alert the Lord governing them.

 

Obviously there are mods that make it more clear to the player that their Fief is being attacked. While that is nice, I'd like to be able to see a Rider engaging my PC, bringing the news of his Castle being besieged or Village raided.

 

I'd like to see the system use the Fief in question's Militia to determine whether a Messenger can be dispatched (0 meaning no message sent), and possibly Loyalty determining whether they choose to or not. Maybe for every 10 Militia in a Fief, one Messenger would be sent per TBD period of time, until either the event finishes or is interupted.

 

We also already have a system of seeing how far another Party is from your PC in the Army creation button, so that could be used to determine how long a Messenger took to reach your party, speed adjusted for party size as usual.

 

That the Rider could be interacted with, possibly Intercepted and the message lost to bandits or enemy Lords, would add some novelty and RNG determination to it as well.

[New Download Changes]

I don't usually write in forums. I've been on Nexus since 2011. It's one of the few sites I whitelist because I care about the site and want it to succeed.

 

But the recent changes to "incentivize" the premium subscription are just too much. Not because a 5 second wait is too long, or the few extra clicks, or the one download at a time, but all of them together. It's the mindset of "If we screw over the customer enough, they'll give us more money." You're charging us for a solution to a problem you created. Nexus made the site more annoying to use and proceeds to ask us for more money to have things back to how they were.

 

Nexus, instead of making your subscription service more appealing and attracting users who "want" what you're offering you've instead punished those who can't (or won't) pony up for something they used to get for free. You offered a great service and have removed what made it so successful in the first place: It's user-friendliness . Especially since there was no announcement, no explanation, nothing. A surprise addition no one wanted or asked for. You went from "How can we make the site better for users" to "How can we make it just annoying enough to get them to pay for it".

 

With the AAA gaming industry, we expect them to be milking us for everything, screwing us over, and introducing shady practices to get us to spend more money. I don't expect that from Nexus. You've removed aspects from the service and dangle it in front of us like a carrot on a stick.

 

You can disagree with me, that's fine. I've seen the few other threads of people jumping to the defense of Nexus. I'm just saying how I feel. I don't feel like a valued user, I don't feel like I'm seen as anything but a shut wallet to be pried open, I don't feel like Nexus cares about me. And maybe they don't. But when your customers don't feel appreciated, we'll go elsewhere or go without.

 

So, for now, I'm going without. It's a shame, Nexus. A damn shame. I get it, you need money. That's not my fault though, so don't take it out on me.

 

Completely agree with OP. I don't usually come to the forums unless I need to check on an issue or look to see if a feature I was looking for is already made. Since the changes to downloading for members, it's become tedious to even update my various mod lists. I don't mind premium have a better download priority/speed, they are paying for that, but I do mind it being shoved in my face every single time I download.

[May Giveaway #1]

I come for all the stuff!