War Commander
| Other name(s) | WC |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer(s) | Kixeye |
| Genre(s) | Strategy, Combat, Wargaming |
| Language(s) | English |
| System(s) | PC |
| Age range | 14+ |
War Commander is an online multiplayer game developed by Kixeye. The game has 30,000 active users everyday. Made in 2010, the game is still one of Kixeye's biggest hits[1] but has lost ~80% of original players since 2013-2015 due to the changes in gameplay.
Gameplay
The game is a post-apocalyptic landscape 30 years after civilization collapsed. The player fights other factions for oil, metal and thorium. There are tanks, aircraft, and infantry that the player can fight with. Every month there is an event where the player must defend against waves of overpowered enemies to gain points from winning the attack wave. Players can spend the points in the event shop for new overpowered units and else.
Sectors
Sectors are sections of the world where the player base and others are at. There are 200 sectors where the player can relocate to. There are about 50 active people in a sector.
Alliances
An alliance is a group created by a player. It costs 5,000,000 (5 million) thorium to create one. There are three types of positions in the Alliance: Leader, Officer, and Recruit. Players may relocate without losing the alliance tag. The total of members that can fit in in one alliance is 200.
Infamy
Infamy is a measure of a player's skill in combat against other players. Infamy is shown on top of a players base in the map. It is shown on a leaderboard where players can be compared. To get infamy, a player must attack another player's base and for each star they earn while destroying that base and they get the most infamy if you get 3 stars. Earning a lot of infamies places you in different Tops in the leader board, with an infamy, the Gear store may reward you a certain amount. When you get an infamy even a single one, you can get medals for free (Rewarded). There are top places where to be and the estimated amount if you got on a certain amount of percentage.
- Elite Top Players earns 30,000 (30 K) medals
- Top 1% earns 26,000 – 29,000 medals
- Top 10% earns 15,000 – 24,000 medals
- Top 25% earns 9,500 – 14,600 medals
- Top 50% earns 5,000 – 9,200 medals
- Bottom 50% earns 2,500 medals
Gear
Gear is a medal where if a player attacks another player's base and wins, they score one hit on the list. Players must score five hits on the list to get a gear payout every week. For each extra base, they eat the player will get extra gear at the end of the week. The player spends the gear on new tanks, aircraft, soldiers, thorium, tech and spec ops.
- Elite Top Players earns 30,000 (30 K) medals
- Top 1% earns 26,000 – 29,000 medals
- Top 10% earns 15,000 – 24,000 medals
- Top 25% earns 9,500 – 14,600 medals
- Top 50% earns 5,000 – 9,200 medals
- Bottom 50% earns 2,500 medals
Shadow Ops
Shadow Ops is a mini event where the player must attack roger bases on the world map and get points.[2] For 100 points, a player gets a tier 1 crate; for 1000 points, they get a tier 2 crate; for 8000 points, they get an tier 3 crate. There are ten phases, one every week. For each phase a player completes by getting 8000 points, they get a part, if they get 8 out of 10 parts they get a special unique unit at the end of the ten weeks then it starts over again.
Game support
Since 2015, players must pay more than $50.00 for in-game currency known as gold to be able to submit a support ticket to Kixeye about in game problem's without paying $50.00 you are only able to report hackers or harassment.
Forum support is still available for the players who have not spent $50 over the lifetime of gameplay on Kixeye. This includes contact with Moderators (volunteers players who have can contact any of the Kixeye game teams at any time) and Community Managers (CMs) for each game. Many of the game-related issues can be answered by players who have already experienced the issue.
Bugs and glitch and error messages
The game is notoriously well known for its bugs and glitches, such as Air or platoons not repairing or ghost bases (copy of a player's base in another sector that the player has no control over) and error messages (lost connection, failure to attack player, failure to load attack log, or failure to load base), or platoons not returning to base.
Reception
4/5 Google
References
- ↑ Mike Thompson (October 1, 2012). "Kixeye to launch synchronous "Live Battles" in War Commander this week". SocialTimes. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
- ↑ "Introducing Shadow Ops - the newest way to rise to the top of the battlefield! Your informant will alert you each week when a new mission is available. Think you're up to the challenge?". Facebook. June 27, 2014. Retrieved June 11, 2016.