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Alliances should be reduced to 10

xocanth

Digger
Joined
Jun 27, 2020
Messages
4
Agreed, may lead to a greater number of alliances competing FTW and more generally..

I think this was brought up before and the argument against went along the lines of: too few players in alliance means the 10 left need insane activity for clock coverage. I can see that argument 10+years ago, but now the player base has shrunk to a hundred or so active players, even in lockdown. Many of those prefer solo play. Smaller alliances may keep things competitive at the top and all the way down, creating a bit of positive chaos! Positive I feel, despite the game falling off this mortal coil.
 

damfrankie

Pruner
Joined
Dec 14, 2007
Messages
60
Agreed; alliances should be reduced to exactly 6.4 players per alliane; no more, no less. It's optimal in every sense.
 

Alcibiades

Plant Geneticist
Joined
Dec 13, 2007
Messages
4,267
Location
Canada
Noooooo it would boost activity requirements and make the remaining players even worse off. Hard pass. Next!
 

Alcibiades

Plant Geneticist
Joined
Dec 13, 2007
Messages
4,267
Location
Canada
Hey I can count the number of times I have been right about something on here on one finger. Don't take this away from me. Even though it's actually 12. Close as I'm gonna get tho
Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades, son. Next!
 
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