and the system obviously works because its the only world that still fills up large every day.
I don't really get why Colorado needs to stay with the same old system, things can change and we have the population to experiment with. Every time I read a new argument on this it seems like one side or the other is hesitant to change. Joined 'Freedom' and their endeavors to start a new alliance because I do want freedom for an international community to play together. They reached out to me, and when I left Under Review with TNW, I did not hear any protests from Under Review leadership. I don't expect begging and pleading but here's the thing. The black hats of Freedom have treated me and my town with respect, I am always happy to show them that same respect back.
The "us vs. them" mentality being pushed around is something I really don't like from either side. Recently received a telegram from one of my town members saying that a member from Under Review targeted them for duel, killing them. I can only speculate if this was some form of "retaliation" towards Unity members. Most of townies do not even participate in fort battles nor really want to, quite honestly, I cannot necessarily blame them. The experience grind is fun, making new friends and family is fun, but the drama is usually pretty... petty? To me, this is essentially like listening to friends argue about what time is the best time to go to the movies tomorrow night and they just end up completely missing the point of just going to the movies with your friends. In this case, I mean, fort battle just to fort battle y'all, and keep it in the ring letting FF drama seep out into the world is likely just going to lead to less people wanting to join.
all the other worlds are open season & an alliance can if they wish keep & dominate until the world dead as so often happens but .. not here.
unlike all the other words has not fallen into oblivion .. From time to time ofc it gets out of shape sure, but there has been a 2 main side support re prime time FF forever and the system obviously works because its the only world that still fills up large every day.
I believe low population count is purely why FF is dead on other servers. Even with event-focused Awesomia battles, I remember seeing Las Vegas being decently populated but no-where near the level it was on Colorado. Other servers are open season, I can only imagine those battles being like playing wall ball by yourself, little to no resistance. It's not a real option here and the suggestion is laughable.
In my opinion, the whole idea of digging a fort needs reworking by Inno, even increase the number of forts to facilitate a higher frequency of battles on a truly high population server like Colorado. I get grossed out by the idea of a "prime time." We have players from all over the world in Colorado, some of them are retired, some of them work nine-to-five jobs, some have families, some live alone. Yes... yes, the many needs of the many... thank you Spock. Personally, my schedule has been pretty hectic, I join battles when I can and prefer to not offline a fort fight whenever possible.
Other little groups are not allowed to disrupt for long and there are many many other worlds to go mess about on .. not here.. In this particular case its ex members of ToG and good friends who are trying to disrupt things atm, first by having off prime large or meds outside event times which was disrupting prime turnouts and quality.
Being honest when I say this, sounds like a communication problem to me chief. Y'all have enough players in Under Review to facilitate a defense or an attack and thats AFTER members splitting off in the name of freedom, a concept some seem to have a phobia for. If you are having poor prime time turnouts because your members are attending off time battles (probably cause they like that time too and your prime time is an illusion) then maybe you should reach out to them and tell them which battles to prioritize. Too many people to go through to message? One of those 'open season' servers could be better for your pace.
I do not see us attacking as being "disruptive," and some of the statements I read from ToG leaders about Unity members sound, or vise-versa tbh, are low-key starting to sound like political propaganda.
These are not short term players messing around but long term vets & know full well its disruptive & what colorado stands for but probably thats the fun part in trying.
Especially a line like this. Like if I were a 3rd party town/alliance, I would have to ask "why do you feel you can speak for us?" It just feels like there is a power struggle and one side or the other doesn't like that there is something up for grabs that they feel is their god-given right to have as their own.
To march to the beat of one's own drum, so boring, I prefer a good polyrhythm.