Alliances should be reduced to 10

Treedude · 13-07-2020, 06:54 AM

Given the size of the player base I feel like Alliance limits should be reduced from 20 to 10. Discuss...

xocanth · 13-07-2020, 06:09 PM

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 · 27-07-2020, 08:53 PM

Agreed; alliances should be reduced to exactly 6.4 players per alliane; no more, no less. It's optimal in every sense.

Jerrysminion · 30-09-2020, 08:17 PM

agreed

Alcibiades · 01-10-2020, 08:40 PM

Noooooo it would boost activity requirements and make the remaining players even worse off. Hard pass. Next!

13-07-2020, 06:54 AM	#1
Treedude Harvester Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 181	Alliances should be reduced to 10 Given the size of the player base I feel like Alliance limits should be reduced from 20 to 10. Discuss... __________________ ***Movember - Donate to a good cause and support the Mo* *Movember - Donate to a good cause and support the Mo***

27-07-2020, 08:53 PM	#3
damfrankie Pruner Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 79	Agreed; alliances should be reduced to exactly 6.4 players per alliane; no more, no less. It's optimal in every sense. __________________ a new forum, ok, so you are all noobs like me now

13-07-2020, 06:09 PM	#2
xocanth Digger Join Date: Jun 2020 Posts: 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.

30-09-2020, 08:17 PM	#4
Jerrysminion Harvester Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: San Francisco, California Posts: 135	agreed