Sort out the alliance nonsense
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 12:48 am
Let's face it, most of the alliances are in a mess. This business of officers just jumping on any co, any alliance, is total bs.
Make the game more race-centric AND alliance-centric. Disable the ability of officers to have co's in different alliances than theirs, and vice versa. Of course there are alliances of alliances and within alliances, which is a problem - but not an insurmountable one. Make each alliance declare their allegiance with another alliance, or a sub-alliance, and allow crossover then. If the alliance breaks up for any reason, those who were in both have to CHOOSE which one to stay with.
In other words, you can't join an alliance if ANYONE in your chain of command is in another alliance outwith one which is an ally or sub-alliance.
On the race issue, a small bonus for alliances whose members are exclusively one race.
Personally I'd start by deleting all the alliances that have less than 50 members. Sounds a lot? But you can do it with only 2 players with 24 officers each. Or 5 players with 9 officers each. And you could still set up alliances within alliances, and ally with other alliances. Just make the boundaries clearer!
Make the game more race-centric AND alliance-centric. Disable the ability of officers to have co's in different alliances than theirs, and vice versa. Of course there are alliances of alliances and within alliances, which is a problem - but not an insurmountable one. Make each alliance declare their allegiance with another alliance, or a sub-alliance, and allow crossover then. If the alliance breaks up for any reason, those who were in both have to CHOOSE which one to stay with.
In other words, you can't join an alliance if ANYONE in your chain of command is in another alliance outwith one which is an ally or sub-alliance.
On the race issue, a small bonus for alliances whose members are exclusively one race.
Personally I'd start by deleting all the alliances that have less than 50 members. Sounds a lot? But you can do it with only 2 players with 24 officers each. Or 5 players with 9 officers each. And you could still set up alliances within alliances, and ally with other alliances. Just make the boundaries clearer!
