Felkey

So tonight Sketchy, Smith, and Zed decided to do a mock draft of the top 40 alliances. They picked in that order, snake style. And here are the results: As you can all see, Zed secretly wants to run IQ, maybe they can finally Git Gud

If you'd prefer I could arrange for someone on you level to have some training exercises? BOOOO!!!! Let the salt fest continue!

So, you're telling me you're just NOW looking looking at things, explains a lot about your current predicament

You're welcome to tell them that, I'm sure they would certainly value your opinion

I know, he always shoots down tax brackets in general :'(

You really think I'm the only one in Pantheon who can't stand your despicable behavior? I'm hardly hurting their image by wanting to take a shot at some Nazi racist garbage. And I'd be willing to bet there are far more people in other alliances who want to kick your ass... A madman

The thing is, if smaller players allowed themselves to be taxed they would essentially allow for further expansion of grants, so im not sure if it would decrease the retention rate because they would have the promise of even faster growth, because not only would alliances have their standard tax rate for self sufficient members, but the members receiving most of the benefits would be putting in more money. essentially, the money they pay in, would be returned to them anyways, the benefit of such a system would be to farm anyone who goes inactive to return any previous investment. it would also make upper tier players happier as it is very difficult to give them benefits, but you would be able to lower taxes on them allowing them to grow faster as well. you can give people all the instructions you want (and even when you do there will always be those that ignore them), but generally, the best way to get them to learn is to get them to come to the community hub whether it be discord or slack or whatever so they can learn from other players, it tends to cut down on silly spending and as a side effect gets them more involved in the alliance from the outset. i have already considered using a micro farm, down side is you essentially have to run two alliances which can be an absolute pain in the ass,

He is entertaining in a strange, nonsensical way

there is a diminishing return on raids, not to mention you can only do 3 raids at a time (essentially 3 raids a week at most), and it makes it more likely they will be raided by other people therefore further ruining your investment. it wont discourage them from remaining active because they would still get the money they need from the alliance, but it would also force them to interact with the alliance to get their money back and allowing other, more experienced players to guide them, instead of them blowing their money on dumb shit

You really like missing the point don't you? I'm not doing it to impress anyone or excite the world (if that was the goal I'd find away to coup VE or GoG (what are they now?) again because that was so much fun the first time around ), I'd do it cause "!@#$ the nazis".

Cornerstone... Ewww

I'm not interested in it being a contest, I'm interested in rolling the Nazis, didn't I make that clear?

yeah but you mostly hit inactives and cause minimal amounts of meaningful destruction. global wars where the upper tier actually has to blow their massive warchests, not one ship raids against dead targets

in most alliances a person's income generally comes from grants for cities, infra, and improvements early on, a regressive tax allows an alliance to more easily recoup their investment in new players, which is key especially in a style of game where many people go in active early on, this way the alliance could still let them sit on their aa while they recoup their investment. and when they become more self sufficient and less dependent on your alliance, you get less of your money being taken via taxes so you can fund yourself rather than other players who may or may not stick around and this wouldnt affect money taken by raiding or trading on the market, which is fitting because it is money and resources the person has had to work for and gotten themselves.

NPO: I vote to evict cornerstone prophecy?

they do have 1 or 2 people in gov I could roll, but they are hiding in vm while the people they convinced to join them are taking their beating

I find myself agreeing with kastor a lot more lately, it's a weird ass feeling. Seriously, wtf are you people doing to me!?!? Everyone of of you is either too small or in VM (especially your gov) like cowards while your members are used as meat Shields. Why can't you be bigger or less cowardly? I want to roll you too... :'(

Nah man, it totally exists, just in an alternate reality where you know, they actually have a legitimate CB.

Yes but I find it funny, I get a strange sense if satisfaction from watch this particular troll spin

Why would that be a requirement?

Long live the hegemoney

In game, regressive actually makes more sense

Waits for someone to take the bait...

We need an uncle Sam poster saying "the circle jerk needs you"

Next time, just have sheepy transfer them to me, I'll be more than happy to help you with this burden.