Evlar Ball

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I second this request

*ayyy lmao

After a long and arduous conflict on the plains of *mostly paperless* the Warriors of Ayyslam and the knights of Camelot came to a standstill. With all their units gone they decided to part ways, both eager to test themselves on new battlefields and against new enemies. They'd both learned a little bit more about the ways of Ayylah along the way, with ayy lmaos all around.

I think a possible solution isn't to entirely nerf whales or to buff low or mid tier across the board. The issue all of these wot's are essentially discussing is the game becoming boring. Alliance wars are becoming stale as tactics are essentially the same every war: bloc/alliance 1 starts to militarize, bloc/alliance 2 militarizes if they think they are the target, whoever reaches adequate militarization declares war, bloc/alliance with the stronger numbers and coordination wins. Beyond that it's just a grind to cause as much damage as possible. This gives, as many have mentioned, an objective benefit to anyone that can gather the most whales since whales can build more units and cause more damage. This isn't inherently bad, as people that have played the game or invested enough time/skill should be rewarded, but there also is a lack of payoff and complexity that would make things interesting. A potential solution is to nerf aspects of whales or boost aspects of mid and/or low tier. For example, perhaps deployment speed (number of units you can buy/day) can be reduced by a percentage for every city you have. This way, a hypothetical alliance/bloc entirely of whales could try and militarize against an alliance/bloc of entirely mid or upper tier but that alliance/bloc would be able to militarize faster and possibly launch an attack first before the whales are ready. We could also increase maintenance costs for units for each city. Something like that. It would still be rewarding to build cities and be a whale, but it doesn't give you an objective and simple advantage in all areas.

Happy April Fools from Camelot

This inspirational post has brought me to tears. I am already contemplating how this message will cause me to change every aspect of my life. Also, as per mandatory, disband.

People who don't take themselves seriously wouldn't list all the unserious things they've done.

Congratulations! Here's to another 2000 days of bingo and shuffleboard

The Urban Planning Project is meant to act as a catch-up mechanic but currently only the largest alliances can fund it. It is worsening the elitism it saught to reduce.

This is also an underrated post about FA which some people might find useful.

Frequent discussions can be good for an alliance or terrible, it's one or the other and depends on people and not policy. There's a difference between debating and arguing. Y'all have my condolences. Hopefully everyone can move on easily and continue to enjoy this community.

Not needing diplomacy is the dream of every diplomat

Congrats; hopefully food prices might return to normal. I am tired of eating leftovers.

Congratulations 🤝

These types of discussions are good for the game and I hope they continue to get attention. Political participation is key to increasing player investment in the game and we should all be looking for ways to maximize that. Alliances should be the primary political unit, there is a reason people join them and not spheres. Economic diversity can be found in most alliances; members are choosing history, culture, and politics when they join.

Beware the sleeping bear which thou hast awoken. I fear not even God himself can save you now

"Use the forums more because people are getting value (information and entertainment) out of the walls of text that come with passionate and energetic political discussion." To have a passionate and energetic political discussion you need to hear each other out. A lot of recent threads have been ruined by idiots refusing to engage with the discussion points and harping on about reputation or just being toxic/rude

We hope Kev's ardent defence of TFP, albeit mistaken and misinformed, will change the perspectives of those in their government and leadership. Whilst he has not been kind to us we ask you treat him and your new allies with the respect we wish you had for us. Leaking serves no one and we hope this deters you from stooping that low again.

We did not want to comment on the cancellation, but your post is deliberately misleading and demands a response. When you invited us to create a sphere, we were offered a “partnership” and a leading role that we would use to promote our own security. In hindsight, you lied to us and disregarded our input and your obligations to us. We asked you to leave Oasis on good-terms and with proper notice and instead you blindsided them. We asked you to remain quiet with us until the dust settled and instead you went on Thalmor Radio and declared you no longer wished to be a competitive alliance, that your diplomats were untrained, and that all your recent treaties and cancellations were mistakes. You publicly expressed, in no uncertain terms, that we are an undesirable ally just as you have done today. We forgave that and many other political blunders and worked tirelessly with you to restore your reputation. All we asked for was a fraction of the respect we had given you. You ignored your obligations to us and began adding new members to the sphere without consulting us, all of which you informed us were actively hostile to us. We did not focus on the enemies of the past, we agreed to let bygones be bygones, it was you that told us they were still hostile! This treaty ultimately concluded because rather than be neutral or mediate you decided to threaten us with war. They attempted to force us to surrender and accept unfair peace-terms which included 2.5 billion and then 5 billion in ransom for Winter alliance, reparations, censorship, and a public apology on the Orbis World Forums which you agreed with them. We didn't agree to these terms and instead paid a small reparation for the damage we did, and we made a private apology to preserve the sphere in return for the deletion of Winter. Yesterday, Eriko suggested we should maintain our treaty with you for the duration of the global war and sometime after until we could find new allies. Camelot agreed to this, and we considered it an inviolable diplomatic promise. We have learned over the course of our treaty with you that your promises mean very little and so we were bothered but ultimately not surprised when you broke it today by issuing this cancellation. We once more apologize for participating in this conflict but remind you that it was your political decisions that led to it. If we were to offer any parting advice, consult your allies before signing new treaties! We wish you the best with your new venture and hope relations will improve when you gain some more experience. Hopefully this sets the record straight. We ultimately have no ill will towards you and look forward to continuing to interact with you and other alliances in this great community. Signed, Evlar - FA Epi - King

I wish you guys best of luck, and I'm sorry you guys couldn't extend to us the same respect.

El Hermano Pollo presumably

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