I quit the game because of the way wars work now. There is something seriously wrong with a game that claims, in the wiki, that
"Another primary use of Score is to ensure that only similarly sized nations are able to declare war on each other. This prevents very large nations from picking on very small nations."
But then in reality one sees 25-city nations, having sold their infra and military, declaring on 10-city nations (and rebuilding mil afterwards).
But what got me was the sheer bloody tedium of not being able to defeat bigger opponents when I could because of the advantage beige would have given them. Specific example: 3 20-city nations declare on my 12-city nation. Two have only troops, one has a few planes and tanks. So I get some satisfaction striking those planes and tanks. But for the other two I quickly realize (especially as these guys all have ground control) that the amount of gas and munitions it costs me to strike their soldiers is far more than the cost of replacing the 20k soldiers I can kill. Similarly, infra strikes it seem pointless, they are expensive and they have so little infra left. So I just sit there in my fortressed nation and they launch the occasional ground strike, after which we both buy soldiers.
And I though to myself, three more months of this dismal tedium? For this I built my nation? Where's the delete button? If the suggestion had been implemented and I had been able to defeat them without beiging them, I might have had an incentive to continue the game, or at least continue it longer.
Games have to be fun. These sorts of wars aren't fun. I might be able to put up with it for two or three weeks, but not for months, and certainly not several times a year.
P.S.: I am well aware that as someone who quit I have no right to post here, and will not do so again, but I think Alec might be interested to hear why someone quit, and that his suggestion might have kept them in the game longer.
