Wiseman
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There's two issues that cause the faction war to be extremely uneven (talking about the 1v1 and 2v2 competition not WD).
The first is that most of the really active players tend to jump to whichever faction is on top at the time, causing imbalance in activity, because the top factions can win without even trying. CAD is a good example, at this time they have a large majority of the more active players, and they could win the daily 1v1 without trying that hard because of that. If it was KotR with that many active players I'd simply tell my members to stop overworking themselves after getting 2500 or so wins, since none of the other factions seem to get over 2000 lately, unless they plan for it.
The second is the fact that there is no real incentive to winning, medals can only go so far, when you win a medal every once and a while its great, and each one means something. However when you start winning all the time they become redundant, and almost pointless, as such there's no real incentive to try that hard to win over the overactive faction(s) that the most active players flock to.
It's kinda like the class change system, a new overpowered faction pops up and suddenly everyone wants to join it. I've seen this in action, back when KotR was at its peak activity and we won almost 2 weeks straight with little effort. Many active players suddenly wanted to join, and a lot of those players where already in established factions. I refused most of them knowing that if KotR fell on hard times, or if a new "best" faction suddenly appeared, they would simply hop over to it.
Ironically after being active for so long, I find that taking it easy and playing how and when we want is far more enjoyable. It requires a lot of time and effort to win every day, even with a great team, and in the end the rewards aren't really worth the effort. Taking it easy and playing whenever we like is fun and enjoyable, on top of that when we do win something it's usually planned, and planned wins are more satisfying then winning daily. KotR will probably never become as active as it once was, not because we can't, but because I don't think the sacrifice of being an active faction is worth the reward. KotR is a famous faction, whether we are active or not, there's not many factions that have a legacy as long or as interesting as ours, and I prefer that our faction have fun rather than overwork ourselves being competitive.
Does that mean that we will never win another WD or 1v1? Not exactly, I still have goals for KotR that require a few more medals along the way, however I intend to take my time making those goals happen, and when the day finally comes for KotR to officially retire, I would rather look back and see that we had a long enjoyable ride that will not be forgotten, rather than a short exhausting one that meant practically nothing in the end. I also prefer that KotR be remembered as a faction with a long standing history of success, rather than an upstart faction that just had overactive players. I also prefer to be remember as a leader that never gives up even when things don't go as planned and we fall on hard times, rather then one that was drunk with success and gave up and disbanded as soon as things got a little tough.
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Knights used their status to recruit members, the members joined because they thought that they could become mods.
I kick anyone that joins KotR for the sole purpose of becoming a mod, the members of KotR that have become mods over the years never intended to become mods when they joined. Those players just proved to me and the developers over time that they have what it takes to join the staff. Both of the KotR members that have became mods where in the faction for around a year, and one of them left the faction before joining the staff. Those players became mods simply by being themselves, not by trying to get the status, if they where seeking it, then they wouldn't have even been considered or recommended.
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What do you think would happen if the top 18 players in ALL-TIME 1 vs 1 Leader-board was in 1 faction? ALL THESE PEOPLE IN ONE FACTION...I just say one thing, OP!
At one time KotR had 9 all time players working together as a team, honestly though, I could never imagine all of the all time players joining one faction, many of the all time players have clashing personalities. They would never get along or agree on many things when it comes to running a faction, not to mention that I doubt that many of them would be willing to let another lead. I think that KotR's record of 9 all time players in one faction is about the closest it will get, and we did have a dominate run during that time.
Putting controversy aside I believe 3SAAS had a lot of players on the all time back when they where still the top faction, though I think they only had *6 (one of their requirements to join was: Must be on the 1v1 all time leader-board. Though I'm sure they made exceptions.)
*Might be wrong about this, I can't really remember the board from back then, but I'm fairly certain it was around 6 3saas members on the all time 1v1 leader-board. If anyone knows/remembers the true number (and I'm incorrect) feel free to correct me. :)
I think that covers everything I wanted to say, I do know that the developers eventually plan to revisit factions, and hopefully when they do a lot of fun things will be added to them. The developers tend to focus on one or two aspects at a time, right now they are focused on balancing the new classes and improving the game engine.
Thanks for reading. :)
< Message edited by Wiseman -- 7/17/2011 9:51:09 >
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