09/03/22 – Conspiracy theory
There is a theory going on that matchups may not be as random as assumed. This is the second island where some the alliances have known each other. Also, even with all of us being online, it seems the whale/strongest alliances tend to get pink with heavy in game advantages where the weakest alliances seem to be in less favorable positions. Is this a buff advantage to starting zone or is the island positions rigged?
It also seems very strange that there is history between several of the alliances. If it is truly random on the matchups, how is there a 2 for 2 on getting groups previously known? One theory is that home server ids may be a factor or is it the player base really is that small and competitors limited? It seems very unlikely for this to truly be the case, so is there more behind this? Please comment and let me know if you guys are having the same issue. In the cross-server convocation, not many of us used it, so it seems unlikely that this is how we are all with a past history.
Are the limitations on nodes and buildings set to encourage internal competition and make the stronger more elite or is it made in just hind sight to the needs of so many players? The ease and lack of nodes is certainly doing just that, causing the elite to be more elite. It affects other alliances as well as your own, trying to cause conflict from all angles. This is something that urgently needs addressed.
When looking at the observer posts you can easily see that it is off balanced and several groupings do not even have an observer while other groupings have several. I will continue to watch the trend and see if this improves but for now it does not seem very balanced.
Posts from 9-3 contain inputs from myself and player sulfras as well.