To whoever prepare Thosiao for Zemina Torval

[Evil]

I doubt it is as planned.

If a solution to this is not introduced the exodus from Powerplay will increase in pace.

People ragequitting over something is common; the tough/determined will stick it out and continue the fight/experience/outcome be it good or bad.

 

[fergal]

Please STOP!

What do you think you are doing?

You are working directly against your own faction and we are now several people trying to work doubletime as a team up to fix the damage you are causing!!!

Preparation grinders seem to be the #1 enemy in Powerplay right now. It's definitely the fastest way for a single person to kill an entire power.

Yet it's promoted by the way the system is designed, and cause players to intuively kill their own.

Zemina Torval did take a great loss when we lost EIC. We are a small group who have tried hard to at least keep our power floating. To even have a chance we agreed on trying to keep peace with other powers and expand to systems other powers did not put interest in and that could give us enough CC to keep floating.

But the Thosiao-grinder is defeating us with a system that is worth 1/10 and is so far away we have no chance to even expand there. And even when we put all our combined rank 4/5 nominations together we wont be able to defeat this grinder...

Thosiao is being prepared to facilitate the super slave trade between Torval and Delaine.

Can't be good if I know this and you don't

 

[JemyM]

Thosiao is being prepared to facilitate the super slave trade between Torval and Delaine.

Can't be good if I know this and you don't

That makes perfect sense.

 

[JemyM]

I agree.

This is a huge issue for most powers.

I have proposed this solution before:

Make voting count.

In the current iteration of gameplay mechanics the voting rights people earn are virtually meaningless, and might as well be removed.

Instead, make them really count. For instance, let the voters decide on which system from the preparation list to expand into. Let voters veto undesirable systems for expansion. In short, remove merit count as a deciding factor other than getting systems on the list and let the votes decide. This would add truly strategic decicion making, as well as take power away from merit grinders or fifth coloumnists.

Further in development, the ability to vote on alliances or declarations of war could be added in.

Cheers.

I agree. I like how you could actually put an effort to prepare targets, but I do not think they should give merits unless it directly oppose a different power.