Ideas for the "Rich get richer" problem

[sylphaen]

Originally Posted by Malorn

Any sort of diminishing returns on resources earned does not seem like a good option to me [...]
Rewards should not be diminishing, but difficulty should definitely increase. It should be HARD to hold all of a continent, but it is hard because the mechanics work against you, not because it isn't worth doing.

While I agree that rewards should not be diminishing, I am all for them when it comes to a situation where an empire is being double teamed.

My logic on why this would be fair:
- it's not that difficult to take territory from one empire 2 empires fighting each other or when one empire is not attacking you.
- a situation terribly detrimental to one empire should not be rewarded/promoted.
- for 2 empires double teaming another empire, one empire is getting thoroughly f***ed up. Isn't that enough of a reward already ?