Since Spork has announced they are working on how to fix population problems, I figured I would post one myself. This idea wouldn't necessarily fix global populations, but would allow those empires on their last legs (read last continent) a chance to hang on and eliminate the worries over getting folks locked out of a battle.
Simply put, how about lifting the population caps for the empire that has only 1 cont. In effect, this would allow them to temporarily flood that last cont with every availble person (and allow pass thru to other continents). This would keep up until a base on another continent was captured, then the pop caps would go back into place. This would also allow each empire to keep at least one continent, no matter how bad the global population was and would prevent the situation where the last cont is locked, so new players to the game aren't stuck in sanctuary.
I know this would effectively do away with last stand warp gates, but it would eliminate some frustrations that lower population empires are experiencing. Since there are three warpgates out of most continents, this would also allow attacks in three directions at once (assuming that last continent was capped). Now this wouldn't necessiarily mean a return to home continents, but it would allow for some stability and ability for everyone to play.
Thoughts?
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2004-06-23, 03:08 AM
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