Originally Posted by LordReaver
We should first answer, "Why are people empire hopping?".
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Because the game, remember, fellas, this is a GAME, is about having FUN.
When one empire is snorting distilled stupid dust, and flogging a tower endlessly while the other empire takes entire continents, you have to have the option of leaving the Students (or Professors) of Advanced Moronics behind and go to another empire that isn't acting retarded.
Being able to jump to another empire is relief from the idiocy that the empires fall into from time to time.
As a support guy, It is not fun to be so busy getting mowed down that you can't even fix or heal or do anything. If you move far enough back where enemies aren't just waltzing in, using exploits most often, (The Aegis/AMS/Whatever Bright Flash as it comes into range) then you are too far away to do as much good.
This gets tiring in short order. So you switch to go have fun, which is what GAMES are supposed to be all about. Men need to learn this when dealing with women, but they never seem to. Women play a lot of games to stir things up and make things interesting and fun. Boys get frustrated and cry. Mature men enjoy the roller coaster ride.
Empire switching is about keeping up the fun level, and when your empire is at around 19 percent global pop, you are too few to do much unless it is mainly the high scoring/cheater crowd. These "one-man-armies" could probably get off on being the ONLY soldier on of that empire, because their hacks and exploits net them so many kills.
However, for the honest players, being able to switch away from your empire that is behaving idiotically can really brighten your day.
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