Gilamar Skirata
The most important step is always the next one
Family, we need to talk about Rebellions. I think they happen infrequent enough that a significant buff or change should come about to help out future factions. My only suggestion is this:
In the instance that a Major Faction is Recalled and their territory becomes open to Rebellions, successful Rebellions will net a minor faction the full benefit of going major, gaining a full 3 hexes excluding the Recalled Faction’s capital.
There are a couple of reasons behind this.
"Well what if they don't want to focus on pvp/invasions/map game"
Then they shouldn't have started to begin with. No that doesn't mean I think only Major Factions matter, but unfortunately PvP IS a big part of being a major faction.
So let's get these future minors buffed and make these Majors work to keep their place on the map.
In the instance that a Major Faction is Recalled and their territory becomes open to Rebellions, successful Rebellions will net a minor faction the full benefit of going major, gaining a full 3 hexes excluding the Recalled Faction’s capital.
There are a couple of reasons behind this.
It gives Major Factions even more incentive to stay active
It gives minor factions even more incentive to BE active
Rebellions happen infrequently enough and require a large amount of effort on the side of the minor faction that I think we should be prioritizing the Minor Faction’s life over that of the inactive Recalled Major.
When the Rebel Alliance defeated the Empire at Endor it wasn’t just one system that followed suit to join them, multiple sectors rebelled, galvanized by the Rebel Alliance’s success. A similar sort of thing should happen here in the stagnation of our great Major Factions
It puts more emphasis and agency in the hands of the minor faction owners/writers. The whole “You only matter if you’re a Major Faction” attitude is slowly hurting our site and we need to beef up other ways to write stories that affect the map and the site besides Dominions.
"Well what if they don't want to focus on pvp/invasions/map game"
Then they shouldn't have started to begin with. No that doesn't mean I think only Major Factions matter, but unfortunately PvP IS a big part of being a major faction.
So let's get these future minors buffed and make these Majors work to keep their place on the map.