(11-16-2016, 07:59 PM)Strichev Wrote: Then there was an illogical war with Liberty (laughable), the whole IC debacle and still, Rheinland is going strong. As I've said; hooray for Rheinland, it's a miracle.
A rather boring miracle.
I would like to remind you that Rhein-Lib war was likely the best long-term activity source the mod ever had.
Also, Disco lore and storyline development is full of illogical decision made both by devs and players. And also full of other "miracles". Like Bretonia somehow suddenly able to stop Gauls in Leeds despite they are cut and running out of resources. And do I have to mention Liberty? House which can wage two full-scale interhouse wars and facing Kusari fuel embargo at the same time, without getting single negative consequence from it.
Rheinland got beating several times in past years and it never brought significant positives, sometimes even negatives. Blowing up the gates to Liberty? Huge dev fail which was totally detrimental to gameplay. Hessian advance in Dresden, which was supposed to become a hot warzone? Never worked, almost nothing was happening there. Munich disaster? Yea, it started few interesting roleplays on forums but activity which it created ingame was minimal as well. Even direct connection to Sair space did not help, even unlawful bases in every Rheinland system don´t.
We keep spilling poop on Rheinland and it does not work. You know that quote about insanity when doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, right?
So you should not be surprised when players devoted to play in Rheinland are sceptical when they see people shouting "lets beat Rheinland even more, let it collapse, it will be interesting and it will create great activity". So far it did not work at all (and not just in Rheinland, just look at the fail named Kusari civil war) so why it should now? Unlawfuls can raid New Berlin every day, it is not more than one or two systems from their staging bases. Yet they don´t do it, so why you think they will start with it then?
There are players, including me, which would not mind -some- more troubles in Rheinland, but it should be worth it. If it will be finally good activity source, why not. But all I see here is once again the old "lets make Rheinland suffer from something and wait if it will work" attitude. Is this really the only type of idea community and devs can come with?
