(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.
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?
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.
You do have a point there. Liberty should get shafted too. Sirius News: H-Fuel crisis hits Liberty, prices going into orbit as H-Fuel shock stomps over the economy
Indeed, the Liberty-Rheinalnd war was a great activity source due to it involving Liberty. Rheinland leeched activity off Liberty; an activity IV or an umbilical cord of sorts. And I wouldn't say that blowing up the gates was a splash of poop as you put it. It killed activity as it was just a half measure. Having Liberty occupy New Berlin and install a puppet government with a few lib dreds parked in orbit would count as stomping Rheinland. RM could then launch insurgent raids, people could RP collaborationist agendas while the commies could strive for a revolution. And Rheinland could still feed on Liberty activity.
Dresden was half baked. Everything is done half way.
Anyhow, I guess we all just need to log (or re-create in my case) our Rheinland chars and cook up some trouble, more provocative, the better.
