Story Railroading.

[LuckyOne]

While the devs seemed to have the best interests in mind with the recent changes, from where I'm standing this had the unfortunate consequence of many RP heavy factions simply giving up and fading into obscurity, instead of focusing on delivering more quality content that's more aligned with Story's vision.

The decision didn't seem to affect the player numbers too much (taking into account the end of lockdowns and people being fed up with staying inside), but it did affect peak numbers. When I returned to the mod, at the start of lockdown, factions still had some say in the Story and this lead to spikes of 70 - 90 players during important events.

The recent, Story driven events have been far less successful in garnering interest.

The other effect was people being driven to more "casual" factions like the recently formed DTR, factions that are not trying to invest heavily into the plot points of Story.

For diversity's sake and to keep the mod more interesting I urge the devs to reconsider some of their decisions regarding players having some influence on the story (or the accompanying game mechanics) and return to a more democratic and parliamentary "form of government" of the mod.