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Originally Posted by Gerbie2
History has shown that we need alliance limits to increase the amount of alliances competing for the top ranks and prevent the creation of ever larger blocks.
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No, it hasn't. Blocks have been around since the dawn of Planetarion and have not become more prevalent with either the increase or decrease of tag limits. The only thing that's happened (in the last 20 rounds, not just in the last 5) is that blocks have become more fluid.
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Originally Posted by Gerbie2
Higher alliance limits will kill some of the smaller alliances
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No, it won't. This is not backed up by the data. Have you read my earlier post about it?
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Originally Posted by Gerbie2
while reducing limits allows more alliances to be created.
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No, it doesn't. Having at least one good HC and about 40 potential members allows an alliance to be created. The conclusion "lower alliance limits lead to more alliances" is not backed up by the data, as I've said before.
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Originally Posted by Gerbie2
I think that what killed the smaller alliances this round was not alliance sizes, but private galaxies. This led to politics where all the larger alliances avoided each other. The smaller alliances were unable to protect their members in private galaxies.
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I've been saying this for a while now, people underestimated how hard playing in a private galaxy would be. Hopefully, they've learned their lesson.
This is also the reason why I advocated another round of random/private galaxies, to see if people would take different decisions based on experience and better information. If the same problem occurs, the system is fundamentally flawed and should be replaced by something else for round 38.
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Originally Posted by Gerbie2
There are no downsides to filling your basket with as many lemons as you can fit in it. These lemons are free. We wanted the people in the top galaxies and recruited them. We couldn't even find 100 lemons.
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Precisely. But if the alliance limit were (say) 50, you would be able to find enough members, and thus be less inclined to take risks. This has been covered in both Tzu's and Jester's posts.