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Originally Posted by LEFF|pm
Attackers suicide on me no matter what. After 7 wave of Omen incs I was able to rebuild my entire fleet earlier this round, because attackers lost like 6 times as much...
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Hehe, we didn't 7-wave you, it was two waves from ours, and the rest were piggies.
Now, I agree. Alliances are shit. Now, go put up a brilliant, functional, able alliance like eXilition or 1up or FanG round whatever, and I'll buy you a beer. I'd say the FanG elite player we had in Omen really failed to impress too, he was more of a mercenary, who was around to soak defences and get support, and never had any interest in contributing to the alliance. Edit: oh yeah, and to arbiter whore his galaxy - he dropped off the minute the alliance goals didn't match his own.
The thing is, while leaders and officers aren't what they used to (now, I never said I'm a good high commander - I've always said I'm more a player less a commander), playerbase is dimunishing, and what's left is becoming more and more mercenary and less and less devoted.
mercenary: a player who doesn't give shit about his alliance, who is a member of the alliance solely because he thinks it will help him advange his goals, and is prepared to leave the alliance at any given moment should it appear not advancing his personal goals alone.
Now, what's the reason to the modern wave of mercenaries, it's difficult to say. Perhaps it's the lack of leaders. 1up comeback tour, anyone?