First post in years. GO ME!
I know that there's a lot of top kingdoms/players that will look for reasons to condemn this post, and I have no problem with that. Let's ruffle some feathers!
I have played on and off for the majority of ages, on both ends of the spectrum, and there has been one constant. 25 province kingdoms feeding off of 20 province kingdoms.
This leads me to believe that there's a lack of balance in the game. The 20 province kingdoms will never chart in anything but WW, and this is not from a lack of skill. If anything, I believe that 25 prov kds are actually less skilled than the 20 prov kingdoms, as they're playing without the perks of having weaker kingdoms to use as food for growth.
my suggestions? ANY of the below.
A: a consolidation of kingdoms to allow ALL kingdoms to reach 25 provinces without going through the recruiting/invitation process. Being unable to reach over 20 provinces without invitations seems like the whole process is geared towards keeping those in the top 10 IN the top 10 without any real effort.
B: an increase in the number of kingdoms on the server, while dropping the total number of provinces in a kingdom to 20.
C: disallowing provinces to attack into kingdoms with a lower (or higher) number of provinces, or at least making it less profitable (eg as if attacking into kingdom at war, or hitting a prov with GBP/out of range).
I believe that any of these changes would make the game a bit more competitive and would force players to rely on their own skill, rather than relying on those less skilled.
I know that there's a 0% chance of any of these measures being taken and that this post will likely become a thing of ridicule, but I have faith that there are more players out there that would like to see a change than players that will disagree with me. :)
Ahh. That felt good.