Lower kd sizes

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My only problem with mergers are that it's more of a temporary measure that would decrease the number of kds. None of these are really desirable traits.

By trying to force lower KD sizes as a measure to increase KD numbers, you disperse the quality of leadership in those new KDs. Weak leadership = less competitive, which in the end would not increase competition in the game overall even if the gross number of KDs increase (which I also disagree with).

I agree. The top are where they are because they have the absolute best in the game leading them. That's why I've never had a problem with the top. That's also why I don't see why this suggestion is getting so much opposition. The best will most likely still be the best. The worst will remain the worst. The suggestion lies with the possibility of new opportunity within the whole community. I'm sure quite a few of the players at the top that would be spectacular leaders if they had their own kds under them, but there's no way they'd be doing any leading while they're still under their management. It's not like I'm suggestion Jdorje quit abs and start up something new. But I know there are fabulous players who could do good things on their own and this would be a good opportunity to do so.

Players in Top Kds, if they wanted to create a new KD would leave to do so, they don't leave because they have no desire to lead or ever leave their current KDs. By forcing them out, most would probably take a couple ages off the game and return when their KD has a slot open.

I'm not saying that the top aren't the ones that will be doing most of the sacrificing here. They will. Anyone who denies that would be an idiot. But the top will really be doing a lot of sacrificing when the game dies underneath them and they don't have a game to play anymore. But to think that this whole suggestion is intended to knock the top down is absolute bull**** from a paranoid little pissant that's far too worried about losing status in Utopia.

This change is a reactive change and doesn't solve any problems. Competition only increases when you have KDs of equal leadership, you don't get there by capping KD sizes. In fact fewer KDs of 25 provinces, with stronger leadership cores would be the only way to increase competition. Assuming you want to close the gap between SKDs and mid-tier KDs. Even if you temporarily boost KD numbers by capping KD sizes, in a few ages we'd be back to where we are now, because a lot of those KDs leadership would still be weak, and even if given a full KD they would still be less competitive and hence after a very bad losing age, they would lose players.

The only way to strengthen leadership is to get more NEW players, with more incoming new players, the potential that there are good leaders in that group would increase. Only with more good leaders would competition arise.