@Chrim,
Not really the point. We're happy to welcome active nubs, as long as they have the same expectations about warring as we do. Take wars where we can viably get them, attack in war and that's it.
@Chris,
We didnt retal with hostile ops. We made a few retal hits (un-ordered). I messaged some at the start of their wave not to wave us. I was told to just war and that it'd be a fair fight. I told them to go to hell. I'm not the best diplo-guy.
@Binar,
Mostly abduct, a few trads here and there. GBP on abducts (and abduct gains in general) are a joke. None of them are in warring range, if I discount the inactives we're like 60% their size with half their provinces. The monarch is out with the flu too, so that's not helping.

The issue is not so much that my province gets destroyed. The issue is that this game is actively killing the fun for new people. When I have to explain to new people why they are starving, and what "xx troops were found dead" means out of war when he's just been hit half a dozen times by several guys, then that ... kinda kills the fun.

The mechanics are problematic, the atmosphere too.
@Strato,
I see where you're coming from. I lost about 6K elites and a couple dozen scientists so far.

@Crunch, and you dont think that a "FSU" mentality is exactly what's wrong with this game? We'd like to play just to build our provinces, and eventually war some other KD who feels the same. In a friendly war, rather than some grudgewar where we just have an empty war forum (or a few threats back/forth).

@DM,
It's good practice, if people need/want that practice. To someone who just wants to chill and login from time to time it's not working if they are actively burning his farms and stealing his food + drought/glut.
Having BE explained, and telling them to keep army out are all things that have no place in the ghetto / chill mode.

@Octobrev,
Losing the excess provs requires us to hope they dont login for five days + delete. We cant really go raze them all out. I'm also not in favor for razing non-communicating actives. Kingdom is 16.4K acres (I'm in 1:14).


.. And that's all the time I have before work. yay.
Regards,
NighT