SUGGESTION: Give every active player 100,000 gold, 1000 troops

[Smoothrich]

You want strat to come back to life, even if its just a few random twitches as it shits itself one last time?

Jolt its decaying wretched corpse with a ONe time Only PLayer APpreciation package of 1,000 troops and 100,000 gold, so everyone can have their own Army, and experience the thrill of commanding a Fully Fledged strategus battle before they die a level 35 virgin.

Take any concerns about already powerful factions getting stronger and shut the fuck up in advance, thanks. And if anyone really cares about Metagame Balance, well get a bunch of like minded fellers together with your shiny thousands of troops and attack anyone that pisses you off, because hey, now you can!

[Switchtense]

100k Silver does not get you a fully armed 1k army to be honest. At least not with decent gear for all classes (Except cav since that is just way too expensive anyway)

[Muki]

100k Silver does not get you a fully armed 1k army to be honest. At least not with decent gear for all classes (Except cav since that is just way too expensive anyway)

eh big peasant wars is fun too

[Switchtense]

eh big peasant wars is fun too

But give no experience. And the only thing that makes people merc for battles is experience. Lots of it.