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Re: What is the point of a faction?
« Reply #15 on: June 03, 2015, 04:18:12 am »
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Idk why everybody says its such a big deal to join a faction though. Even the more massive factions on NA only have 10-15 ACTIVE players.

And I made a clan the day I made my account, and it now has 4 members, so i don't want to just screw them all over and leave lol  :?
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Re: What is the point of a faction?
« Reply #16 on: June 03, 2015, 04:49:50 am »
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Idk why everybody says its such a big deal to join a faction though. Even the more massive factions on NA only have 10-15 ACTIVE players.

And I made a clan the day I made my account, and it now has 4 members, so i don't want to just screw them all over and leave lol  :?

You can run a Faction with like 10 actives and 500 Semi active(troop grinders). That's how the EU's did it. Mass recruit, keep all power in like 10 people, the rest just gave troops/gold to faction.
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Re: What is the point of a faction?
« Reply #17 on: June 03, 2015, 05:14:32 am »
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And I made a clan the day I made my account, and it now has 4 members, so i don't want to just screw them all over and leave lol  :?

It's already been said, but crpg clans =/= strat factions. You can be in any clan and any faction. Some factions may be comprised entirely of members of a certain clan, but most are not at all restrictive.

Idk why everybody says its such a big deal to join a faction though. Even the more massive factions on NA only have 10-15 ACTIVE players.

There is definitely a limit to how much you can accomplish as a loner in strat, since owning a fief (and maintaining it) is a very active process; i.e. you can't trade/attack while managing it. Basically, if you want to be a land-owning faction, you will need other members working alongside you. Owning a fief is a very simple thing to do, and you can practically have afks do it, yet it doesn't give much freedom. Also, earning troops is a relatively slow process... if you have one guy sitting in a fief pumping out troops that he has no need of, then that doubles your troop-making rate. Having just a four man faction earns you nearly 100 troops per day while you alone can make just 24. Not to mention amassing wealth is much easier when you have several traders running across the map, carrying four times the goods you alone would, and by doing so visit fiefs you have yet to, allowing them to purchase gear you would have otherwise not have had access to.

The list goes on, but basically, strat is intended to be a faction vs. faction war for control of the world, similar to a game of RISK. In RISK a single player controls many troops, split up into various armies, yet in strat you alone can only control a single army. In order to have a multi-front war, or a successful single-front war, you need other commanders fighting alongside you. Being in a faction also increases the fun of strat, in many peoples' opinions, as it forces you to coordinate your efforts, and well, work with people. If you've already got your clan established, why not try and bring your fellow Palagorians into strat?
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Re: What is the point of a faction?
« Reply #18 on: June 05, 2015, 12:20:38 am »
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If you are gonna be a lone wolf, I suggest being a mercenary, or if you are very active, be a raider. Still, the best way to do that is to have at least one guy working with you- someone to attack potential reinforcing armies, buying you time to get away. In early Strat 5 Dirk and I (anyone remember Dirk?) always worked alone and it was a lot of fun. A few victories and a few defeats, but it felt good running our own show.

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Re: What is the point of a faction?
« Reply #19 on: June 16, 2015, 01:45:01 pm »
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Over last 12 weeks of a dead strategus with no battles in last month or so due to EU bug 126,000 troops have been killed (41000 on NA).

31000 Greys, who would all have been shiny (late game dynamics for clans with many fiefs) have died. Kalmar, a smallish faction, lost 19000. Figures easy to check, just use the battle archive graphs. Of course this will drop as time passes with EU bugged and old battles drop off.

This is in a dead phase. Guess thats why factions exist, even with 3-5 active there will be many more (30 plus) inactive troop farmers and a few big haul traders. Difficult to contend with these numbers with 4-5 total members.

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Re: What is the point of a faction?
« Reply #20 on: June 16, 2015, 09:41:30 pm »
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At least there are still some battles in NA. Good one for eu timeslot tomorrow actually!

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