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Excellent analysis of the thread, Nocti
(just as any of them made
post factum)... and a very good post, slightly inflammatory, buy only slightly, just to give hints of "real", a little malicious reasons behind Harpag's trolling, mixed with with some explanatory tones and a bit of "hell, that wasn't me" tone. And that slight change of topic at the end is just fantastic... I would give it a "+" but that could give an impression that I agree with you
But you have my respect for being an excellent troll
The issue is quite simple, though. The Free Trade Area should be in hands of some other clan, new one or growing one maybe. Mercs have more than enough land up north. Mercs are single most powerful faction on EU Strat atm, and in our opinion the whole Free Trade Area story is nothing but justification for Mercs holding unjustified number of fiefs. A mock-up bearing the symptoms of reason. People! Just open your eyes and have a look at the map for yourself.
The simple maths shows that Apostates hold 30k troops in their fiefs in Dhirim area only, and that includes only the data visible on the map (pop + army). That is a lot, for any single clan. And one need to add the reinforcements that will come for sure in case of war, so the number is definitely higher. Mercs have very good armor and weapons. All that is not a surprise since you were sitting tight and grinding for a long time....
GO on the other hand winded the business down to few locations to make "last stand" before the quit. And to solve the mysteries behind it - it was a genuine move, which we decided to reverse, given the signals from devs (who are recently to
lazy busy to fix bugs in Strat - like siege eq...) and the will of our own guys to have some more fun. So we are developing again, in terms of ability to counter ... someone. Mercs in this particular case
It is a nice - given the Mercs' forces - long term plan, don you all think?
So yes, we call for anyone willing to support a campaign against Mercs! We will support any clan willing to kick Merc's ass !!! And to anyone convinced by "
Therefore he is always searching someone to do it for him which he will show up only at the very end to steal the glory as he did before" - look at our claim. It is exactly the same for the last few Strat rounds. We do not wish to expand. We wish to change the balance of power and have some fun in battles
Last but not least, Kapi, you need to live with some trolling/spamming on you diplomacy thread (unless you decide to close it), cause all this is a bit on topic after all
Besides, Mercs are very amusing target for trolling... I wish I could see Ginger Pussy here, he could get permabanned for the second time
