The First Crusade (Seriously, let's invade EU).

[Vengt037]

They'll never see it coming.

Step 1: Unite the clans. 
Step 2: Or don't, whatever, so long as the kingdoms of NA launch a crusade to retake the holy lands EU.
Step 3: Any warrior who dies fighting for the holy land will be a martyr, and his soul will travel straight to heaven.
Step 4: The winner will be whoever holds the most EU fiefs by the end of strat.

Even if we don't manage to conquer EU, the exchange of knowledge and ideas will spark a new renaissance that will revitalize our community, starting w/ the trading fiefs near the border, and eventually spreading to all of Christendom NA.

[GOBBLINKINGREATLEADER]

Last strategus I had planned to invade EU with ~16,000 plated troops, even starting by buying a city on the border from which to stage the invasion. I realized pretty quickly that I didn't want to do it because it was too much effort for one GOBBLIN to organize, even if he was a KING, and that the ping would really, really suck. Now with that said, I think this strategus might be a more fertile stage for a crusade simply because NA strategus is mind-numbingly boring and hugely bereft of charisma and intrigue. I would be willing to pitch in my skills if there were true support for a crusade, but it's more likely that people will support the idea in jest than in action.

[Lt_Anders]

Or...HOW ABOUT WE HAVE A FIGHT IN NA SO WE CAN HAVE GOOD PING AND GOOD TIMES....

[GOBBLINKINGREATLEADER]

Eh, NA battles aren't really "good times", they're normally pretty damn boring.

I mean literally as you wrote that, or just before, you played in an NA siege that was 44 attackers vs 11 defenders. Some fun that is.

[Lt_Anders]

Eh, NA battles aren't really "good times", they're normally pretty damn boring.

I ment times like clock times not the "good times" feeling.

[GOBBLINKINGREATLEADER]

Oh. Well okay.

[Artyem]

NA strategus is currently facing two problems:

1. you get more XP from battle

2. nobody wants to fight each other

so instead of invading EU and having shitty ping at a shitty time, let's fight each other

[Matey]

Not even EU wants to fight EU why would we?

[Sandersson Jankins]

The whole "strat is dead" pseudo-meme aside, it's fucking dead. Check out the wars and alliances. The fuck are we going to do against two factions that are both bigger than us? Everyone has a merc agreement with eachother and a siege in which there were ELEVEN defenders just occured.

In EU, the problem is one gigantic united block against everyone else who are more independent. In NA, the problem isn't much of an alliance problem, people just don't want to take the effort to attack, which is far more difficult than throwing gear and tickets into a fief over and over. It's tough to attack, for sure. You've got to put in nearly an hour per every 1500 man army you want to gear up, not even mentioning getting the gold for it. Even outside of the strat map, we're used to strat 4 in which tons of people have a nice big ole' gear bug which resulting in unlimited gold, and if you didn't, the economy was still much easier to make gold out of to buy equipment that's cheaper than now. 1mil XP in a full battle was not uncommon at all. Now it's more like 300k MAX in a big battle. People would rather sit in NA_1 than play any strat battles, because, for some fucking reason, everyone has a huge boner for XP. I mean shit, you can get any basic build you want on your STF, and high-level builds aren't that big of a deal. Only reason I dig being 34 is getting valour a lot. You know what that does? Puts my name up in chat so everyone knows i'm a huge nerd and gets me more XP. PROtip: I'm gonna fucking retire at 35. I know nobody else is doing that shit.

As much as I wanted to have an active, violent strat with belligerent factions going at eachother's throats, it ain't gonna happen. Once we get all the AI fiefs out of the way, we'll have planned battles with XP being the primary objective. Dayum shame.

[Artyem]

rip strat

No seriously, one of the largest factions refuses to fight anybody, the other largest faction just wants XP battles, and nobody else wants to actually fight anymore.

[Keshian]

Everyone has a merc agreement with eachother and a siege in which there were ELEVEN defenders just occured.
 

My master mind conspiracy has finally come to light - damn you anders and sandersson for revealing the nerd-truth to everyone - a new and greater FCC has arisen.  My agents have secretly infiltrated to the higher echelons of all the major factions - LCO, Gforce, Keyboard warriors, Acre, and Wardens of the North.  Soon all of NA will come under one banner as all the ai fiefs are taken by the "The Super Friends" (true name "The Illuminati"), then the master plan will be completed whereby all NA fiefs will be renamed to Fisdnar before the planned invasion of Chinese calradia with glorious 300 ping battles for all!  HAHAHAHAHA *maniacal laughter* HAHAHAHAHA

P.S. Special credits to arowaine and artyem for master plan ideas.

PROtip: I'm gonna fucking retire at 35. I know nobody else is doing that shit.

Sorry man, just a copycat now.  http://c-rpg.net/index.php?page=tavernhof  You can't be me no matter how hard you try   sorry.

[GOBBLINKINGREATLEADER]

Kesh there's no need to be rude. You're being very abrasive and you should reconsider yourself.

[WITCHCRAFT]

All clan leaders should sign a mutually assured destruction contract. Kill everyone, everywhere.

[Sandersson Jankins]

Sorry man, just a copycat now.  http://c-rpg.net/index.php?page=tavernhof  You can't be me no matter how hard you try   sorry.

I feel like if I comment on the first part I'm a huge f4gg0t and should kill myself.

On that part, I was demeaning myself at going to fucking 35. I was ashamed at going to 35, as anyone should be. Like holy shit man, you can be better than me all you want for going to 36 if that's your yardstick. If you're better because you spent more time on a vidja game than me, you're a saint and I'm a sinner m8.

I lost the argument because I replied.

[Vengt037]

As we tarry here, a black tide rises in the West (EU). Even as we bandy these empty words, our own EU brethren steel themselves for death--forlorn, broken, alone. From the walls of Tehlrog in the North, to the old spire of Narra in the southern passes, and at all the ancient capitals in between, a fearless, faceless enemy batters the gates. "Kapikulu," "Druzhina," "The Grey Order"--their names are profane, their numbers, legion, and their black hosts march inexorably forward, quenching one by one, the sacred fires of our shared civilization; bringing savagery, ruin, oblivion.

Gentlemen, the lamps are going out all over EU. Shall we see them lit again in our life-times? Turn from your brothers in their hour of need, and the mark of Cain will follow you the rest of your days like the shadow of regret. But, if we muster the great armies of North America, if we unite the clans, we can join an epic, noble struggle, so that when Odin calls you home, you will be worthy of a place in Valhalla. 

Behold!, the beacons are burning!

TL:DR, I think it would make strat more interesting if we supported the weaker clans in EU against the boring megablob EU factions. Just something to do. Maybe we can pick like a random castle in EU, and whichever NA clan takes it first wins a bunch of silver or C-RPG gold or a loompoint or something, IDK.