Yuan
SWRP Writer
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I suppose my relatively simple counter-argument to "it's already too difficult for non-FS to beat FS" is that the Mandalorians have won almost every single engagement they've had against the Sith this entire TL. I'm not saying that that's exclusively because of the current rule system, but it's difficult to make the argument "non-FS are underpowered" when they're constantly winning.
Oy vey... *Rubs forehead*
The reason why the Mandolorians were overpowered this TL and why they washed over the sith like a tidal wave is because 99% of this site's experienced, skilled, and regular PVPers FLOCKED to the Mandalorians. The Mandalorians were seriously unbalanced from the get-go of this TL. Logically they should have started as a small resistance movement in an occupied territory, but from the start they had a high member base, and they moved faster than the other factions, grew faster, and were more aggressive. This is because they had most of the members with highest activity, and because they had most of the members with the most PVP skill. It was not the site mechanics that caused the mandos to wipe out the sith in PVP. The members who joined the mandos would have had the highest kill counts on the site no matter what faction they joined.
This always seems to happen. One faction (usually the newer or cooler ones, the ones "supposed" to be the underdogs) ends up being significantly more popular than the others and it inevitably has way more activity and attracts way more veterans than any of the others, and that faction will end up curb-stomping the galaxy. Last TL it was the sith. This TL it was the Mandos.
If faction balance is what you're on about, don't change site mechanics. Just create a rule that says that Phoenix, Darasum (now Darasaurus I guess?), Sreeya and a handful of other veterans are not allowed to be in the same faction this time.
I'm not b*tching. I don't really mind that that happens. I like having a big target to aim at. Granted I've never been able to get my plans off the ground. That's mainly cause I work too much. But since I recently quit my job, this next TL might be different.
The sith of last TL, were largely untouchable except by the jedi, and that was under current levels of force strength. That was because the sith had a disproportionate number of the veterans and the PVPers. If you go and make the force even stronger, and the Vets and PVPs flock to a FS faction next TL, it's going to be game over from the get-go.