Originally Posted by
Gatester
And I have to explain again...god this is tiring lol.
First, you have to keep in mind that this entire thread consists of more than just me and you discussing this topic. This means that my posts may be referring to multiple individuals other than yourself. I will reply in the manner you used so hopefully we can avoid further misunderstandings.
1>does not apply to you (lazy insinuated this I believe)
2>does not apply to you (lazy used a dictionary first, I replied with one)
3>does not apply to you (xootch tried to twist my response to lazy around)
Those first three, I used the term "someone" to refer to "someone else". It was clear enough given none of the previous posts disappear or anything. Now the next ones where I used the term "you" actually refer to you.
4>Yes, my diagram was unclear, but I chose the simplest form of explaination to correct it. Your tone was not worthy of a gentle response on my part, and if you wanted a calmer reply you should have thought about that before quoting me in the manner you did.
5> No one is asking for equal. It is pointless to continue bringing that up when no one asks for that. If close is the issue, perhaps you can give us an example of what is too close and we can argue that instead of something no one wants?
6> Let me refer to this one below, seperately.
7> A valid opinion, one that most people share. If your idea of too close is anything more than what we have now then I have nothing to argue about with you on that aspect.
As for number 6, neutrals have various purposes in PVP now, one of which you pointed out. Battlestations were poorly implemented, and unfortunately a large portion of battlestations relied on neutrals being able to join the losing side without numbers to support a round to even run.
For notum wars, a neutral tower site is easier to destroy, this means a faction with fewer tower sites can begin regaining some by attacking neutral sites first. With ownership of a tower site usually comes and increase in tower war participation by a faction for a while. It is usually minor but neutrals do increase the participation in tower wars a little.
This, of course, is only true because neutrals themselves are fewer and weaker. Your idea of removing neutrals has too many unforseen consequences that would be bad to attempt given AO's current state, especially with the number of players who would altogether quit because of it. Neutrals being made into a third, equal faction is only viable given a much larger population. Removing factions altogther as I suggested would only work as long as the population remains relatively low as it is now.