Perpltxed
Moderator
Banger post, Zaify. Thank you for addressing the war that has been ongoing for four years. I stopped playing and taking part in sieges and politics altogether because of it. The decisions made in 2021 still carrying on years later even after the people who made them had left simply make no sense.
From what I understand, ever since 2021, older nations that collapse get replaced by newer ones. Older players leave, and new ones take their place. Hell, even the members of alliances change sometimes but the war between the same two sides keeps going, even after all that.
I find it crazy that this mega-alliance conflict has lasted this long. To be clear, I don’t hate the idea of a mega-alliance forming when things get dire. In fact, some of my most memorable moments in wars came from times when we had to create a mega-alliance to chase uncertain goals that would have been impossible otherwise. This happened multiple times: by the end of N1 during the Italian vs AS wars, and early in N2 when we first had to call a mega-alliance against the Nordics, followed by the SCA vs STO wars. But after all those wars, the alliances dissolved.
The third time, the alliances were called in to help early Thracia, mostly just to troll the Italians. That snowballed into a full-scale mega-alliance, which was countered by another one from the opposing side. And ever since then, that war has kept going just changing shape with new additions and losses.
I think it’s high time players realize that the stupidity they’ve been partaking in isn’t going to work out. There is no “end goal.” The opposition isn’t going to leave or stop playing. People need to understand that wars aren’t about endlessly winning fights on siege banners every other week but about reaching an actual, achievable, and sensible resolution.
Diplomacy and truces seem to be dismissed and labeled as “LARP,” but honestly, I’d take some so-called “LARPers” who can actually move things forward and accomplish something over this never-ending war that’s been dragging on since late 2021.
