Posted by Not in any cabal... on October 20, 2000 at 11:59:01:
In Reply to: Ideas to make the Empire a Viable Cabal Again. posted by Former Citizen on October 20, 2000 at 09:34:26:
As of late many a citizen has been sent by the Emperor to retrieve. And, you know what? It's a suidcide mission. So, if you don't go: anath someboy y. But what is the point of spilling the Empire's blood for a hopeless cause. It only weakens the whole lot. Yes, the Emperor is indeed the big boss but... In the end, the Emperor weakens his own Empire by sending coutless to their needless deaths. It's a deathspiral of sorts that only ends when everyone gets the bandwagon going and several peeople join the Empire at once. We've seen these ebbs and flows. Not that this is inherently wrong but the problem with Empire will remain as long as its numbers ebb and flow like the tides. The way to correct this is to rework this anath nonsense. 3 strikes seems a bit lax but seems better than what we have now. Also, perhpas there could be a lesser from of anath. Say you messed up so you would have to do XYZ to be fully re-accepted or some such. Empire needs numbers but these can;t happened when the little they have is being anath'd becasue of the hopeless odds in retreiving leading to people not wisihng to risk certain death. It's not as if there is some reward for retrievng anyway...