The last legitimate capital battle was April 13, 2014 (FC:Rec4.11). Anybody who has joined since then has not experience a complete war. The War is the primary activity in this community. We haven't been able to complete one in over a year. That is a major problem.


What We Have Already Tried

We have had 3 peacetime since then and we consistently try the same things to fix problems in the community.

1. Massive recruitment drives (because more people will solve all of our issues)
2. Squad transfers (because sometimes recruitment is not enough to fix skill/number imbalances)
3. Game/Map/Gametype Changes (because let's blame the game for our problems)

There have been significant leadership changes since FC:Rec4. I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure Guzzie is the only person who has been in a leadership role for the last 3 wars. So it really doesn't matter who is in power. The problems persist.


Validity Of The Community

If we end a 3rd war in a row early what does that say about the validity of the primary activity (the war) in our community?

We haven't been able to compete a war in over a year. That should make you question everything we do and all of the solutions we have tried.

It may be time to end the war early again, but I sincerely hope everybody in this community looks at what we have already done and what we have already tried. We need to stop doing the same things over and over again when they have been shown to fail.


Radical/Random Ideas


  • Maybe there should be a minimum number of people participating in the community before a war is started? If we don't have 32 members in each army peacetime is extended indefinitely until we reach that minimum activity level.
  • Maybe we should have a system to balance both numbers are skill during every peacetime (e.g. player draft, squad draft, squad/player trade system)?
  • Maybe we should change the structure of wars? What if we moved from multi-month wars to wars that ended every 4-6 weeks?
  • Maybe we should change the structure of leadership in FC? Is War Council (combination of elected and appointed leadership people) still an effective governing body for this community?
  • Maybe we need a 3rd faction to act as a balancing force to keep skill and numbers balances in check throughout the wars?

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I don't know what will fix our problems, but I do know what we have already tried and what has already failed. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Maybe it is time we became rational.