[tokath]

I think #2 is a pretty good suggestion. In many ways it's similar to how I started in r4. There was enough people that we (a gal of mostly friends) didn't have to worry about getting inc from the big guys constantly, none of us had a personal alliance, we didn't have a para alliance until later in the round, and we still had fun. We were able to attack solo and most of us played for several more rounds.

I think #2 could be the key to getting someone hooked and allowing them to have fun and showing them how it could be. If I had had to start from scratch in r42 i doubt i would be coming back for another round.