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Unread 1 Oct 2003, 15:26   #1
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Loss of cluster alliances
This might have been said before but this has to be a key loss from the game & community this round. Clusters (or paras) were where I met most the people I know in the game. Many alliances were formed from cluster alliances. Just supposing there was a round 11 with 30000 players (ok but if...) where would those new people get to meet others?
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Cluster alliances started to die in r5/r6 and were lost after that.

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Cluster alliances started to die in r5/r6 and were lost after that.
I think private galaxies pretty much killed random cluster alliances. If the future of PA is random galaxies (assuming that PA has a future), then I don't see why cluster alliances couldn't make a comeback. PAX was supposed to have a variable travel time based on geography that also could have allowed for some sort of local alliances, but the travel time was so poorly implemented that it made that impossible.

I think the basic concept (grouping players randomly and providing some incentives for them to cooperate to their mutual advantage) is good, and I think it can work on multiple levels as long as the incentives and levels are appropriately scaled.

I also agree with mikay: I think multi-tiered associations within the game would only strengthen the community.
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Re: Loss of cluster alliances
private galaxies didnt kill cluster alliances; lack of active non-'l33t' types did (and general unwillingness of certain people to make any commitments whatsoever)
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Re: Loss of cluster alliances
I don't miss cluster alliances. They were just another way for the other alliances to filter out the non allied gals and bash them day after day
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Re: Loss of cluster alliances
the innocence involed in the earlier rds in cluster fchannels was nice and it was a good way of gettin to know ppl, i think they should bring them back
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Re: Loss of cluster alliances
Clusters rock, I didnt like paras when they were too big(before p2p) I dlove to see them Cluster alliances again

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Re: Loss of cluster alliances
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Clusters rock, I didnt like paras when they were too big(before p2p) I dlove to see them Cluster alliances again

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Why not start one then, instead of quitting the game?
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Re: Loss of cluster alliances
I liked being able to attack with a small ETA more.
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Re: Loss of cluster alliances
That was the worst feature of clusters and contributed greatly to the decline of the game. In-cluster bashing = n00bs leaving in droves.

ETA advantage for defence only was a good idea - shame it wasn't implemented soon enough.
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