I can see your point of view PastorDave - there are different types and style of players. Defense should be promoted as much as Offense to create a good balance in the game and maybe promote a larger base of players who won't get killed off when those in power may get paranoid and start killing those that rise in rank fearing for their dominance. It something to debate but I can also see the effort it takes to make a gun and you should be rewarded for that like Genocide and Kyubey say. It's a difficult balance to achieve to create a community where things are balanced and everyone can have a path they enjoy to take.

I think the concept is right but the idea is flawed.

I myself am a dedicated hitter. someone very close to me is a dedicated non-hitter. As it stands right now, were she and i to go one on one, I would win 99 of 100 times. does this mean that she has put in less work then I? hell no! she works just as hard as i do, but for different goals. It has become a case of hitters saying that they do the work so why not have the advantage. lets not forget the earners folks.

this specific plan, i'm not a fan of, but i agree that there needs to be a balance so that people who choose to play pure D aren't working from behind the 8 ball.

Someone can spend money(credits) on building a gun and over time that gun can way overpower the max defense a player can get. Killing isn't "hard" work in my opinion, nor is having defense, but why not equal them out more? Why can spending money on building offense be ok but spending money on defense and matching that offense be stupid........?

Ok, building a gun is work but I wouldn't say hard work. It's an action in the game. Also, you wouldn't have to drop the % to a "small percentage".

Squishy, I think that is a great scale for it.

Please don't add in more chances for defence, or less likelihood of hitting someone (same thing I know).

Wars are already sparse enough as it is, do we really need to give people at the top more reason to sit on their hands and do nothing?

I understand where you guys are coming from thinking that the game wouldn't turn over fresh now and again but in the past that wasn't the case it usually just meant that a small percentage of players who made it to the top spots with defensive answers were harder to kill, it didn't leave the game stagnant any more than it is now. All it did back then was decide who the victor of a war was...

Yeah Squishy that sounds good, I myself would probably try to egg you up another 5% but to see how things worked it would be a great add in my opinion. 

sounds like a good idea izzy. i'd say lets ry it and see if it affects anything

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