The faction extinction problem: a simple solution

[Steelfury]

As the title says I would suggest a simple solution to factions going 'extinct' and that is make flags cost, inversely proportionate to the size of the nation you buy them for. E.g. nation x has 10 ports, the conquest flag for one of their ports costs 10 times the cost of a flag for nation y who has 100 ports.

[Vllad]

This is a pretty good idea. They really didn't think through very much that it is already hard being a small nation. Making it cost the same for them as other nations to conduct port battles is not much of a "catch up property".

[Galileus]

It just makes it take longer and grind more. It's not a solution, it's buying time before problem surfaces again.

[Heibges]

Why not just make them unconquerable national ports?  Like PotBS.

[GrapeShot]

Get rid of port battles.

Make the economy robust - with the need to discover resources, build the infrastructure to exploit them, and the ship them to market, all the while protecting them from raids - and you would have an organic reason to battle.

Port battles are too artificial and there will never be a good solution, aside from the massively silly timers, to nightly flipping

Edited March 1, 2016 by GrapeShot