Ashes
I find the argument that 'nobody is forcing you to write dominions, so if you don't like them, just don't' incredibly juvenile.
Is it factually true?
Certainly.
Is it intellectually dishonest? Undoubtedly.
Nobody was forcing people to grind out posts to go from Apprentice to Knight to Master either. But the grind was taken out and the power was given to the community, when they decided their characters were ready to ascend to a new rank. Nobody was pushing people to do 200-post (or 20, or 50) dev threads to give them new toys in the Factory.
Nobody was forcing people to write 100 post dominion threads just so they could get a single planet.
It was taken out all the same. Reduced, magnified and increased, until we have the system we have now.
Because the issue is not if it is required or not. The issue is if the grind is something needed or wanted.
Nobody is forcing Major Factions to battle out invasions that run up to 400 posts, cause stress and salt, all for the opportunity to take out 1-2 hexes if you are lucky. People still do it. If the response defaults to, 'Hey, bruh, nobody is forcing you to do it, so stop complaining!' then nothing this community has achieved since its start in 2013 would have been done either.
People complained back then too that it would be the end of the world if people could choose their ranks. They argued to the heavens and back that removing Development Threads would cause the Factory to spin out of control.
We are still here.
Are there Major Factions who absolutely adore writing dominions since they were founded and still going on? Yeah, I am sure there are. But the fact that some people like things the way they are, does not automatically mean that people who don't should be dismissed with something as basic as 'just take a vacation, brah'.
Come up with an actual reason why the current system as it is is preferable. Why it's good. Why it should remain.
Because I have seen too many burn-outs and people complaining for years to believe that the community at large is in love with dominions.
.... or that it's good just the way it is.
Is it factually true?
Certainly.
Is it intellectually dishonest? Undoubtedly.
Nobody was forcing people to grind out posts to go from Apprentice to Knight to Master either. But the grind was taken out and the power was given to the community, when they decided their characters were ready to ascend to a new rank. Nobody was pushing people to do 200-post (or 20, or 50) dev threads to give them new toys in the Factory.
Nobody was forcing people to write 100 post dominion threads just so they could get a single planet.
It was taken out all the same. Reduced, magnified and increased, until we have the system we have now.
Because the issue is not if it is required or not. The issue is if the grind is something needed or wanted.
Nobody is forcing Major Factions to battle out invasions that run up to 400 posts, cause stress and salt, all for the opportunity to take out 1-2 hexes if you are lucky. People still do it. If the response defaults to, 'Hey, bruh, nobody is forcing you to do it, so stop complaining!' then nothing this community has achieved since its start in 2013 would have been done either.
People complained back then too that it would be the end of the world if people could choose their ranks. They argued to the heavens and back that removing Development Threads would cause the Factory to spin out of control.
We are still here.
Are there Major Factions who absolutely adore writing dominions since they were founded and still going on? Yeah, I am sure there are. But the fact that some people like things the way they are, does not automatically mean that people who don't should be dismissed with something as basic as 'just take a vacation, brah'.
Come up with an actual reason why the current system as it is is preferable. Why it's good. Why it should remain.
Because I have seen too many burn-outs and people complaining for years to believe that the community at large is in love with dominions.
.... or that it's good just the way it is.