The community invests entirely too much time and aggravation in discussions about AB. There are too many leechers, too many bots, too many people leaving.
The only solution for this would be a radical change that would permanently alter the faction system.
Here's an idea for a change to the Luxon and Kurzick titles...
1. Change them to character based
2. Make faction ridiculously easy to attain through means other than AB
3. Change faction earned through vanquishing an area to be based on the alliance that currently controls the outpost you enter the explorable area from.
Make these two titles throw-away titles, as simple to attain as the Protector titles.
This should stop botters, leechers and leavers in AB. The only people you'd have in AB would be:
1. People who are interested in moving the Kurzick-Luxon border
2. People interested in the Balthazar faction
3. People who love AB
Considerations:
1. Faction required to buy allegiance skills - raise it from 3k to some higher amount that would be equally easy to maintain when we're all drowning in faction under the new system
2. Faction required to maintain an outpost - while alliances would need to maintain higher faction to maintain an outpost, their ability to attain that faction would negate the issues caused by this.
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