Illis libertatis studium
Dearest friends...
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Should I call you that? I say it as a formality, though it feels like a lie. I have garnered a great deal of reality over the past months, only further confirmed by the hellhole that is Discord.
The thing I will first say above anything, is I don't care what you say. You're probably gonna call me weak, cringe, perhaps even dumb, and state I don't belong in politics if I can't take a beating.
I can handle quite a bit of personal attacks, but eventually, you all gotta realize there's a human behind these paragraphs, and that human has feelings too.
A few days ago there was published an article by someone, who asked if he was wanted in the community, or if he was just an annoyance or nuisance. The response was mixed, but overall positive.
Will I get the same response? I frankly don't even expect you all to read this.
There is only so much you can do regarding my place here. You can defy my politics, regardless of how I argue. You can disagree with my policies, regardless of my morals.
That is the point of building your own country in Orbis: To run a state the way you imagine a state should (or should not) be run. And to let others tell you off for how you are doing that... it takes away the whole point of the game. You are no more in control- you are a puppet. A pawn.
That is what Aequitas has tried to do to me. The alliance I conceived and forged at the side of my comrades, friends, and people I now realize I never knew, has in almost all effect turned against me. I refuse to raid, and I am criticized for that. I build my cities how I desire, and I'm told it's improper based on some ratio set by the alliance government.
An alliance is meant for community, protection, and common good. It is not meant as a replacement for you as the ruler of your country.
I have repeatedly contemplated leaving Aequitas to forge a new alliance, one that, with the lessons I have learned, not fall along the path Aequitas has. But I still hold faith in the success of the alliance. I created it as young Demeter, then into the Project Aequitas. It was my ultimate idea- like a child; I the father.
And now I have been shunned from caring for my son by all his friends.
Aequitas' fate is only in control so much as the membership wish to make it- the same for any and all alliances, fighting their wars.
I hope you find another way.
I will always be here as a guide.
Always.
Perhaps I will add to this... perhaps.
Good night, nations of Orbis I know, don't know, like, hate, protect, would-attack, and all others.
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Addendum: Day One
-I do not deny what Aequitas has achieved to any degree. I have made it very clear to the leadership that they have carried the alliance farther than I could have ever dreamed of. For the power Aequitas has, these people have my eternal respect, at least in that regard.
-You have made clear that not following the natural order means it is impossible to reign as the highest states do, impossible to grow at such a rapid pace. Yet you forget in this Rimskaya's oldest intentions: Never to do this. Rimskaya does not want to be an all-powerful empire, despite her Internationalist program. We cannot possibly be powerful- we have already held ourselves to the vow of never committing any resources to nuclear warfare, not even the national project. Our aim is to not be powerful: our aim is to be impactful.
-Has Rimskaya not provided for Aequitas? We are expected to make as much money for the alliance as they ask, and we do just that, no raiding required. If they wish to throw me on a 100/100 bracket just to spite me for this, then so be it.
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You're right. Only you can play the game the way you want to.
If you want to succeed in Orbis, you have to pawn yourself to the greater powers of Orbis.
If you don't care about any of that, you're free to carry on as you are.
Just don't act surprised why you're not growing rapidly and building many cities after you've refused to adapt the proven and working strategies that actually help you grow and prosper as a nation in Orbis.
And you know what? You don't actually have to raid to do that. But the alternative to raiding? Pretty much give up any degree of autonomy and give yourself up to a Top 10 - 30 alliance. They'll fund your growth, but in return, you have to do what they tell you to do, and fight their wars.
War dodgers are not looked upon kindly in the game, I will tell you that.
Don't take it personal now. I'm only telling you how the game works.
You can decide to continue playing the game. Whether you adapt or not is not my problem.
You can also choose to just quit and find a new game. I wouldn't blame you if you did.
I think you fail to realize some basic aspects.
Under your leadership, aquitittresd was one of the most ridiculed alliances in the game. Slow growth, nothing really to show for it, and horrible tax policy.
Now others have picked up were you left off, made it work, and best of all, without sacrificing their dignity and becoming puppets of extremely pretentious macro lovers.
Seems to me you just can't accept that new leadership is actually taking the alliance places. Score graphs definitely show a difference.
Even if not so, you guys definitely look more competent (especially without Cov)
You can play the game however you want, and I admire people who don't want to conform to losers who make other people feel like crap over what type of build you have.
However, you gave to understand that if you have high infra, you're going to get attacked. laughed at, probably.
This game is self correcting. If you want to have 5000 infra, go for it. Just don't throw a fit when you get nuked.
If you want to play the game differently, automatically expect Slow growth and push back, but hey, you might have fun/succeed with it.
Final thought, alliances have obligations to defend you, help you grow, and as a result its your obligation to make as much money for the alliance as is expected of you.
I'm with you with this one NRI, people should have the fredoom of actiivity. Btw, i blame lunasussy the frogmonger
#Bring back the old aquatates... aqiuatenatus.. aquaritis... auqeteas???
Some of this is true and some of this is kind of....
Bogus.
I can only say you are right to a certain extent and here's why:
Note: I choose the Pro v. Con format so that this WOULD NOT look like an attack on your character (which it isn't) and would rather be from the view of a somewhat informed insider looking at things somewhat unbiasedly.
Pros:
As I get to the Con sections please be reminded of the above note
Cons:
Anyway that was long but I know you will at least read this as you are used to this sort of message from me. Likewise I will probably receive an even longer message from you, which I look forward to. Such is the nature of the present friendship. As I've said this isn't a criticism it's an opinion piece attempting to meet you half way. Obviously feel free to (privately) let me know if this does not hold up to those standards that I have set for myself.
I should first admit before commenting about this bulletin, that I am unaware and inexperienced about what is the current political scenario of Aqueitas or how Rimskya is being treated by their members.
My comment is purely based on assumptions, opinions and general game mechanics.
Now getting to the point. Rimskya, I have a very mixed reaction to you word. For me, yes, it is indeed important to have one's own way of building the nation. But, at the same time, you cannot be assuming Politics & War to be a sandbox game. For that, I would like to break my statement in the following for more precise understanding:
1. This game isn't a sandbox game. PnW is a text-based game that runs on a set of codes written by Alex and his team, based on pure maths. When something like raiding or making cities are ordered to be in a specific format, it is actually an important and standard thing to do, because:
a. It generates more revenue for your alliance
b. It reduces wastage and potential of resources. Here I would like to bring in point the way your cities are built. Your cities have an average of 2100 infra, which is a pathetic wastage of potential. That is because Nuclear power plants generate power for 2000 infra, and you constructing 2 nuclear power plants with 2100 infra just causes wastage of the other 1900 infra that you are paying for regardless.
2. I agree with your statement over raiding, mainly because you don't need to raid. Judging your score, you are well above good targets for raids, so the nations left to be raised are basically just a waste of money and army.
3. Alliance is just doing a part of their obligation to you when they tell you about raids or cities. If you don't wish to follow, just tell them a no. But, remember, what your alliance is telling you to do is much correct (except the raid part ofc).
With that, I shall conclude my comment. Thanks for reading.