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its not fambank that sucks its the player that uses it all for its own X(

fam bank is whoever is trustworthy and online at the time. You send to them, log off, they build, and send leftovers to the next person who wont delete and take the bank with them, and do the cycle over until everyone is built. Just post in forum who the bank is so everyone is sending to them all throughout the day.

fambank is great if your fam doesnt suck

fam bank is boring, you basically follow what someone else tells you to build.

> ~*~Serenity~*~ wrote:

> Fam bank helps the player that begs the most.

*totally agree*

grrrr yeah you're right, what makes it worse is when everyone keeps sending to them, lol

Forever wrote *grrrr yeah you're right, what makes it worse is when everyone keeps sending to them, lol*

Easy just have in forum fam bank and the name of the guy that holds it and if he goes offline change the name

it's called teamwork and i bet my bals u'll do better with fam bank in the long run, than u will by banker/attacker team/s or any other wierd strategy u got commit and sacrifise...dont go inactive couse u need to wait a few days...to get others built before u, motivates them and there is a bigger chanse they will stay active..if more ppl think like that i belive there would be less inactivity ( or less growth lol)

The fam bank system works great if youre using it correctly. You need to have some organization when it comes to building to make it work effectively. It allows every empire to get built on a regular basis IF the guy holding the bank knows whats going on and how to lead effectively. If your family is communicating on a regular basis and working as a team, the fam bank strategy is the best.

The fam bank system will fail miserably if you dont run it correctly. People logging off with the bank is a great example. Having selfish players that constantly drain the bank is also a major problem. You just need to make sure whoever is bank isnt doing that. If he is, then you dont allow him to be bank anymore.

So if your family bank strategy is failing, its not the strategy's fault. Its your family, your leader and how its being run that is the problem.

the way it should go,
to start your teams up, you work your highest banker with the best resourcer;
the procedure is that the banker (when signed on for the first time of the day) will send all of they're cash first, then work off of the tick provided cash to build for the rest of the time they are on line, then once they sleep, they then come on line and do it again.
the resourcer the same way, when they first come online for the day they send all and work to build from there.
from there you work down the line teaming people up so that they work in tandem.
attackers are left to out dry at this point, you should have max built RC's, so your good.
once you get attacked (not planet grabbed) all res and cash is sent to the leader, and you work as family bank from then on.
leader will set a schedule of who is bank, and when, like a guard duty thing, you hold the bank and pass it as you get request, if it is your shift, and your not going to be able to make it, the leader should be notified so that he can find someone else, and fixes the fam message to relate.

Yeah, i mean in truth fam bank sucks.  It's a faulty method thats been passed on like chinese whispers and ended up being wrong.  The basis is basically total communication and trust, but is now used as an actual bank.  The best system is to get all players involved, if your online you dont have to send to a person, but talk to your team mates and direct where its most logical to send your resources.  that is after you get what you need, expos, added defence, planets to small OB %  possibly.
if your sending everything to one person, your basically saying, here you are...its not my problem anymore.  which is why it is corrupt.  Players who can run the correct fam bank system are irreplaceable