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end times don't align very well with each other. Also I don't think fully this is the answer ,but a 50 fam gal with 40 plus fams with a shot on day 1 is damn sexy. 6 week round in new gal may be best. Less saving and such. more war and action. Personally this mw has been much like a demolition derby.every day a fam is getting knocked back. and we not even 2 weeks in. A shorter round would allow for more fun for the entire round and not just the first couple weeks and the middle few.

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ok, just to follow up on some things said and asked about in here:


1. Tri alliances will most likely NOT be an option for the simple fact that the game is more competitive without them and frankly, the community is a lot smaller than what it used to be back in the day.

2. 20 player fams will most likely NOT be the setup as they will only make for less skilled fams. It is so much better to have player sized limited to 12-15 so that you can get the most out of your family. No sense in having 20 players and only 11 are active.

3. There will be draft options but it'll most likely be in a 2/2 format at the most. 5 players gives you a good core of players to work with. 1 random, 4 drafts, and some active randoms. Not a bad way to kick things off. People need to spread around so that we all have "good randoms" and not have to rely on picking and choosing drafts. I understand playing with your friends. But honestly guys, why not just chat with them and/or ally them?

4. Pinwheel will most likely be left out of the equation because frankly its not broken so why fix it? The problem I'm seeing from most of the debate is how to merge the galaxies without ruining interest. Andromeda and MW is easier to blend together because not much is separating the two except for the draft amounts. As long as the andromeda regulars can get over losing a draft or two, then all is fine.

PW is a separate type of gal altogether with 0 drafts, 2 allies and a different breed of players. While I highly recommend that everyone in PW tries there stuff in a new galaxy, I don't believe we should force a change upon everyone.

5. Draco won't be closed

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*dances*

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i play with a core of 6 people. who play together every round, losing the drafts from 4/4 was bad enough, i dont care about what happens with the two galaxies, merging them is essentially a good idea, but forcing people to not play together? thats harsh.... i found, that in fams, randoms are good and can be helpful, but essentially its all my drafted players that do the hard graft, not allowing atleast 3/3 drafts is  ridiculous, dont get me wrong either, PW is magnificent, the way you dont have drafts, but we already have something like that(PW) and we dont need another PW galaxy, so why dont we just have a nice big galaxy with a good amount of drafts in, not huge amounts tongue 4/4 was a lot, especially in a 12 member family. but 3/3 is reasonable i think.

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"but forcing people to not play together?"

thats the most ridiculous thing iv ever heard tongue it is a privilege to play with your friends, as part of being a vip. it is not an integral part of the gameplay that shudnt be changed. if you want to play with more friends, then spread out and make an alliance.

I was using a metaphor that means God is watching us. You've heard this, there's a toilet on the roof.

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honestly 3/3 is a lot also. you say your drafts make up your core group. you don't rely on the randoms much. This is sad.

1) maybe your not that great of leader if you can't get randoms active and involved.

2) maybe your lazy so enjoy a round where everyone just does thier thing

3) maybe you can't see that competition in andro is among the top few and not as strong as gals with less drafts.

Now i am just saying when you do so many drafts compared to not quite as many. More fams have a chance of being good. Say there is 200 good draftable players. where 40 of em can be great leaders. You limit the leaders that could lead these other fams. By keeping them in these mega drafted fams.

You could always make a second fam to ally. I encourage you do so as this Is a fun way to play the round also.

Creator of Pretenders vs Contenders

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8 player fams ftw!

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Personally i would like 8 player fams. You could add more fams that way.

ALly me Kagar tongue

Creator of Pretenders vs Contenders

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hmm archie has a point

it looks a good idea tho

will it happen ???

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Gooooo Nolio!!

...meh...

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I thought that one of the points of the new galaxy woudl be so the same people arent winning each round, and with 3/3, families could be made up of about half of their choosing, which, for families withough a VIP or 3, would be a amazing disadvantage

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I think 2/2 would be good.

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VIP may be a privelege, but its a privelege ive divulged in since the game introduced them =/ my family is already spread out over an alliance this round anyway due to the big impromptu reshuffle at the beginning of round

and im sure im not the only one who plays with a regular group of players and will lose out if they lower drafts. Excactly how are you supposed to side which 2 players get dropped? tongue its stupid to me, its fun to play with people you know, i like meeting new people too! thats always good. If you have 3/3, thats 6 players, 7 with random, thats half the family of people you know, half the family you dont, its perfect.... it its 15 you have even more randoms.... if you have 2/2 its way to small amount, my best times in IC have been playing with friends, not getting stuck in random shitty families such as i did last round, which in the end, i deleted half way through the round and drafted into my friends family. Even though it was half way through and had absolutely no chance of catching up and the family i joined wasnt even in the best of situations.

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iv played with some of my drafts for 4 years now haribo, and not one of them has been with me for less than 2 years. i wouldnt replace any of them with 'better players' if i got the chance (and i do get the chance quite often), but the fact is, im more interested in all of us having more fun than all of us playing together, and lower drafts will be more fun

I was using a metaphor that means God is watching us. You've heard this, there's a toilet on the roof.