I don´t get it.
First we fight 805/807 and ppl accuse us on hitting small helpless families. IMHO those wars were quite even, because our fam is quite inactive, me included. Yes there was a big NW difference, but a lot of our NW was quite absent from the war effort.
Then top fam 800 decides to vulture in. They hide their greed behind valiant crusade against our evil family who attacks smaller families. Yeah, you are no better than us or even worse.
We had ongoing CF with 802 and AFAIK NAP was almost sealed, but they decided to call off CF (nothing wrong with that) and join other fams at vulturing and bashing us down (quite a lot wrong with that).
Although 805 and 807 have not attacked that hard anymore, I consider us having a war against 4 families atm.
Yet ppl find it funny and justified. Enough to bash us down in forums too. Like we did something horribly wrong and deserve to be humiliated in every way.
I can tell you that I am still trying to opp the enemy and rebuild some defensive fleet now and then, but as much as I like attacking and opping part of this game, this is not fun anymore. Not even to me.
This is the first time in my IC history when I truly feel that I am against the whole galaxy. Half of the galaxy is trying to kill me (yes, if you´re in a fam attacking me, you´re actively part of it, rogue action is a choice) and other half are bystanders and either silently watching or cheering.
This kinda experince and feeling leaves marks. Some other ppl would just leave the game and IC have undoubtedly lost a lot of players in similar circumstances. I will probably continue, but I really have no interest in co-operating with ppl who have made me feel like this.
Problem is that I most likely either don´t recognise or remember who truly was behind this experince (anonymous playing should be banned), so I will be even more suspicious than before. I will probably play only strictly SS and in solo galaxies from now on.
I still don´t know if in the future I will go rogue in families where ppl play unfairly or if I lack any compassion to IC community and just join in farming and vulturing operations. Time will tell, but I know I won´t be passive in those situations anymore.