I read this post yesterday but I didn't feel like writing a response.

Fam bank isn't all good news.

1 Family bank requires that at least two people are online at the same time.
    Fambank doesn't always work with smaller families and teams. Someone
    needs to be online and active enough to send out resources to those who
    request them. Family bank also needs another person who is able to take
    the bank before the bank leaves. Very often the bank won't have any one
    to pass to and it either forced to log off while still holding the bank or send
    it to another teammate in hopes that they'll come online later.

Teams do not have this issue. With a banker/attacker team two players send to
each other whatever they can when they can. Because their is no question as to
who needs to be sent aid teams don't have the same timezone issues. Team
members can send each other resources knowing that someone will put them to
good use regardless of when they get on. No one is left out by being in a
timezone that isn't shared by any other of the family members.

2. Fambank rewards the most annoying players
    Whoever begs the most gets the resources. Other players who log
    later get shafted after someone begged their way through the entire
    bank. If you have any doubts about this fact play a round with Melvin.

Teams reward the more generous players. Bankers who send more cash to their
attackers will get more resources back from the extra infrastructure the attacker
was able to build.

3. "Fam Bank required more activity from members in order to work splendidly"
    Fam bank takes more work. Just because it takes more work, doesn't mean
    people will actually do more work. People are lazy, and when fam bank fails
    no one is able to grow.

Teams take less work and they isolate lazy and inactive people. An inactive member
only effects one team. A lazy person in a crucial transition time zone screws up the
entire family.

Fam bank is better if everyone parcitipates.

i agree with all that poki said, you can have bankers in the fam that log in twice per day just to send expos, build, send money, build some fleet and so on, it requires tops 1-2 ticks of activity from them

for attackers is easier to attack and ask for support when there is an online fam bank,

My fam are doing it, i've been bank since the begining cause i had the time(when i go to work 10 hours we have 2 spare ppl that can be there and spread the resources and cash)

However theres 1 point for teams if you have 4 teams 3x3 and 1x4 and they are in diferent time zones and work timing... you can work very well like that also , you will still have 6-7 players online all the time (however you put the problem here the fam must be active to succeed) there is no inactive to be dragged to 1st rank...

Fam bank bring down morale on the most active players when they are aiding the most and receiving the least from the bank. It's quite annoying paying for inactive players infra when they log in once a day compared to players logging 4-8 or even more hours.

I agree with Serenity.

Fambank has its own problems. Able to bring down moral, cutting down communication between attackers/bankers.  People who hold the fam bank often use it for their own. Building infra of the recourses or fleet because they think they need it.

This is my second round with the fambank system. In my first round i was pretty much the fambank all round as i was the most active player by a long shot.
I did use alot of the recourses for my own benefit as for building fleet. I was a very agressive attacker and gained alot of planets for my family members and defended our cores and kept everyone safe aswell so i guess that was a positief thing. But some do build fleet and do nothing with it or their fleet gets runned down.

In my current family i never get to hold the fam bank, and you can see that by my NW range. i always have to ask for stuff, i hate asking for stuff!!
This brings down moral alot.

I prefer Teams of 2 to 4 players. Its way more fun, you have communication between family members. create a little competition Between the teams in the family.
You can always organise a family jump to a player in your family.

I think the fam bank, if used well is better in fast growing, but bad for communication in the family.

> General Mizzle wrote:

> Well if you are active you'll get more out of the fam bank cause you can get to shout: JUMP ME!!! more often

Not all of us enjoy begging all of the time.

More often then not fam bank is actually less efficient because the most
greedy people are usually the ones that get jumped. I think this is the
main point that needs to be made.

If done right fam bank is the best though.

Oh and if you had a full fam of active SS players -- more often then not
they would have a larger combined networth then an active fam of fambank
players...So numbers aren't always the indicator as to which strategy is best.

jesus why do you people talk so much about IC X(