Quote Originally Posted by Gordok View Post

If this game was the Olympics the people who worked and trained harder would accomplish nothing for it because they would be tied down with weights so that the person who sat on his butt all day would have an equal chance of winning instead of having his feelings hurt.
Not a good comparison at all. The Olympics are designed to be the best of the best. By nature, they're supposed to be exclusive. Evony is (presumably) being marketed towards a popular audience, therefore it's prudent to be enjoyable for all players.

Quote Originally Posted by Gordok View Post

I for one would rather play a game where if I happen to be the one on top it's because I worked for it not because I won a coin toss in the last battle because every player has cookie cutter armies that take no time to create due to limits imposed upon them.

But then I guess that's just me wanting to have to work hard for my accomplishments.
My concern is that people who work hard can never get on top because people with a major head start will farm them mercilessly as soon as they come out of protection. Do you really think you'd go to the top if you started, as a beginner, on server 1 today?