I like clean lines. I also like personal responsibility. I want to be a good team player, but that obviously means something different to me than it means to other folks. What it doesn't mean to me is having you inside my shirt with me while I'm trying to fight. If I want your help, I'll ask for it; otherwise, why don't you work over there, and I'll work over here?
Don't get me wrong: I appreciate a joint effort when necessary. Russia has gotten huge and too powerful for you or me to take down individually? No problem, let's do this togther, buddy. Navy wasn't your strong suit, and Indonesia is now griefing you for it? I'm on my way.
I don't need you taking Pristina while I take Skopje on Day 3, though. Back up!
I understand that any situation could be or become one that requires teamwork. And I recognize that any damage my teammates take is less damage I have to take. I get it. But, honestly, unless it's a dire situation (in which case I may ASK for assistance), I'd rather control big, whole, clean regions of the map than have you help me clear out the troops of a player that I've already caused to quit.
And that kind of touches on the real Issue I have with most close-quarters "teamwork": The vast majority of the time, I'm doing 95% of the work, but splitting the spoils 50-50 (or worse) with my "helper". Claiming the territories and cities I've spent time, troops, and resources emptying alone is not the kind of "help" I need from anyone.
How do we avoid that when we're working together against the same enemies and toward the same goal? Easy, wait until I ask for help. Geopolitical borders and geographical barriers don't HAVE to be hard and fast dividing lines for us, but they can serve as a good guidelines. I like you okay, mate, but I don't need you with me inside of Cuba when there's still all of South and Central America to take.
Here's a general rule of thumb for playing with me: If you see me working in a region, don't even head toward that region if there are other viable options. In fact, let's all work in our own separate, sizeable areas until and unless someone says, "Hey, can you guys give me a hand here?" That should be like a 90%-10% division (of time), though. Working together is great, but we don't need to be holding hands... until we do.
Don't get me wrong: I appreciate a joint effort when necessary. Russia has gotten huge and too powerful for you or me to take down individually? No problem, let's do this togther, buddy. Navy wasn't your strong suit, and Indonesia is now griefing you for it? I'm on my way.
I don't need you taking Pristina while I take Skopje on Day 3, though. Back up!
I understand that any situation could be or become one that requires teamwork. And I recognize that any damage my teammates take is less damage I have to take. I get it. But, honestly, unless it's a dire situation (in which case I may ASK for assistance), I'd rather control big, whole, clean regions of the map than have you help me clear out the troops of a player that I've already caused to quit.
And that kind of touches on the real Issue I have with most close-quarters "teamwork": The vast majority of the time, I'm doing 95% of the work, but splitting the spoils 50-50 (or worse) with my "helper". Claiming the territories and cities I've spent time, troops, and resources emptying alone is not the kind of "help" I need from anyone.
How do we avoid that when we're working together against the same enemies and toward the same goal? Easy, wait until I ask for help. Geopolitical borders and geographical barriers don't HAVE to be hard and fast dividing lines for us, but they can serve as a good guidelines. I like you okay, mate, but I don't need you with me inside of Cuba when there's still all of South and Central America to take.
Here's a general rule of thumb for playing with me: If you see me working in a region, don't even head toward that region if there are other viable options. In fact, let's all work in our own separate, sizeable areas until and unless someone says, "Hey, can you guys give me a hand here?" That should be like a 90%-10% division (of time), though. Working together is great, but we don't need to be holding hands... until we do.
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