in my opinion you guys are going the wrong way with this nonsense. dont increase the levels decrease the levels and simply end and restart servers after first -third fort kills. faster is always better because of the turn around and more ample opportunity to grow and learn quickly as opposed to some years long study on how to make it to middle. they made poi too strong so that there wouldnt be a stall in center between equally sized alliances. they want people to jump all on one side so they can win faster. but it will drive away the entire player base of the other side if this continues, it already has and even though i do think this game could be way better in the ways ive explained i dont think it will change at all and i think they would like to put this game to bed and move on with their lives. sad to say but this game has wasted many opportunities over many years to grow and match the player participation levels with each server. im rank 50 something in a dozen worlds ill never play in no fort will ever be killed in them again and its a sad sight. go ahead close em merge em into one or just dont do anything until we all leave but i hope someone comes along and picks this format up and does it right, cause this game can be fun as heck sometimes.