looking how many players join each server every week and how many of them stick around, i guess the problem is lot of people never find a chance to TRY it !
a lot quit w/o even trying the game OR even among those who start up still very few can survive enough to LEARN the game.
alliances !
those are only hope for a noob to learn the game, but unfortunately some of the alliance lack a proper mentor to teach members" how to do it".
now what if certain players volunteered to help newcomers? and their name(or maybe a link to send them a pm) was added to the "welcome to zorg empire " message that they get?
it will benefit all,also players who look for new recruits can volunteer to help the new comers.
more people survive, more people sticking around , more activity in Game !
MORE FUN !

I agree 100% +1 from me im always looking to help new comers but none stick around long enough to learn the game and at least try to grow

correct, many players never get a chance to try the game... if there were an easier way to have them participate in a few battles that might change...

in fact I cannot remember what the beginning was like...

perhaps each alliance should have the option of having a short (maybe 64 characters or something) line in the welcome message, along with a link to that alliance?
add a required update or something so that inactive alliances lose their place, also a simple catch of something like if alliance age < 1 month then update daily, otherwise update weekly (acting kind of like a continue subscription or the like)
should be addable in the alliance maintenance section.


eg:


[original welcome message]

Recruiting alliances:
- Shining Winds; Always looking for active players, join us!
- Vashta Nerada; Join the dark side!
- United Federation; We are here to help any and all players, all are welcome
etcetc

you can add The Hero Republic to tht list lol....im in xtreme and take in anyone whoes active

+1 from me

i like this idea

+1 but there should not be a leader.

i like athights addition too.
thank you.

you're welcome.

its a pity so few people post in the forums :/