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wasnt BF actually DK at the time and helping RUBLI get in port battles? I am pretty sure it was reverse helping us get in those port battle. and RUBLI was what? 5 man clan at the time more or less?

Nation possibilities are no issue. Crowd control per nation is the issue, a mechanic such as the one Redii suggested with some changes is something that should have been set at release along with the wipe. Unfortunately with now established player bases, such mechanics will in no way encourage a move from one nation to another. Unless the notion of seasons is implemented and the map along with buildings is wiped every "whatever period you see fit". each player at the beginning of a season must pick a nation again. Port would go neutral but keep the investment there is in from one season to the next to reduce the grind. that is my two cents on it. The real issue requiring to be tackled is alt accounts. Nations, crowd control, alts are all tightly and deeply tied. You cannot fix nation balance if you dont fix alts account. We currently dont even know the real population numbers per nation simply due to the fact you cannot differentiate alt and main accounts. How could you balance nation without real numbers? Because of a business decision, alt accounts have been allowed and destroy the principe of one player, one nation. the solution would be to force players to declare a steam main account that cannot be changed and to declare alt accounts on this main one. All accounts will be moved to the nation of the main account and cannot be changed unless the main account changes nation. and eventually you could have a single steam account and multiple profiles if you think a little further in this direction. If a player is caught using an undeclared alt account, the alt account is linked to the main account, alt reset to 0 and moved to main account nation. Plus some penalty on main account like demote 4 ranks and destroy all buildings. This way you control alt population, fix economy ressources and face the real numbers of player in game and per nation. then and only then, you can tackle nation crowd control.