[quote name='Baldr' date='09 May 2010 - 06:47 PM' timestamp='1273445259' post='2292877']
I think you are missing the problem. The majority of CN has nations far below 50k NS. Nations below 50k NS don't do IRON a lot of good. Once they get a Gramlins nation down that low, they have plenty of help. I'm under 30k NS, and my ranking shows Ranked #5,232 of 24,893 Nations (21.02%)
I'm guessing you have to be in the top 10% or so before your nation is large enough to help drag Gramlins down to where IRON can deal with them. And that's just for the low end. Gramlins have quite a few nations with over 100k NS. Mathew PK, for instance, if just barely over 100k. He's the 8th largest Gramlin by NS. His ranking : Ranked #256 of 24,893 Nations (1.03%)
So in order to hit the largest 8 or so Gramlins, you have to be somewhere in the top 1% of all the nations on Planet Bob.
A mad rush of all the smaller nations to join IRON won't do much to change things.
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