Yeah, we've gotten really, really, really bad. These things happen. (un?)Fortunately, I'm so busy with work and life that it's no longer my problem! Malus stepped down today.
If things go a certain way, it should pick back up. Having lost the traitors, the dissidents, and other undesirables, it's about time for everyone else to realize the gain that this kind of upheaval can make possible. All except one or two in realm are active, loyal, and none too happy with their Lurian counterparts.
From what I understand, Luria Nova feels they wasted time and money on the assault because it wasn't a decisive victory. Solaria feels they wasted the exact same things, waiting on the Novans to move out of Girich and to the front. The travel times and lack of communication shafted things, but are easily remedied now that Hrok cleaned the IWC and that things are getting shaken up.