But that's just the thing: being a knight used to be fun if you were in a fun realm because it had a much larger social aspect. Your region lord needed you, both for estate reasons and for politics, and the realm was larger, so there were more factions and more fights to be had. That's the stuff that any game like this needs which you can only facilitate rather than code outright: the human interactions.
Right now I have characters in super-busy realms that 'have a lot to do' from the game standpoint but it just ain't what it used to be: not that the players aren't as good because there are quite a number who are great - it's just that wars with realms that each have 20 people in them are kind of meh while wars with realms that have 50-60 (each) are much more exciting because you have a lot more avenues for intrigue and allegiances.
I don't know... I was in Atamara, in a huge realm... and it was totally boring: Move, move, battle, move, refit, move, battle... I was a zombie knight! It has been in small realms where I could make some 'impression' and change things!... probably if I only had stayed in Atamara I would stop playing long time ago!...
Maybe the problem is not the density, but the players had changed. There are a lot more MMO games now, than 10 years ago. Maybe the 'active' players plays better more 'active' games... (the kind of game than eats your life)
Honestly! We are giving a big effort in this 'shrink BM'... but I can stop think we would better be making this big effort in making the game funnier and better, not smaller.
This is my honest opinion... maybe I wrong...
