I agree with most of this, but I feel that the actions being taken with Dwilight will have the opposite affect. Once all the movement from west to east has stopped, the politics will actually become very fossilized. The thing that allowed Dwilight to have very many isolated political interactions was the western island being separate from the eastern island.
I suppose we will have to see what happens.
And this is exactly what has happened. About 10 players from Niselur just went and joined Luria Nova without a fight, which kinda negates the whole idea of introducing conflict through migrations, wouldn't you say? Roughly another 6-10 have paused their characters or deleted them, which is just making the problem that these actions were attempting to address worse. Finally, another 6 or so have stayed behind on the west continent, presumably to die. I'd assume that they, like me, think this is a trashy mechanic that runs counter to the spirit of the game. After attempting to set up a new land in the east, I too have decided to stay and die on the west continent, because nobody in the realm who went east showed any motivation to form a new realm, and just joined the same realm the king did. So, if keeping a settlement in the west fails, that'll be the end of Battlemaster for me, and I will have ceased wasting my time on this game.
Wasting my time? Yes. Because when I started playing this a year ago, I started as Niselur. I kept one character on Dwilight, and that was it. Due to this mechanic, and players' aversion to conflict, all the time I have spent on this game in the last year is now a waste.
Forgive me if I sound trite or pissed off, but you know what? I am a little pissed, and if I sound trite, maybe that means that the fact that you've heard many similar complains could in fact mean that you've made a poor decision.
Whatever, writing this won't change anything. It won't stop the monster invasion. The devs won't have a change of heart, and realize that taking away the western sub-continent removes the last thing that made Dwilight special. I'll just keep counting the days until my character is finally offed by the hordes of monsters. Thanks for some fun times Battlemaster and Niselur, I won't miss what you've become.