I will add a few cents to the jar as I am one of the people who have played a ruler on Colonies off and on for 5 years. My activity has diminished over the last decade from when I started playing. I was brought into BM by my late partner. I've had certain disagreements over the years with the way certain things have been ran. I don't hide this fact.
With this said, Colonies being one turn a day was an interesting idea originally to me. I joined the Colonies to have a different experience. I stayed because of the people. Even when I was thinking of leaving the game, I kept my character to the side just in case I wanted to continue. However, the world seemed to get further and further apart. A bit of indifference happened as we shrunk down including myself.
At this point, I wouldn't bother creating a new character on Colonies. It runs very slow and it is hard to keep any story going long. GM's have been trying their best and I nod to them at this, but the player based stories have fallen. So, what's my point? Is this just a diss track? Nope...
Things I would like to see with Colonies:
1) Switch it over to 2 resets a day
2) More Developed Religious Realms
3) Player Realms bordering each other again
I like the ideas of making it where you can have more troops or a bonus for playing on it. Might get a bit more people into it.
