But all of the realms that thrive on international wars and conflicts got less interesting when that was denied us by the swarms. Yes, the realms were hemorrhaging players like you because we couldn't do anything short of wait for the next rogue swarm to plaster us. There were entire threads on these forums devoted to asking the devs/mods to get rid of them so we could get back to having fun again.
The point is that realms were *not* thriving on international wars and conflicts before the rogues. There was no fun to go *back* to, just rosy-colored glasses memories of the past. Realms were refusing to fight each other long before rogues and the focus on density and rogues was meant to provide gradual pressure for realms to push closer to each other instead of overwhelming them with epic swarms like what happened to the western realms. However, realms refused to push closer, but insist that they must hold all their rightful regions no matter what, damn the consequences.
