How turn Dominions from a niche game to an MMO

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If you give the possibility for 'grinded/paid' enhancements, people start to feel forced to grind or pay, or find themselves second class citizens or lacking a chance to play a fair game. See countless MMO games for examples. I understand that's the point, in much the same way the point of gambling is to be addictive.

I just noticed now that you did say the level of bonus points should be customizable, so I guess you could have games where none of this grinding metagame stuff applied. I'd still play that, but some players in this community would probably leave because they just don't get along with the newer players being attracted by the levelling up, grinding, paying for extra stuff etc.

re: piracy I agree, as I imagine 99% of people on this board do, but I have seen posts deleted and people warned/banned for talking about piracy. Particularly if they mention how easy it is to pirate. I just thought it fair to warn you how the admins of this forum run things. It is their house after all so they can do whatever they like.