So @Delakron some further background on the social/community situation of Delos/Eridu as you may only have the data available.
From the time in July/August when Delos was the only server in AP with Utopia merged into it there remained a limited number of high tier companies which lower tier companies could not compete with.
For covenant this was a company 2144, with another company called Salty Seaman. When covenant members would push territory they would nominate in faction chat to be invited to a 2144 company shell to make sure the shell would have the influence to declare. Since 2144 was the strongest PvP company on the server it meant a high chance they would win the war and win territory for covenant so other members were happy to do this.
Salty seaman was previously a marauder company but switched to covenant and they would also push wars but also use 2144 members.
At the time up until the creation of Eridu that unless a person was preferred by these companies they would not be slotted in war for covenant. This might be behind part of the claim about war lockouts on the original thread.
Currently the majority of 2144 and salty seaman members now play actively on Sutekh and do not log onto their Delos characters. If they do it is only to defend a territory - covenant has fought almost no attack wars since fresh start servers commenced and has gone from 6-7 territories in October to two territories now as 2144 has not held any of its previous shell territory. There are no other significant sized PvP companies in covenant on Delos.
Syndicate pvp companies were primarily World Bandits, i40, and sinbads saucy sailors. i40 and sinbads saucy sailors have since disbanded due to members leaving or being banned, while most of their remaining members have moved to Sutekh. World bandits still exists and holds approximately 4 territories across different shell companies. There are other newer PvP companies in syndicate such as session and communits which actively push for wars today.
Marauders in august 2022 did not hold a single territory after i40 and salty seaman left the faction. The remaining companies were unable to beat 2144 or World bandits/i40 and so could rarely take territory and not hold it if they managed to.
Today marauders hold 4 territories across 3 separate companies and continue to actively push for wars. Since most of the strongest pvpers in the covenant and syndicate companies they couldn’t beat primarily play and push attack wars on Sutekh the marauders have been able to establish a presence and now how more territories than covenant.
The PvP situation at the creation of Eridu compared to today is completely different. People in certain factions will not be locked out of wars. There are numerous options for different companies to push for wars in different territories. If a different company pushes influence for a war then they will be able to slot the people that they want to. This was the primary claim by the organised campaign conducted on the forum by members of one company on Eridu. It no longer reflects the current situation on Delos.
Hope this background is of assistance as you monitor the continued low and falling player base of Eridu and Delos.
