Thorion wrote:Join a large village and have them help you defeat the evildoers.
This is fine for protection but when it comes to actually taking offensive measure, unfortunately the solution is not always so simple as some people have so much time on their hands. Combine that with a collaboration of effort between a large number of players and eventually you have yourself a powerful faction. These powerful factions end up being assholes because there's always a few core players that put in most of the effort and coordination while others have much more free time to roam and do as they please.
These core players are the ones I blame for the current state of the game. They spend their days improving their village and quality and blah blah blah and for what? So their friends can go around raiding newbs who don't have nearly enough time as they do. Some people just enjoy that quality grind which is cool too and I have no qualms with that.
Also, age does not beget maturity. There are some very immature people that play this game.