If you game out the siege system, it obviously favours the defender. All things equal, defenders will win. Of course, this does not mean that a village of 3 nabs who barely log in will be able to defend against a faction.
The people freaking out about the siege system don't seem to recognise how annoying it is to siege. Why would multiple faction people spend their time sieging 3 random nabs? They wouldn't. In almost all such cases the random nabs are people like Shubla or MadNomad which have annoyed people so much that they're willing to spend their free time sitting on rams for potentially days in order to fuck with them. This does not mean that the siege system balance is broken, just that an overwhelming force can still win.
From what I gather from other people who actually perform sieges, most people don't bother actually defending. This means that sieging goes from being a super aids to bearable. Those people then take to the forums complaining. It's the most farcical thing ever.
This is not in support of the siege system. If someone has an actual, concrete idea about how the siege system could be replaced, great. Just whining about some imaginary imbalance based off of your feelings isn't helpful.
PS. I and a lot of other people will 100% babysit a ram to siege MadNomad if anyone knows where they live
