Thought i'd bring this to the boards and see if I'm the only one that feels like this.

First of all, I'm all for making village inductions harder than other cabal inductions because of the potency of their powers. However, should they be such rehashing of garbled crap? I can't say I'm a regular player anymore, but I do log on from time to time to have some fun.

Recently I tried to play a villager, but after two interviews I couldn't help but delete in amazement and frustration. I don't want to bring any names up in this thread, but I've talked to a couple people that have had the same issue so I don't think this is particular to just a few characters. One of my interviews took (no joke) 2 hours real time, and it was 100% on village history. Basically I felt that the person interviewing me expected me to know every single event in the history of the village. Now this isnt' all that big of a problem for me per say, and I'm sure I knew more than the interviewer, but that's besides the point. The interviewer after two hours basically said 'Well I think you still have a lot to learn and we parted ways without a recommendation' (I roflled :p). But let's say I was a relatively new player and was trying to get inducted with my first villager, how would I EVER get inducted and get a chance to experience all the fun that CF can offer? If I was new I'd definitely be like 'bleh wtf this sucks that was the biggest waste of 2 hours in my life'. I logged on tonight (in the wee late hours) and I saw a dismal 9 people logged on (I imagine that there were a few more hidden and invis) and it just made me sad.

I'd rather make this post about something general and with more breadth than just about how it's tough to get into Battle with the current crop of villagers. The point of this is rather 'Has the game became run by elitists and become inacessible for the casual player, fun-seeker?'.

Obviously no one's forcing anyone to join cabals, etc.. and uncaballed is a very viable option. Furthermore, I'm definitely not a CF veteran and think that I deserve special treatment i.e. easy induction into cabals. But I do think that if someone like me who (I believe) represents the average CFer (I'm a decent RPer and decent Pker) feels this way, it might be an indication of something larger that's wrong with CF right now and it doesn't have anything to do with Immortals (or anything they have to do with).

In my opinion, CF's main attraction has always been the diverse playerbase who for the most part were all out there to have fun and let themselves be consumed by the vast world and intricate roleplay. Have we lost sight of this?

I think it's a great exercise to put yourself in the shoes of a newbie and think 'what would make the game funner for him right at this moment'. I think we'll all have more fun if the people we're playing with are enjoying themselves as well.