I want to ask a few questions and concerns regarding Fortress and specifically the Maran power of Cry of the Phoenix.

First I feel that the Cry of the Phoenix power has run its course. It is basically a gang tool now to be able to gang anyone from any side of Thera. I have seen many times that on the cabal channel in Fortress it is not meant to used as a tool to even odds against the hordes of evil. It is instead used as some kind of bait trap. I find that this abuse of the power has went outside of its actual use. With the introduction of gang code which keeps those who are being ganged from really being ganged, this again turns into a one on one fight of evil versus good into a two on one gang code avoiding tool against the evil. The lower playerbase has made this worse. I ask that this be considered in removing and changing the power. It has gotten out of hand. The power doesn't help anything but creating gang situations when one shouldn't exist.

On top of that, Maran now is even easier to get, to the point it really is no longer that "special thing" which would keep this power out of the hands of most.

Now this brings me to the idea of a cabal limit. This is getting out of hand as the number of Fortress doubles Empire's size. In fact Fortress numbers currently triple Tribunal and more than double every other cabal. May want to check with that Fortress Imm.

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FORTRESS |Members|Pledges|Taken |Retrieved|Influence|Coverage |Presence |
2018-05-09 |28 |9 |9 |0 |93.16% |66.85% |6.58% |
2018-05-08 |27 |9 |5 |0 |97.76% |70.23% |7.54% |
2018-05-07 |27 |9 |5 |1 |87.44% |68.11% |9.09% |
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ENTROPY |Members|Pledges|Taken |Retrieved|Influence|Coverage |Presence |
2018-05-09 |7 |0 |0 |0 |0.00% |1.47% |0.21% |
2018-05-08 |7 |0 |2 |1 |0.00% |11.25% |1.61% |
2018-05-07 |7 |0 |0 |1 |0.00% |21.56% |3.08% |
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OUTLANDER |Members|Pledges|Taken |Retrieved|Influence|Coverage |Presence |
2018-05-09 |12 |4 |1 |1 |82.90% |68.11% |7.82% |
2018-05-08 |11 |4 |2 |0 |96.02% |57.51% |7.44% |
2018-05-07 |12 |3 |4 |1 |71.11% |54.50% |6.11% |
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BATTLE |Members|Pledges|Taken |Retrieved|Influence|Coverage |Presence |
2018-05-09 |14 |1 |3 |2 |92.11% |39.29% |3.68% |
2018-05-08 |15 |0 |5 |1 |98.88% |56.32% |4.68% |
2018-05-07 |15 |0 |0 |0 |69.78% |34.47% |3.18% |
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HERALD |Members|Pledges|Taken |Retrieved|Influence|Coverage |Presence |
2018-05-09 |4 |4 |0 |0 |0.00% |9.91% |2.48% |
2018-05-08 |4 |3 |0 |0 |0.00% |2.94% |0.73% |
2018-05-07 |5 |3 |0 |0 |0.00% |0.07% |0.01% |
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EMPIRE |Members|Pledges|Taken |Retrieved|Influence|Coverage |Presence |
2018-05-09 |16 |3 |8 |7 |40.40% |52.83% |4.98% |
2018-05-08 |16 |3 |1 |5 |33.61% |42.63% |3.23% |
2018-05-07 |16 |3 |5 |4 |38.59% |40.47% |3.77% |
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SCARAB |Members|Pledges|Taken |Retrieved|Influence|Coverage |Presence |
2018-05-09 |6 |9 |0 |3 |18.91% |33.08% |6.06% |
2018-05-08 |6 |8 |0 |1 |16.63% |17.33% |2.89% |
2018-05-07 |6 |8 |0 |3 |10.61% |15.42% |2.57% |
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TRIBUNAL |Members|Pledges|Taken |Retrieved|Influence|Coverage |Presence |
2018-05-09 |9 |4 |0 |1 |92.74% |60.64% |9.23% |
2018-05-08 |8 |4 |1 |1 |93.50% |44.16% |7.34% |
2018-05-07 |8 |4 |0 |2 |60.01% |20.17% |3.48% |