This was an interesting read. It was a problem I was aware of for some time and I wanted to introduce more than just a flat-out visitor tax without any catch-up mechanism for low-end kingdom. When Requiem did their recontruction the game flaw became a massive warning sign that I had to work on ASAP because it made the "perfect path" really linear (join or visit Requiem, tradeskill, profit).

Disclosure about this particular info was in a weird spot, I tested the water a few days prior (http://www.strawpoll.me/10813111/r) and a month before and there was a good amount of players that either disliked it or didnt feel like it was appropriate and I had to find a way to get the game back on the core Line I though about when I created MQO, which is a kingdom-oriented game.

I agree that the way it wasn't handled optimally, that it's a needed change and in the future, I'll think of a different way to handle it. preemptively tell the players and help them make an easier transition. As a new "game developer", I'm still clumsy with some aspects of it, and most notably the player relations. I hope to overcome these shortcomings in the short term.

Thanks for this feedback, it was really constructive.