Speaking as an "interested outsider" (i.e. not involved in Fyros roleplay but who enjoys watching any roleplay), I can recall only one "election of the daggers" on Arispotle that had any significant turnout. One. In that one there were only three candidates.
Since the merge, the only reports I have gotten about Fyros gatherings have been contentious and driven by only a very few players. There have been a few fun events in the Desert (such as the rescue of the Nine Mektoubs to Pyr and the closing of the Dyron Kitin Mound) but like most events these they have been largely server-wide, not so much an expression of Fyros roleplay as server roleplay.
Political roleplay as a whole seems to be very low with a few exceptions. (Some populations in Matis and Tryker, but not all). I suspect that the Event Team is trying to stir things up. (In your case they certainly succeeded, though perhaps not in the way they wanted.) Or possibly they wanted to have a system in place to accept an influx of Steam players without having to handle the complexities of the dagger system (which I strongly suspect was labor intensive on the part of the ET).
The solution is to increase national roleplay and take some initiative. Unless the Event Team sees a lot of people playing it, they aren't going to want to re-change this. More people becoming Patriots and coming to governance events would be a sign of interest in this roleplay. I'm sure that there are ways for CSRs to determine how many toons are patriots. Not so sure if they can tell who is active.
Those are my thoughts.
Since the merge, the only reports I have gotten about Fyros gatherings have been contentious and driven by only a very few players. There have been a few fun events in the Desert (such as the rescue of the Nine Mektoubs to Pyr and the closing of the Dyron Kitin Mound) but like most events these they have been largely server-wide, not so much an expression of Fyros roleplay as server roleplay.
Political roleplay as a whole seems to be very low with a few exceptions. (Some populations in Matis and Tryker, but not all). I suspect that the Event Team is trying to stir things up. (In your case they certainly succeeded, though perhaps not in the way they wanted.) Or possibly they wanted to have a system in place to accept an influx of Steam players without having to handle the complexities of the dagger system (which I strongly suspect was labor intensive on the part of the ET).
The solution is to increase national roleplay and take some initiative. Unless the Event Team sees a lot of people playing it, they aren't going to want to re-change this. More people becoming Patriots and coming to governance events would be a sign of interest in this roleplay. I'm sure that there are ways for CSRs to determine how many toons are patriots. Not so sure if they can tell who is active.
Those are my thoughts.
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Remembering Tyneetryk
Phaedreas Tears - 15 years old and first(*) of true neutral guilds in Atys.
(*) This statement is contested, but we are certainly the longest lasting.
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