Pirates was already adjusted from battling both players at full power, to battling them one at a time with no refresh. And the "half-sail" benefits were set in place. Watering down every aspect of this "war game" is not the answer. Over regulating everything is taking away from the war aspect here and making it more like farmville as it is. And i understand the big dogs vs the small fry aspect. But do much more and you will have a game of events and no war at all. Why bother. Where is the incentive to grow and invest in a big acct. if you can't use it. People certainly take this too personally. It is only pixels.

What i would agree with, is making assistant easier to reach if you don't get a sail. Now it is such that if you miss a banish, don't get a GW or a sail, you can't reach it. And for the non-spenders it is important to get those gems, for all really.