Ending Dominance of 1 country

Impz

I wish they will somewhat implement this because in s18, shu is stronger than wu + wei combined. That is a very very weird scenario because you can do all you want in organising your country, but it is useless with overwhelming power.  All events are dominated by shu~

Impz

Another way is to boost the stats of the weaker side by a significant amount so that the weaker side actually has a fighting chance. Also, have limits so that if a side has more than 120% of any side, they will not be allowed to accept any more players. This will allow balancing in the game, rather than one side having more players than the other two combined (and to add, exceptionally strong units so their 1 unit is like 4-8 units of a weak player).

Or to "punish" the stronger side by reducing their capacity by 50% and attack/defense by 50% as well.

Impz

It would be, because rather than steamrolling, they are going to have a good game on their hands. This concept of strengthening the overwhelmed side is not new, introduced in many games to make it competitive. Trust me, even if we were to "strengthen" the weaker side or "weaken" the stronger side, it will not make a significant difference, just enough to make it competitive. Of course, it must be in a situation where it's truly overwhelming, like 150% more troops in the server compared to the other side.

I think there must be a compromise, because it's either high level players start to play with AI (and get bored because the whole map is theirs) or accept the fact that they have to be weakened when they have more people on their side. It's only fair, and that makes people not choose Shu all the time. Those that are higher level would be able to manage even with a 10-20% boost of strength from the other side but will be tougher rather than 1 army killing 8-10 armies easily.

Impz

best way is really to prevent people from signing up for a country or the defect function.