One problem is the word sniping is used in many ways. It's meaning (as I understand it) was taking a position in a GB for less than 1.9
But it as been also used to mean any unwanted forge points'
And actually sniper who are really sniping, they all have Level 80 Arc. and many a much higher level Arc. Sniping is an Art for many snipers. Some can make hundreds to thousands of Forge points day sniping.
Then the other kind of guys, the "idiot" snipers (my opinion) who add oddball Forge points to others Great Buildings to: 1) perhaps wistfully wishing hoping gain some return? 2) get blueprints 3) just annoy other players? 4) to throw away forge points randomly.
"Asking snipers to come in" ?? Sorry no one wants snipers to take positions. Sniping is taking the position for less than 1.9
A 1.9 thread is designed to only have full 1.9 payouts on each paying position. Not less.
If your Guild has really a lot of Great Buildings endlessly waiting to be filled, then the players are not doing it correctly.
Each and every players should be also taking positions if they are asking positions to be taken. Generally bigger older players take the P1 and P2 since they use up a lot of Forge Points. Maybe even P3 if it is a higher level GB. Low level players like you Axelroder, should be taking P5 as often a you can. Yes it cost your Forge points a bit. but the Blueprints you gain will be worth it later on. So each time you place your Great Building in the 1.9 you should watch for P5 ready to be taken(if you can) but only in sequence. Never take a lower position before a higher one. So if it is asking for P4 and P5 don't take P5 before someone else took P4 just really bad to take it in advance
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One other problem I see are foolish Guild practices of leaving many GB of each player partially done. Smart Guilds have rules about only 1.9 the number of GB being worked on the player can finish in a day or so. Usually just one. But sometimes due to the limit on the bar, one has to stuff some FPs into a differnt GB.Or rich FP players who can finish several in a day.
The problem comes when Guilds encourage players to keep thousands of FPs locked in half finished GBs. I know one Guild the leader has more than a dozen GBs he has all filled P1 P2 p3 even, but none finished. I told him (to no avail, not my business) he is killing his Guildies cash flow. Holding onto all those FP he Guild members cannot use for weeks a at a time. and his Guildies do the same. What a terrible waste slowing down the growth of everyone in the Guild.