Mini alters are so much better than the shrines. You don't have to be on any island which allows players of all sizes to participate . Get rid of those idiotic shrines and keep the minis. That would allow more room for nodes, especially on that waste of space lava.
Shrines serve their purpose. Removing them would remove the only end-game content KOH currently has. I recommended a few months ago to change the formatting of the map. Currently, a player will skip from ring 1 to ring 4 in about a week. That means over 50% of the map is wasted space. I recommended to change where nodes spawn to the following format. Ring 1: level 1-4 nodes/monsters Ring 2: 4-6 Ring 3: 5-7 Ring 4: 6-8 Ring 5: 9-10 Ring 6+: 10-12. ATA's response was that they want us to fight over the limited resources. So yeah... Asking or a change to increase the number of resources won't happen. :/
You've missed my point! Mini alters can be accessed from anywhere. Shrines, if kept, should be the same. This will allow small players with NO teleports to play. Stronghold, is utterly useless. A player should be able to USURP the stronghold incumbent at any stage, like all other shrines. The lava IS a waste of space, place SPECIAL nodes there, that'll encourage war! Have shrines and mini shrines active PERMANENTLY. That'll be war mongering. WTF does one do at the end game except build troops...come on ATA. do somfin.😇
The lava has its purpose. For starters, it adds another mechanic to the stronghold fight. After all, if a player is burned on stronghold island, they are kicked off the island. The lava also forces players to compete in raw strength. This removes advantages from biome research or ally bonus. This alone makes it so more players have a chance of claiming the stronghold. You apparently dont remember when shrines were always activated or when the stronghold activated multiple times. It became a very tiring feature.