"Worlds Asleep": Are "Level" Restrictions Causing Inactivity? (Golden Rainbow)

yes, well, frankly the "Level" restrictions are preventing many junior leader from building many good corporations for profit, or any military corporations, assuming that they do not also have an enterprise.
[8:37:59 PM] a statistic is posted in the forum also, that roughly 2,000-2,500 leaders remain at "Level 1", while only approximately 100 are "level 2" or higher, on Golden Rainbow
[8:39:32 PM] a message was just received from a leader near this country, who has over 100 corporations, but remains at "Level 1", with 4 countries in the empire
[8:40:11 PM] well, im outta here... later all!
[8:40:14 PM] serpent has left
[8:44:05 PM] it seems that "trial" leadership should have much more restrictions, in terms of the time, especially, but also limited to one world, perhaps; in this region, for example, there are 50+ countries, with only one other "full" active leader, "GeneralDirtRocker", and three new leaders who just began; 25+ unoccupied countries, and 20+ "inactive" countries
[8:45:58 PM] every country in the region, and those bordering the region have been sent at least one, sometimes two messages; only a few of the newest leaders and one "active" leader have ever responded

I think the new level system should be removed and put the old grading system back.

I don't think level awards are causing inactivity. I've always seen staggering numbers of inactives. Sometimes I wonder if they're even real people or just a mirage in the barren desert of SimCountry.

But, I think if we absolutely must keep this system (and I wish we wouldn't), that new players should get a grace period after they join where they can build more advanced corps.

I'm not sure what the biggest complaint is about. While the Level 1 corps are mostly not very profitable, there are a large number of Level 2 corps that are. It's also VERY easy to get to level 2. While I DO see a need to educate new people that the way to get better corps is to get to a slightly higher level, I don't see a huge problem with it. Most of the requirements for Level 2 are also good practices for a country anyway.

If the annoying things have to stick around, I wouldn't mind seeing new players defaulted to "peaceful" levels so they don't collapse their economy with the military.