I know this is a far out idea but ,a lot of times there is like two bishes attacking rooks and 3 rooks there and 4 nits attacking bish with 1 nit their.
What would make for better fights now that numbers are where they are at is if we had only 2 country's?
The only way you could do a 2 sided country set-up would be to use a forced side balancing thing. Other wise people would log in and join the side with numbers just to be on the "winning side".
I wonder if this would change if suddenly you couldn't see anyone's stats, just your own. I think that the majority of people have at least some amount of score potato in their blood because they know that they will be judged by their stats within the community. I believe that this underlying need to protect ego by protecting stats causes many people to fly much more timidly as possible.
I think it's more that fighting against 5 to 1 odds just isn't all that much fun. I'll up once or twice, but getting wheels up and a few turn and maybe a shot or two before getting hit by 3 guys gets old fast. I hate sitting in the tower listening to the "hits" on my plane go on and on and on. Why would anyone WANT to defend against stuff like that? Unless your really good at dodging, and have a crap load of luck it is more an exercise in futility than getting your plane to sink in the sea on an AH map!
Even if it is score that holds them back, add a multiplier for the out number guys at a base. Could it/would it be abused? Not any more than the rest of the score system.
There is no reward for defending, and when hopelessly out numbered it isn't even remotely fun for most people.