This thread is just perfect to entertain zealots and for lots of name calling
but...
The difficulty with the Union's thang is the communication issue, Shared town forums are possible because it's been done in Tribal Wars, but the Devs (i assume) have intentionally left them out...which is cool...absolutely no need to make Union's easier :unsure:.
But basically my opinion is that the quality of the Union/Family depends very much on the quality of the communication, if that is working well then it's all good...if not you just have a random collection of towns who have a bit of the same name which is no use to anyone when the poop hits the fan
. Yes you can use Skype or external forums, but you can not and will not get all players using it regularly enough to truely work because a lot of players want to log into The West and play, not log into this that and everything else...(unless your entire membership is a gaming clan).
Also multiple towns do not always mean power, a thinly spread group of quality players each splitting up to lead different union towns means diluting your qualities...which can eventually have a weakening effect...