I'm not going to start anything here again now, especially not with my friends here and by Bisons balls I've got to much on my plate at the moment to be bothered but it's been ages since any Raiders actually had designated turnbased characters and this was when we where fighting the SFF and DW regularly midsession.
Since DW joined Riots we've used our levels to reroll into varius rt characters and the only tb we get on the server is the occasional flaretrap that everyone is vomiting at the very thought of these days, yes also TKs. As far as Khan Patrols go, our victims have always set the rules but the number of people out in the wastes alone has dropped drastically since we came here and found an encounter once every 8-10 hexes and we had 4x3 man patrols going. These days you are lucky if you find one player encounter every 30-40 minutes on good days, but it is raider tradition and it is something we require of our recruits and something I personally enjoy occasionally.
I spend alot of my time working on cultural sideprojects, correspondences, infaction affairs and politics and working on new releases aswell as officer duties but a fair share of my evenings I spend in rt action and have done so for quite a long time, in one way or the other. Like Shark says we've done and are still doing pretty damn well considering the opposition we are facing and I am very proud to see how our finest recruits have progressed and grown into our brotherhood and how our TC leaders manage to work together even since they're many strong wills and opinions.
Power can shift fast in the Wasteland and showing up to fights, keeping a high morale and having fun when you're in an underdog position are difficulties every faction will face (and most are torn asunder from as history will tell) however the bottom line is we are to old and to involved to fail in the long run. There are quite many teams on the server right now, 5 active atleast. Good to see. Fight and be proud of your flag and your ideals whatever they might be.