I didn't read the entire thread, sorry
But I'm going to go ahead and chime in simply because this is the very issue that lit the match that ignited the bomb that blew up half of my last fellowship . 25 member fellowship . 7 members help regularly every day like clockwork and always help in the area that is requested in the city title. They even go as far as to hit the highest level culture building .
6 members that kind of 50/50 their help , maybe they give what you ask maybe they don't .
3 members that didn't help more than once a week , if that .
9 people hit the Main Hall ... like it was a religious act of worship . No matter how you spelled it out , you get MH , MH , no matter how many times the AM brings the issue up , didn't matter , I put the word CULTURE in title bar and still ... MH .
So I started sending private messages to these members requesting culture during their help runs . The responses varied from "be glad with what ya get" to no response at all . I once tried not collecting any of the coins donated to the MH hoping once it reached its limit they would be forced to give culture help . Seems there is no coin donation limit as the coin count went far beyond the capacity limit.
A couple months of the same stuff go by . My culture is around the 100% level with 16 big @$$ culture buildings sitting there looking stupid , but , this time .... this time I had started a MH upgrade. Not one of these 9 "fellowship" members touched a culture building , but 5 of them were able to hunt down ... and find the tiny little corner of my builders hut hiding behind a row of "Snowy Charming Trees"
That was it for me , I called them out in local . I, being a Mage, took the initiative to address the issue head on . I asked the offenders " why do you insist on ignoring my requested help continuously" No response . The next night one of the other mages lit me up in chat for daring to expect I receive anything more than a visit. I rebutted . No answer .
The next morning I logged on an the AM had quit , leaving power to one of the elder mages. He sides with the other two mages and form a coup d'état against me and my supporters , I wasn't the only to speak out against non-helping . I'm arguing the case for reasonable help practices and the next thing I know I'm being berated by this guy who has clearly snapped, and is asking me for my address so he can come over and beat me and my family up .... lol ... I $#!T you not .. lol .
Needless to say I sent a few private messages and showed myself to the door . 3 other members jumped right into other fellowships and 4 of us stuck together . All because some players seek the path of least resistance . For some folks that mean straight to the Main Hall , for others like me , it means - stay away from stupid people .