I have witnessed some pretty messed up fellowship drama.... (extreme) during my time playing Elvenar, and 2 really stick out in my mind because they are what eventually caused me to leave every remaining fellowship I was in and play solo for 2 years until just recently when I decided to give it another shot on Khelonaar….
Both happened on Khelonaar
1) Was part of a very active fellowship.. The fellowship version of the tournament was relatively new and 24 members decided to go for the 10th chest during a tournament
with the only person who didn't want to take part in the attempt being our leader (said it was a waste of time).. We had 15 or so smaller players who put forth the effort but it was the 9 bigger players who really stepped up (some even spending $$) to get us in position on the last day to win the 10th chest.. Our fearless leader (who was also the biggest city) did nothing until the last hour or so when he saw we were going to make it,decided to do 1 province minimum points to be able to get in on the prize..
Me personally, I did not really care that he did that, I was just happy to gain my first 10th chest.. But an argument in chat started between some of the players who spent $$ and our fearless leader.. Needless to say this was the last straw and people started leaving the fellowship within minutes..
Our leader was also the type of player who only had tier 3 factories and expected everyone to take his trades still even though he was posting his trades at the normal trade rates.. So this already did not sit well with some of us, and the tournament was final straw..
2) Was part of the newly formed fellowship that was built from all the players who left the above fellowship.. For awhile we did well, everyone was active and doing visits, accepting trades, chatting, doing well in tournaments. One day an argument in chat started over religion between 3-4 of the bigger players.. I was asked my opinion and I had already decided to stay out of the argument, so I closed my chat box and logged off the game for a few hours.. When I log back on a few hours later its only me and another player are left in the fellowship, The fellowship had split again and each side had taken the players that had agreed with their point of view.. since I had declined to give my opinion, myself and the other player were left out of being asked to join one of the 2 new groups..
These dramas and a couple more incidents are the reason I went solo for so long..
The fellowship I just recently joined, so far so good