ok i will humor you by refering to you as lincoln.

do you honestly believe we are not getting new players because it is not easier for people to play as a means to hurt other players as thier sole intention?

do you honestly believe netters have an advantage over people who choose to war on this server? if you do you obviously are not familiar with the severe benefits an offender has over a defender, even with GDI.

basically what you are asking for is to make changes that even further benefit people whose sole intention is not to net, but to prevent others from doing such. if you are attacking people to acquire resources, then you should be required to afford to keep and use ALL the resources you gain. a person who wants to have land is forced to defend it or loose it, so why should you be able to take it and not have to defend it, meaning you have to acquire more spies and more tech, like everyone else.

until the game mechanics are changed in a way that allows you to capture resources without land then you will have to do like everyone else, build more IC's and buy more tech.