I Alone Am Enough

Purple Flame and Iceheart were quickly alarmed when there was someone else sneaking up behind them. Alerted, they thought it was spies from fallen cities who wished to sabotage them. 

Ever since the players who failed to defend the cities and suffered the heavy penalties. 

Some became extremely vicious and petty. They went as far as migrating to other still struggling cities and purposely sabotaged them to ensure the city would fall. 

After all, by ensuring many more followed the same fate as them, they could allow themselves more time to catch up.

Precisely because of such behavior, many struggling cities had players guard the Teleport Platform and the gate. 

They refused to allow entry to any unknown players and would kill them on the spot to prevent the slim chance of them being a spy or evildoers.