Stiletto said:

"I repeat from April... bring some interest back to the game by adding MANY MORE Beacons to the map all at once"

More beacons needed with a fair method used for force limit - Any limit based on food consumption is hopeless

One mega coiner can smash any beacon with minimal casualties with the new 7 star champions, eldrich dragons and weor units
The Force Limit is a Joke
My league lost over 66 million defense, but the attacker lost only 0.4%

https://prnt.sc/ti9fr5

https://prnt.sc/ti9jqh

This was from Farwol server where there are dozens of empty beacons, but they cannot be held or upgraded without being bulldozed

More beacons is not the answer - any non-coiner league who attempts to hold a beacon will be obliterated

Server 1 has over 700 Beacons - for Server 1 maybe more Beacons is not the answer...    but

Server 2 has 119 Beacons - all held by 7 leagues + all Beacons are lvl 5...  so yes on Server 2 we need MANY MORE Beacons...  put on the map all at one time.

Server 3 has...   unknown amount of Beacons - I agree about something needs to be done about Force Limits and we have other threads about Force LImits on Beacons on the Forum.

https://plarium.com/forum/en/stormfall-age-of-war/51_game-discussion/119646_beacons-force-limit--help-us-to-decide--/

https://plarium.com/forum/en/stormfall-age-of-war/451_suggestions/130848_force-limit-improvement/

Is it possilbe that Plarium is working the algorithm for Beacons differently on each Server...   hmmm ??

*** Honestly, I have not heard the term "metagame" so you may need to define that word, as to Plarium game play.

I think what is being suggested is building alliances with larger leagues and or as many leagues as you can it's not just a matter of the most toys wins individually with good "metagame" application it can mean collectively the group can be a force. When your in a good alliance It may have some leagues that just like attacking and some that don't even want to hold beacons but may have a grudge against those that are standing in the way of smaller leagues obtaining them (The enemy of my enemy is my Friend).  Having a good metagame is often a result of superb Diplomacy and negotiation skills and yes time also. 

When I first started playing this game there was strategy involved... now it's just who has the most.

I repeat from April...   bring some interest back to the game by adding MANY MORE Beacons to the map all at once. As 

I don't think that having more beacons will solve your needs as much as having active alliances that will help you to maybe get a beacon or two and hold it. Flooding the map with beacons would just make it so even if a league couldn't hold them all the people with Large armies could just have juicy targets during beacon and PVP events.  I wish you well Sir Jelly baby

I think the biggest obstacle is the very low account numbers in your server of choice so it gives you a limited pool of leagues in which to form a metagame senario in