Approvals from delegates whose delegacies are usurped by another nation should remain for 12 hours. Delegates that withdraw, get deleted, resign from WA or lose delegacy due to 0 endorsements aren’t counted.
Why this is a good idea:
- It will minimise damage on approval bumps as when the old delegate regains the delegacy after 12 hours, their approval still remains.
- The difference between a transition and approval bump is distinct, as transition delegates don’t usually last for only 12 hours and be replaced with their predecessor.
- It won’t be game over for raiders as if they time it right, they can do another approval raid in the next update and usurp the delegates again.
- Targeted regions would be more determined to put defences up to prevent a ‘second wave’ of invaders.
- The meta-gameplay aspect will still exist because defenders would know exactly which regions are being targeted and would chase after raiders.
I hope this is a fair compromise.