Devs, you win.
After tonight's conflict phase, out of our ally of 70+ people, only 7 or so showed up.
Many people have left the game, and for good reason. You cannot force people to play the game at the time you want them to play; it's just not logical.
One of my friends could not find a server with a conflict phase that matched his time zone, so he outright quit the game, and I don't blame him.
Others have decided that losing sleep when they have school/work the next morning is just not worth it and have chosen to stop attending conflict phases altogether.
Playing this game is like playing with the corpse of your dead dog, hoping it will move and be alive again, but it's futile because it's dead and best left buried.
GL, guys. I think I'm out as well.