I personally start every game with the intention to solo. I never set out to split with anyone, and consider it a grudging last resort.
Solo should be what we as players strive for. Shared Monarchies should be a last resort.
If everyone were to adopt a drawist outlook, games would be horribly boring. Carebearism.
Shared Monarchism certainly can develop into carebearism, and this mostly centers upon players viewing their career reputation of their playing style more important, or otherwise prune to play the last game opposed to a new game. The most important reputation is a player's dependenability to submit orders, and one really shouldn't strive to becoming predictable.
That's why the sometimes voiced sentiment of "I'm working towards a draw, but will go for the solo if the opportunity arises" has got it all backwards.
I agree. If you're working towards a draw, you're inevitably not only not looking for a solo; you're working against yourself. Solos take work and rarely if ever grants an opportunity by chance; it truly does take work and improvising to accomplish.
