(edited by Nina.4317)
Stronghold so broken
I only queue stronghold for unranked (unless I forget to uncheck stronghold when I do ranked) because it still beats Skyhammer while the chances for Foefire, Khylo, or Forest are still better than Skyhammer or Temple so I keep conquest checked.
I’m a tempest and stronghold can be fun or not. Sometimes I get people who really don’t know what to do, sometimes it’s a big race to the lord on both sides, etc. It’d be better without NPCs and making the map 10v10 or 8v8 so the extra players can take on the roles the NPC’s used to (guards or door breakers). Also a channel at base instead of lord killing to ensure that someone at base is needed for defense.
You don’t want to play stronghold in ranked right now. You need to understand the history:
1. At the beginning of leagues a lot of people cheesed high division ranks running premades with multiple condi rev and bunker mesmers.
2. When those specs got tuned down a little bit, those same cheesers went to stronghold.
3. Now because of ANET’s inability to handle matchmaking, they get to pug stomp in stronghold and continue to march towards legendary.
Note: If the cheese team runs into another cheese team, don’t queue for a little bit and do something else. Come back later and face pugs again.
Yes, that is leagues. It is basically why I have zero respect for anyone who is in legendary unless they are a known name.