I’ve spent a little time in the desert now. Enough to notice some things I like, and some things I don’t. Now this is coming from the perspective of someone who does a little of everything. I have a small guild that in the past would look after home bl kick off upgrades chase down enemy camp flippers and call out to any active group when we saw numbers we weren’t able to deal with. I’m also part of a guild that’s mostly about the fights. I have done some gvg in the past and hoping to do more with the new guild arenas!
Things I like:
The map size! I know this isn’t a popular opinion but hear me out. The Alpine BL always felt a little small to me. I didn’t really like that all you needed to do was chuck a couple siege disables to stall for the grp you called to rush from a waypointed garri. BL defense will require more organization and I think that’s a good thing. I think right now they also feel bigger due to not being populated. Hoping next reset changes this.
The new map is also gorgeous I think the artists did a really nice job with!!
No cost upgrades!! This was amazing a much needed change thank you so much!!
The new keep and tower designs. At first I thought they were a bit big, but starting looking at them with larger fights in mind. With the new size there’s more room to maneuver and gives more options than stacking the top of the stairs.
The things I don’t like:
Automatic Upgrades I was leery when I first heard about this, and after seeing it in action I’m not a fan. First off Its taken away allot of the impact my small havok/scouting had or at least the feeling of impact. I know scouting will still be required I just feel less people will be inclined to rally to the defense if its just going to upgrade it’s self again. I can see them just hopping back to flip it after its paper. Also I play in T3 so its not a ghost town of a server but there are still coverage gaps between the server here. Before If you wanted to waypoint and enemy keep it took some effort now its all done for you. Coming back from a weak coverage time slot to find your bl isn’t very encouraging.
The lessened importance of supply on up grades. I don’t like this at all!! I like the idea of being able to grab supply and not have to worry about the current upgrade but this was too much. Would have like to see each upgrade tier require X number of yaks to complete and still had the supply available for repairs/siege. Seeing stuff fully upgrade just because there is no one to flip it back is silly.
The center event. Its just too much for small groups to deal with the amount of gate repairs needed is just a pain. It’s a great way to troll. Also its boring as sin to complete.