“The Leaf on Wind”
JQ Ranger
JQ Ranger
Life is unfair, so is WvWvW
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Old Paradigm: The Alpha server (A) is assured victory due to server population and superior 24/7 coverage. The two weaker servers battle it for for the scraps of second place. Often the Alpha server would decide to punish one of the weaker servers by helping the other take Second.
New Paradigm: The two weaker servers take control, join forces to knock the Alpha server to third. Sharing the spoils of war.
What’s the difference? Why was the Old Paradigm OK…but the new one unfair?
Trading wins and ignoring each other practically the entire week is the difference. If they teamed up to wipe a server off the map and then focused on each other (while that server regroups) then that would be fine. It’s an issue when they don’t do that.
@OP: actually what you describe in the second paradigm is exactly what devs planned to happen (as it is the only way to “balance” an otherwise clearly unbalanced war).
Unfortunately, exactly in the same way that would apply to “real life”, the two minor forces are unable to understand the very simple concept of “united in victory” and instead battle each other giving even more advantage to the already superior third opponent.
@OP
There’s one other key difference and it’s also how match ups are handled. Season 1 had a Sports-league type of format, while Season 2 is a Swiss-style format. Alliances can be steadily held if wins are swapped in the case of Season 2. This is probably why people find it unfair.
Please DO NOT mention server names or talk about current Matches…
Old Paradigm: The Alpha server (A) is assured victory due to server population and superior 24/7 coverage. The two weaker servers battle it for for the scraps of second place. Often the Alpha server would decide to punish one of the weaker servers by helping the other take Second.
New Paradigm: The two weaker servers take control, join forces to knock the Alpha server to third. Sharing the spoils of war.
What’s the difference? Why was the Old Paradigm OK…but the new one unfair?
Trading wins and ignoring each other practically the entire week is the difference. If they teamed up to wipe a server off the map and then focused on each other (while that server regroups) then that would be fine. It’s an issue when they don’t do that.
If that’s what it takes to beat “Server A” then that’s what it takes. Server A should stop making a spectacle of itself and realize that it’s no fun for anyone else if one server is so big that the other 2 have to unite to a ridonkulous degree in order to beat them.
Especially if this theoretical server had chosen to participate in “aggressive recruiting” practices using copious amounts of in-game currency and continued to do so after gaining advantages in coverage.
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