Guild Wars 2

Red or Blue, which third in EB do you think is the stronger position to play from?

Server ratings aside, which area is better? It is an indisputable FACT that Green has the biggest advantage, so try and keep that out of the question. But between Red and Blue, which one is better? Or are they both perfectly, evenly balanced?

Here’s my thoughts on this:
Red is cursed with speldan, ANZ, and Mendons which are all a joke; but red also has OL, ogrewatch (OW), and Veloka (VS) which make a hard-to-penetrate trio of towers that are practically on top of Pang which refills all 3 very fast.

Blue is cursed with Durios and QL which are always being trebbed from SM; but blue also has Lang, valley keep (VK), and Brav which are another hard-to-penetrate trio.

Upon first glance, most ppl would say blue is the worst color to be, but I would argue that blue is much stronger/safer than red. Red’s trio can be trebbed from SM and orgath while blue’s trio cannot. It is extremely difficult to defend against these, especially in OW. Blue’s trio is safely away from QL, Durios, and SM which keep it safe from being trebbed from another structure. But remember this goes both ways. Blue has a much more difficult time trebbing SM than red does. Red also has to operate on just one supply camp 85% of the time. Speldan is so far away that its yak almost never makes it to the keep and if it does, it’s like once every point tick. VK protects Brav and Lang, the same way OL protects OW and VS with mortars and Trebs.

So what do you guys think? Which area is better? Or are they evenly balanced with niether having an advantage?

In my opinion, red is a much more defensible location than blue because the keep is uphill, and is also a better staging area for offensives on locations like SM because you can treb SM from overlook. That said, usually when you’re red, you’re red because you’re outnumbered by the other teams, and thus cannot properly capitalize on the advantageous position.

Of course, green is better than both as well.

Red is by far better than blue, but even worse than blue is green if you can’t hold SM. This is rare but deserves mention :P