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I have been a total of 10 hours maximum in EotM since release.. and i was excited about it.. at first.. but it has less to offer then pve.
Then again.. i don’t do blobs, never understood blobs and never will.
it’s the epitome of skilless, drone like, sheeple who are comfortable watching their favorite series while one person decides where to go and what to do.
That this could be fun for people goes beyond me.
As a commander i do not understand either to be honest, but i know it can easily be fun for that one person
The EoTM intensity you have is multiplied a hundred times in the WvW borderlands, when you have groups of equal size on VOIP.
The next level in your commanding should be to talk while you are commanding, even if nobody can hear you. When you finally take the step to be on VOIP, you’ll be more comfortable with playing and talking.I use EoTM to bring my lower level toons to 80, to practice builds and tactics on my lvl 80s. I still want to necro spectral wall fear a zerg off a bridge. I’ve even sieged up a tower or two just to slow down or even repulse the enemy zerg.
As a long time WvW player, you realize that score doesn’t matter unless you are on one of the superstacked servers. I’ve been on servers that place third more than second or first. Coverage and population are too big to overcome in a majority of WvW matches.
If you’re a commander, especially in EoTM, you should already know that there are multiple reasons why players enter the map, some may agree with you and be silent. Others will armchair command and criticize everything you do or don’t do.
Play how you want to play. Command how you want to command. But most of all, have fun.
You are completely correct when you speak about wvw having more tactics and intensity when being compared to EOTM, and IMO wvw should have better rewards simply for that reason, but at the same time you mention that people play the map for all types of reasons, and mine is that i actually like the map itself. I find EOTM to be designed well, so i play it often and enjoy my time on it. Being an EOTM commander, i feel that your statement about commanding how you want to command is complicated. If you are going to choose to take a leading position you have a responsibility to try and cater to as many of your followers as possible, is it ok for a commander to sit at airport the whole game waiting for a zerg to come, wipe them, and keep doing that? I feel like everyone can share some satisfaction in winning something, but hey this whole post is just expressing my opinion
@OP:
I don’t think the majority of players look at EotM the same way that you do unfortunately. PPT does not matter in this realm and most players don’t really care about winning. They go to EotM to level characters, complete dailies, gain karma, or test new specs.
You are correct when you say the majority of players do no see EOTM as i do, and that they go to complete dailies, get karma, etc. People need to understand that EOTM was designed as a piece of Pvp content, now pvp content does not necessarily mean killing another player, it could mean seeing who can cap-train the best, etc, but it does not mean mindlessly going from one cap to another for karma not caring about the actual match. Part of this is arena-nets fault, part of it is just the community taking advantage while they can, but i will do what i can to get my mindset out there
Do you feel that the high rewards in EotM cheapen the rewards in regular WvW?
I and the Missus only play regular WvW, mostly roaming at that, and from what we’ve seen on the forum, you can generate a large amount of karma, badges and rewards by playing EotM. On the few occasions we’ve been in EotM, we’ve seen nothing but karma training. Once again, do you feel that the high rewards in EotM should be lessened to be equal in terms of time/effort as regular WvW?
On the topic of rewards i feel a lot of factors are present when discussing the topic. You are asking me if rewards in WvW need to be lessened to WvW Level, and I feel like you are also asking me if i feel that the rewards are part of the reason the k-train attitude has taken over lots of EOTM players, so i will answer both.
My opinion on if EOTM rewards deserve a nerf: Overall i believe WvW Should have equal, if not higher rewards/reason to play then EOTM as long as EOTM is only giving a supply drop to the victor. You are contributing less to your servers, you should be earning less. (Note to all readers that lessening the rewards EOTM gives is not the point of my topic, but this user simply asked for my opinion).
As for if the rewards are contributing to the reason the k-train mentality has occurred in EOTM, i believe it contributes heavily and if you reduced rewards for EOTM caps you would see more diverse gameplay.
Hope I answered the question fully if you have anything else you want me to share my opinion on let me know