NGD, please, PLEASE remove relic lock on Haven

[_Kharbon_]

Originally Posted by Barreln

Still, the relic lock time is not like EU times as at Valhalla.
The Point is still, no matter how some try to wind out, that Alsius did invade both realms with a zerg, seems with kids what came home after lunch, when no one was there. Therefor the lock is usefull

I'm from EU, and the relic lock happens during morning times over here, lasting until late/ish afternoon. When the relic lock was introduced, we had more players at certain times. After some players saw how the relic lock works, they just stopped logging in at the times it was active..

Invasions happen with zergs like 90% of the time. It's simple - the realm with most population invades the most. Nothing surprising.

I'm not saying, that the lock is not usefull at all - in fact I like the idea, and I do think that it could work. However, the times are not set correctly.

My advice would be to remove the relic lock for some time, and collect actual data of server inactivity times. Then proceed to implement a relic lock for a few hours, and possibly modify the times, depending on the situation.
During relic locks, other ways of entertainment should be provided to the players, otherwise there's not much to do. That would be (currently is) just killing the few active users during those times. A better idea imho would be to allow instances during relic lock times - some players would then purposefully log in during those times, and boost the server activity a bit.

Another major flaw in relic lock times are weekends. This is the time, when people are at home, and possibly have time to play. Relic lock just ruins that..
The lock should be turned off during weekends.