Care about realm numbers - Horus

Freduardo · 12-19-2009, 06:10 PM

Imho the current situation on Horus is as much a mentality problem as it is a problem of numbers.

First of all, people don't want fort fights, they want 'fort farms'. Zerging a, preferably empty, fort. Then hiding inside to just spam area's or if largely outnumbering the opposition, rushing and immediately running back to the fort to repeat the process. And the current game mechanics support such a behaviour (e.g. cancelled spells don't go into cooldown).

On the outnumbered side, you can argue that people give up too soon. However I think that with the current 'fort farm' mentality, no-one is to be blamed for not helping anymore. Especially on weekends, we've long past the point where those 4 people who are grinding could make the difference in winning or losing.

Besides, it is not about winning or losing. I don't care if Syrtis manages to hold Aggersborg for hours on end. That's the whole point of this game (excluding invasions). I do care that while they have it, we can have fun fights.

I guess what annoys me most is not the fact that (in my timezone) Syrtis has an incredibly outnumbering zerg. But that I see some people in that zerg, of whom I think they play well and are nice guys in person, that participate in that travesty.

I can only speak for myself but I will try not to take part in any of those 'fort farms' anymore. So yes, I will log off, go grind, camp a bridge, change server or go afk at the save. Byte me :P

12-19-2009, 06:10 PM	#11
Freduardo Initiate Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 107	Imho the current situation on Horus is as much a mentality problem as it is a problem of numbers. First of all, people don't want fort fights, they want 'fort farms'. Zerging a, preferably empty, fort. Then hiding inside to just spam area's or if largely outnumbering the opposition, rushing and immediately running back to the fort to repeat the process. And the current game mechanics support such a behaviour (e.g. cancelled spells don't go into cooldown). On the outnumbered side, you can argue that people give up too soon. However I think that with the current 'fort farm' mentality, no-one is to be blamed for not helping anymore. Especially on weekends, we've long past the point where those 4 people who are grinding could make the difference in winning or losing. Besides, it is not about winning or losing. I don't care if Syrtis manages to hold Aggersborg for hours on end. That's the whole point of this game (excluding invasions). I do care that while they have it, we can have fun fights. I guess what annoys me most is not the fact that (in my timezone) Syrtis has an incredibly outnumbering zerg. But that I see some people in that zerg, of whom I think they play well and are nice guys in person, that participate in that travesty. I can only speak for myself but I will try not to take part in any of those 'fort farms' anymore. So yes, I will log off, go grind, camp a bridge, change server or go afk at the save. Byte me :P __________________ Fredu'Cya