I want to try and ask again if there could be some incentive being implemented for smallmens to fight each other, similar to what the 8man groups are getting, which seems to have encouraged that playstyle from what i hear. Alternatives would also be very welcome, but i am specifically asking regarding this as the features are already ingame, fairfight toggle and list already works and the commands to give rewards already work for 8vs8
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The smallman fairfight list is almost always empty (at least friday/saturday EU 20:00-24:00). Sometimes there is one other group besides ours on there. A few weeks ago there were 2. We found each other at the smallman porter, everything was really nice. Mostly one group watched while the other two fought and then everyone roamed around until two met again. This was the first time in many months (if not the first time ever) i personally experienced this on phoenix
The issue was that the hib-smallmen was low-RR and 4people, we (mids) were also 4people but high-RR and the alb-grp were 5people mid-RR.
That resulted in us winning every fight VS the hibs (despite them doing quite well...they will be dangerous when they get a bit more RR) and the fight VS the albs was dependant on our RAs (mainly purge) being down (then we lost) or not (then we won).
For us that was great fun, even though our RP/hour went down a lot during that hour or two (aka 7-8k RP/h)
we can live with that, fun >> RP especially when you are already set.
The problem though, the hib-grp basically lost every single fight and quit after a while...they stayed surprisingly long and i believe they also had a bit fun, but they basically left with almost no rewards. And when it is just two groups left, that have already fought each other a few times it gets stale really fast and the albs left almost directly afterwards.
To be honest, i felt bad for the hibs. They put up decent fights. Were respectful and i am sure they also had a bit of fun, but in the end they got almost nothing.
I would love to try and get more interest going for smallmen groups listing themselves....there are quite a few out there most nights. But it feels like i have no arguments besides: "come fight our High-RR smallmen, you will get nothing though because there is noone else and losing gets you zero". A small reward like the GvG-fighters get could lead to more smallmen being listed which would make it much easier for everyone to find fights they can win from time to time.
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The smallman fairfight list is almost always empty (at least friday/saturday EU 20:00-24:00). Sometimes there is one other group besides ours on there. A few weeks ago there were 2. We found each other at the smallman porter, everything was really nice. Mostly one group watched while the other two fought and then everyone roamed around until two met again. This was the first time in many months (if not the first time ever) i personally experienced this on phoenix
The issue was that the hib-smallmen was low-RR and 4people, we (mids) were also 4people but high-RR and the alb-grp were 5people mid-RR.
That resulted in us winning every fight VS the hibs (despite them doing quite well...they will be dangerous when they get a bit more RR) and the fight VS the albs was dependant on our RAs (mainly purge) being down (then we lost) or not (then we won).
For us that was great fun, even though our RP/hour went down a lot during that hour or two (aka 7-8k RP/h)
we can live with that, fun >> RP especially when you are already set.
The problem though, the hib-grp basically lost every single fight and quit after a while...they stayed surprisingly long and i believe they also had a bit fun, but they basically left with almost no rewards. And when it is just two groups left, that have already fought each other a few times it gets stale really fast and the albs left almost directly afterwards.
To be honest, i felt bad for the hibs. They put up decent fights. Were respectful and i am sure they also had a bit of fun, but in the end they got almost nothing.
I would love to try and get more interest going for smallmen groups listing themselves....there are quite a few out there most nights. But it feels like i have no arguments besides: "come fight our High-RR smallmen, you will get nothing though because there is noone else and losing gets you zero". A small reward like the GvG-fighters get could lead to more smallmen being listed which would make it much easier for everyone to find fights they can win from time to time.