mattymc wrote: ↑Fri 29 Jan 2021 2:09 PM
So the question would be why? Is Large scale RvR too devalued? Are balance issues overarching or is t a combo of those and others. One thing for sure, Mid has issues as a realm --- when any will addressed from OUTSIDE the players --- who knows.
It's a number of factors, but mostly it's EU Mid player attitude -- they would rather do things on their own, whether that is GVG 8 mans or just doing flag tasks and AFKing. Experience tells them if they try to make a BG during EU times, no one shows up.. so Albs and HIbs just steamroll them. Most of the Alb and Hib groups running around at EU times are RR11+ and have tons of tools and pets at their disposal to dispatch Mids who have seen their abilities get weakened and worse, while Alb and Hib get buffs and extra tools and tricks they shouldn't have gotten in the first place.
Autumn of 2019, Midgard was dominating all the time. Then for whatever reason, the people who were really good Mid players either stopped playing, or went to Alb/Hib. Now, it seems there's a giant influx of Mids who just don't seem to know how to play their classes. You join groups for a BG and you get healers and shamans who don't seem to know how to heal or buff properly, you get overextending happening all the time, by Alb and Hib groups that are high RR who just love it when Mids try to run after their kiting.
When Mids do manage to get in to a tower to retake it, you get hib bomb groups with multiple TWFs, Static tempests and NMs that just wipe everyone, so they don't bother rejoining the BG. Why rejoin when you're just going to get steamrolled over and over and over?
Alb and Hib have much more of a zerg mentality -- that's why they always hold the relics.
The new relic system was a big mistake. Nerfing Midgard was a big mistake. Giving 2 hib classes static tempest and giving hib and alb tons of 'balancing' tools they shouldn't have has made them overwhelmingly overpowered.
Now you get Pilz taking Nott, Polemo taking Bled.. and making their way across the Mid frontier because they know Mids won't defend their keeps. The NA Mids then log in and have to retake it all over again.
People constantly asking in region chat "Why is Polemo here? There's no relics here."
Polemo doesn't care.. he and Pilz will happily work together to turn the Mid frontier red and green because it's the easy way out. They don't want to fight each other.
I think last night was the last time they decided to actually fight each other, only until after taking about 5 towers and opening Sursbrooke, did Polemo's zerg of lemmings pour over Sursbrooke the kill the very meager (in comparison) Midgard BG.. because it was easy, because of the lulz.. who knows. Polemo hates Midgard since they spurned him.
What a toxic player base here.
