A suggestion to fix rvr - Phoenix Freeshard

The most recent task change was much needed. Now instead of the action being 100% in the task zone and 100% dead everywhere else, it's basically 90% in the task zone and 10%..... something in the other two zones. It was a good effort towards fixing the abortion that is the current zerg meta to chase the task. In my opinion there is a potential fix for this.

Get rid of the task zone altogether. Replace it with an RP bonus that is similar to the way bonus xp works. For example, in mid, undead get kill constantly whereas trees and dragons do not. As a result, undead are worth no xp bonus yet trees are worth over 250% and dragons even more. Instead of the task zone, implement a system that looks at which zones a player has been in (or not) and rewards their RP gain with a bonus accordingly. IE, if you've spent all your time in emain, then you get a 0% RP bonus where as if you went to alb or mid perhaps you would get a 20% or even more RP bonus.

Something needs to be done to normalize the action across the realms. At the moment the game remains a feast or famine situation in terms of where the action is (or is not). It was manageable for a while but now it's simply become a bit asinine. Unless you're running a 1337 8man (oh surprise) or part of a massive zerg, the game is about as interesting as watching grass grow at the moment.

Fri 15 Mar 2019 11:51 PM by Luluko

Or just remove the milegates.

Sat 16 Mar 2019 1:10 AM by Marden

All I'm reading from the OP is "I don't like large-scale warfare and everyone should enjoy small-man, solo or 8v8 RvR."

Sat 16 Mar 2019 1:16 AM by Mauriac

Marden wrote: ↑
Sat 16 Mar 2019 1:10 AM
All I'm reading from the OP is "I don't like large-scale warfare and everyone should enjoy small-man, solo or 8v8 RvR."

then you either can't read (unlikely) or are simply misinterpreting (most likely). I didn't say the game should ONLY be about small man or 8v8. I personally HATE 8v8. I'm simply saying at the moment, the zones are almost entirely 100% zerg in one zone and crickets in the other ones. It got a bit better when they shifted task bonus to everywhere but it's still not that great.

I'm trying to suggest something that will create incentives for action in all the zones all the time. Not one zone, on a rotation.

Sat 16 Mar 2019 2:23 AM by Marden

Why does it matter where people are fighting? Why does it matter that the vast majority are in one frontier zone? I'd go so far as to ask why is it a bad thing if the action is clustered and basically constant?

Sat 16 Mar 2019 5:13 PM by Caemma

Marden wrote: ↑
Sat 16 Mar 2019 2:23 AM
Why does it matter where people are fighting? Why does it matter that the vast majority are in one frontier zone? I'd go so far as to ask why is it a bad thing if the action is clustered and basically constant?

Because quantity is worse than quality, for many people.
Being clustered with 600 players in a small zone with many chocke points (i.e. mile gates) makes sometimes rvr'ing impossible, or frustrating.
Not to mention the fact that not everyone likes to wait 10 minutes till he finally can cross the gate cuz the enemy realm has double the number (or simply because his realm isn't good enough to clean the gate - because let's be real: the current zerg is kinda meaningless, there is no real purpose for it, yet).

You may say that there are other 2 frontiers to go, and that is definitely true, but unfortunately those "other zones" are insanely empty compared to the current population, so after running for some time there you gotta give up and go join the rvr orgy as well (or do something else).

It might sound "pessimistic", but I'm sure that people will start to get annoyed or bored by this stale rvr, if not already.
There is a reason why with NF they decided to revamp the rvr zones to sustain the zerg balls properly and give space to other playstyles, instead of just improve the OF zones.

I guess staff is happy enough with the big numbers, therefore not prioritizing much the quality of content, yet.
I've tried to give my 2 bits as well.