BG / Under 50 RvR Overhaul

Well the devs have done it and you have to ask WHY? What is the point of restricting RvR tasks to 35 and above? There is no magic in 35 other than you appear yellow at first to a 50. 35+ to even 50 RR2, have no better chance of survival against a RR7 than does a 25. You might as well say only RR5+ can possibly gain from Realm tasks as they do all the work. You are forgetting fun for ALL. I have yet to see a cogent reason for this appalling gaff.

Revitalise the BGs I hear some cry, fine by all means make them more attractive, but don't coerce people to do it, forcing people to do things in games rarely works well. The thing people who say run just one toon forget, is that many people run many alts and one of the glories of Phoenix was you could try all sorts of stuff in real RvR which along with infinite respecs has lead to much more diversity of types, not as many as we'd all like but better than sticking to cookie cutters and only single class specs. Having the freedom to play on the frontiers in any form and still be rewarded was a great boon.

Some may say well "they haven't put the hours in" or it will "make them group", as if these were ever criteria for having a good time, it is after all a game to entertain. Time is commodity not everybody has and being able to tag along with the zerg, or be part of a keep take is all some want, they know they will never attain the halcyon heights of RR10, but hey they can still score a point on a door or take a HP off a RR5. If you want people to group what is the point of Phoenix eggs? On the one hand soloing is encouraged PvE, but suddenly is bad when you hit the Frontier less than 35! By making it harder to get RPs (and these I think are the real issue) you are enforcing the group ethos of only taking temp'd cookie cutter types which leaves many without groups and again drives them away.

Let's face it, the ability of lvl 10,20 30 etc to gain RPs and XP does not REALLY effect high RRs at all, so why would you stop them unless there have been a bunch of leetist whines. We all know that there is a tipping point in any game which usually kills it, and that is when the top 10% pull so far ahead of the pack, that the pack decide it is no longer worth trying to catch up and when they leave you lose 90% not 10%. Pandering to the leets never works, they burn through content and always expect more and to be made more leet than other leets which leads to disillusionment in the majority. Take Darkspire, after the first week it may get mentioned once a day and those that did it want something else, the pack aspire to be able to get there and run it, the leets are long gone.

Realm pride, it maybe a dirty word to the leets who tend to think only of themselves, but being able to participate engenders that sense of being part of something, it spurs you on when grind is pulling you down. Involving people is everything, excluding under some sort of half arsed apartheid will not engender the right spirit. We need keen people on all realms being active and involved whatever level or class, because the more active everybody is the more fun the game is overall.

For the avoidance of doubt I think the Devs are brilliant and this is the best server since just before SI came out on live, but I just disagree with this move and think it will be detrimental to what has been a wonderful experience thus far.