BG

[Menace651]

We'll all have a talk about this and let you guys know what a formal decision will be

BG exp gain was reduced 10 times

Not going to lie, lot of people are pretty upset and felt this was sprung on them, me included and I was watching this thread to see a GMs take on it before saying more. There wasn't any indication of the change being this huge and it wasn't even listed in a changelog before the maintenance, only after. Now it's lower then what officials would give at x1.

Maybe I didn't give a strong opinion but I figured there'd be some clarity in the direction that the GMs felt would be best before putting it into effect. There was a bit of a blow up on main about players feeling ill informed, and I completely agree.

On a sidenote, this didn't fix the main thing I thought people were mad about. About a third of the BGs I've been in since maintenance still /dice. I thought this is the core of what people were actually frustrated about, that people would do nothing and get what it is they were after when others wanted to play the game mode? I was under the impression people would be more okay with the experience if they put more effort into the game mode, this is why there was suggestions like only the winners getting points and stuff like that. Eh, maybe I'm wrong...

I for one agree with the EXP nerf. I don't remember how much exp official server BG gave but someone sitting at BG should not make more exp in 5 minutes than someone in an actual pvm party.

As far as BG dicing and farming goes, if people want to do it let them. People do it on other servers and will do it here too. I've already offered my suggestions for making it more competitive. You also can't expect newer players to compete with veterans who have been around for years that have unlimited resources and gears. Dicing is kind of an equalizer IMO.