I can only speak for my main guild - when we're in full diamond (our guild is 32 members with about half strong active fighters) unless we have an agreement with one of the bigs, we're lucky to have one or two tiles directly attached to our HQ. The two or three bigs will have all of the map, including the beach tiles.
The funny thing is that so far almost only the opponents of the change have shown pictures of the maps and statistics.
Am I the "you" you reference? If so, yes I do think this will allow some amount of opportunity for the smaller guilds if they want it. (And that's a major if - some will, some won't). Just take a look at our current map. One week into this season and there are three tiles that have never been acquired. In seasons past we would have sucked up everything available and swapped with anyone (except KYP of course LOL) that could keep up with us. This season we don't bother with the small stuff. And is that because our heavy hitters are maxing out attrition? Can't think of another reason.
Sorry - look back at my comments. I gave specific examples of the impact I observed directly.
Why would it impact your motivation? You'd still want the reward. And if this keeps the large guilds from dominating the map because they max out earlier, then it gives the smaller guilds the opportunity to take more tiles. Granted, they won't be those juicy 3 building tiles near the center - but you weren't getting those most times in full diamond anyway.
I suggest you start reading again ,
Your examples relate to situations where the environment is changing and you have to adapt. There is almost a compulsion to innovate.
this is how I read your results - you're in a guild that prior, couldn't be bothered getting players together and to go out and conquer, now everyone is restricted you can go out and farm with no effort, you have no interest in battles, you don't check the map for when sectors are opening but just hope that when click on there's something you can hit, for you and your guild GBG is just about gaining some rewards, sound about right? I'm sure you are no different than most (perhaps) all in the 'for' camp that don't want 'battle' grounds to be at all about battling but just as a way to farm. the nerf might work for those with this mindset, at least until traps start being more commonplace, but taking the 'battle' out of 'battle' grounds can't be a good thing from gameplay point of view. you're comparing zero effort results, try a campaign without the nerf activated but instead of the zero effort approach try to coordinate your guildmates and take some sectors by force you will likely find you gain more sectors and fights than either of your two examples and you never know you might actually find there's some fun to be had in GBG by doing so.
Couldn't be more wrong. Our guild has active battleground managers that call out available tiles - make sure appropriate buildings are built, coordinate with other guild commanders. All the right things. Look for other guilds to work with, but always want to finish as the number 1.
In which language will it be necessary to tell you?
I really am impressed. You can discern all of this from the information that @blueskydwg provided. Wow!
And for a factual observation - in one and a half completed battlegrounds there have been zero traps set in our full diamond league competition.
then I'm at a loss at how you are getting more fights maybe your guild is competitive but it's just simply you who doesn't try?
I'm not surprised. We won't be seeing any when this change goes live. Traps are kryptonite to the farming model and, despite what a few players here have claimed, GBG has been about farming for over 2 years.
so he might only be able to come on for a few mins and hit an open sector so therefore he might gain whilst the serious players all lose and the competition has gone... that's alright then sounds like a good plan (sarcasm)
post nerf it will be more important to hold sectors rather than flip them traps are a way to achieve that, we'll see or hopefully we won't and whether traps are used or not it's still a terrible idea.
I looked at your guild on the EN server. 70 players. Some, like you, average over 5K fights weekly. Many, far, far fewer. Are they not trying? Or are they left on the sidelines because the big hitters are icing them out? My guess is the latter. The change to SCs will help them in the same way that it is helping players like @blueskydwg. IMO, this is the goal of the SC change.
Aw come on. Any player averaging 25K battles monthly is fully aware that GBG ain't about competition between guilds. It's about competition between guildmates (i.e. as long as I get mine I'm fine) and farming.