PackCat
Marquis
The mission statement of any game designer is to make the gaming experience better for the player.The funny thing is that so far almost only the opponents of the change have shown pictures of the maps and statistics.
Supporters of the change speak from intuition and assumptions, but so far they have not been able to substantiate with anything that the GBG has changed beneficially in any form.
This change does not make the gaming experience better, it simply handicaps the scores.
It makes it harder for great players, and somehow that is suppose to translate into a more enjoyable experience for the weak who have not put in their time, energy, city building, and Guild building. It is simply doing away with champions and giving out participation trophies to the weak and lazy.
Caveat: What I mean by weak and lazy: They are unwilling to fight hard & fast even when sectors are basically handed to them.
It should not take 4 hours to capture a sector. If it takes more than 30 minutes, they need to refine their Guild, or play in the lower leagues.
Diamond league should mean something and be for the strong fighters against other strong players.