Why AAO does NOT work as an incentive?
Simple, if your group is outnumbered and you will be wiped before you can take down any enemy that bonus means nothing. %150 of zero is still zero.
Because of that the only thing AAO incentives is roaming parties, that actively avoid keeps and objectives with no intention of contributing to war effort, where their only purpose is finding someone trying to run to zerg for easy kills. As fun as it may be, roaming parties do not contribute to keep defense in the slightest.
Player behaviors when there is AAO
- Roaming parties
- XRealmers
- People choosing not to go to lakes
What is the desirable behavior to incentivize?
For above groups to actually head to BOs and Keep at lakes when their side has AAO bonus.
SUGGESTION
Make AAO based passive RR ticking on BOs when ram is not up, and at Keep when ram is up, so that people will (through their selfish interests) will do what is good for the realm and head to BOs/Keep.