Patch Notes 7/10/2017

[dansari]

They aren't worthless. People who come back from afk, join the warband for the first time, etc can meet up with your group on a BO without getting ganked on the way.

[Hargrim]

They aren't worthless. People who come back from afk, join the warband for the first time, etc can meet up with your group on a BO without getting ganked on the way.

That's a good or a bad thing, depends who you ask .

[Collateral]

They aren't worthless. People who come back from afk, join the warband for the first time, etc can meet up with your group on a BO without getting ganked on the way.

And that's exactly what I wrote in my post. I said they are "pretty much" worthless, not entirely.

[wargrimnir]

Hotfix Notes

- None Shall Pass added to Guard Exclusion
- GM commands to remove your salty surnames and prevent you from creating new ones.
- Fixed some lag. Probably.
At least, we're pretty sure each time someone loads into a zone it shouldn't make the server pause for 1000ms. Little things~~

[dansari]

They aren't worthless. People who come back from afk, join the warband for the first time, etc can meet up with your group on a BO without getting ganked on the way.

And that's exactly what I wrote in my post. I said they are "pretty much" worthless, not entirely.

Sure but it's glass half full not half empty

[anarchypark]

Hargrim
- Removed contribution from microticks on BOs.
- Removed portals to warcamps after zone is locked in T2, T3 and T4 as they add nothing.

A step back into the right direction. While I understand where, what and why these portals to BO's were added, I still do not believe this portals add anything of value towards open realm vs. realm besides leeching and/or fast-traveling. I agree that the fast travel is handy at times for multiple reasons, but it completely removes some of the natural flow of forces in the RVR-lakes. There will always be a certain part of the playerbase, that will go for the easiest way to gain xp, rr, inf. That cannot be changed, as changelogs rarely have an effect on people's mentality, sadly.
But the real question in my mind becomes if the game itself should nurture the path of least resistance by allowing this playerbase to fly to a zone -> click a portal -> land on bo -> profit. They should at least have to go out in the zone, fight their way there or go through PVE if necessary. Utilize bob, scrolls etc. Then they can go.. "guard the BO"

Just to clarify my main concern is still the portals and how very little they have to add in terms of risk/reward.

Besides that, I look forward to test the next stages of Yali's experiment. So far, so good.

picking solo walkers from wc to BO was the easiest ganking method.
pretty sure BO portal wasn't implemented to prevent it. it's for fast actions, imo.
as a side effect, easiest solo ganking became harder.

you can still farm at BO. literally it's a farm of cattle. for wolves. a lot of afkers there.
it's little bit harder than b4 cuz there are small chances real guards are posting.

least resistance. it works to everybody.

[Scrilian]

If there's a serious brainstorm to be had then it should be about fixing this problem, born from the recent rvr changes.

Click here to watch on YouTube

[Sulorie]

If there's a serious brainstorm to be had then it should be about fixing this problem, born from the recent rvr changes.

Click here to watch on YouTube

What do we see in that video?

[Hargrim]

3 ppl fighting, 13 staying at BO.

[peterthepan3]

But what do you expect from a population that demands a pug scenario? A population who find offense at the mere suggestion of forming a group/wb? A population who find offense when given constructive criticism and/or help in playing their class? A population who don't even try to optimise their playstyle or improve upon their mistakes, instead crying 'destro/order bias!'. I could go on ad nauseam.

You actually expect said people to get off their ass to fight?

(Not all but a huge proportion)

/rantover