Originally posted by meddog
Whether you're a furballer or gamer, this is a team sport and there is no "I" in team
Med, first off, let me say I'm not trying to pick a fight with ya.
I felt the same way at one time and got a lot of feedback on it.
I can feel your frustration though and here's some thoughts:
Even though we are divided into countries, in no way is this a "team" game. The only teams are squads.
The players flock to the most even battles. Everybody's in here to get kills. If I'm fighting bish on the east coast and it's pretty even in numbers, I'm staying up, getting kills, having fun. Now the rooks are making a hard advancement on the west coast, if I go there I'm probably going to face a a lot of them and there will only be a few of me. I'm gonna get my keester shot off. Why am I going there? Can you really blame them for fighting the even battle? I can get shot down all night long and in the end what have I accomplished? If 120 knits are trying to fight against a combined force of 300 Bish and Rooks, probably not much at all.
If you really want more team action, take it to the squad leaders not the players. If some of the big squads agree to work together consistently then it *might* make a difference. A little squad organization would probably go a long, long way.
It's tough to defend against a gangbang. If 60 Knits are defending west against 130 Bish and 60 Knits are defending east against 170 Rooks, you're still gonna lose a whole lot of ground all over the place. Some might argue that strategically it's better to take a stand against one side or the other, stopping that side with the majority of your resources and hoping to hang on until a change in the dynamics of the game occurs, ie, a lot of people log on or off, one side or the other decides to switch targets, something.
Anyway, I know it sucks to be the lonely defender, maybe we'll take it all back tonight!
