Originally posted by beet1e
I don't understand the reason for this modification. The MA tells me that the arena attendance must be 140 before ENY balancing takes effect. But this was the situation this morning at 0820 UTC (0920 local time here, 0420 eastern in the US).
This means that the Bishops can be gangbanged, if Rooks/Knits force them into a two front war, ie. 10 Bish to fight the 38 knits, and 10 Bish to fight the 41 Rooks. And because of this modification, those Rooks/Knits will probably be pork-hording in P51/LA7 etc.
Why should one side suffer just as they did in the bad old days (before last week) because of relatively low arena attendance? In the situation depicted above, Bish need the help of ENY balancing, but are not getting it.
I can see your point , and if this happened regularly then another idea might be to half the eny penalty calculation when total numbers are low....
Here's why i beleive some total number adjsutment is necessary. When the totals are, say 40/30/30, the two low sides are outnumbered by 33% -- which would take away almost all planes for the high team, except amybe the goon.
However, the total advantage is only 10 pilots, or 5 per opponent. That's not going to impact the gameplay AT ALL, and clearly doesnt deserve the draconian ENY penalty that would otherwise be in store with a % only calculation.
I suggest that under a set number, like 100 pilots total, the NEY be left in force but that its effects be rduced by 50-75%. That way there still is some help for the low guys, but the team with only afew extra players -- representing a disproprtionate % -- aren't hi too hard.
