In other words, it was a hypothetical situation that can and will never actually exist. Exactly what I was saying. It won't ever actually look like that from the other side, because it can't ever happen.
If my style of play has the potential to ruin everybody else's fun, but only under circumstances that can never actually happen, that's not going to make me lose any sleep.
But that's not the point you claimed you were making. You say you're demonstrating that that style of play ruins everyone else's fun. Saying there's no NEED for "hordes" does not show that they ruin everyone else's fun. You fail at logic.
Theres no NEED for 1-1 duels either, but that doesn't mean you're spoiling everybody else's fun if you play that way.
That doesn't obligate everyone else to play the way YOU find the most fun, any more than it obligates you to play the way that anyone else finds more fun.
"Noone is telling you or anyone else how to play."
Half the posts in this thread is someone telling someone else how to play the game.
"I could care less about hordes. I have my own option if I want to fight them off or not. Plenty of choices in this game that if I dont like getting ganged at one side of the map, There is plenty of other places I can find fun."
A very true and logical statement. I think is what a lot of folks fail to see. They rather try to get you to play the game their way, if you don't, then you contributing to the demise of the game.
Fred
It truly amazes me how dense some people are. If your quoting me then your talking about what I'm saying, so again I will say I'M NOT TELLING ANY ONE TO PLAY MY WAY. I am ASKING people to stop the LAME game play.
1Loki, If you had looked at the rest of the posts in the thread you would have come across a number of screen shots SHOWING HORDES IN ACTION, proving that they do happen. Unfortunately they are happening more and more as time goes on. Using my hypothetical situation I was asking a question.... Would you find it fun getting hit by the horde? As it DOES happen, and it will CONTINUE to happen I ask you the same question, "Would that be fun? As a SOLUTION to the horde I suggested using those "vast" resources to do multiple missions. A fighter sweep mission, a porking mission, and an attack/capture mission all at the same time. The horde is STILL working its will on the map, but now has provided 3 separate fights instead of a "horde" that no one can fight so increasing the fun for everyone, friend and foe alike.
bmwgs, If you read what is being said and instead of jumping to the defensive and blinding your self to what is posted you'd see that "most" of us are not telling any one to "play my way". We are pointing out what is happening in the arenas, and are trying to help the community by suggesting ways to continue doing what "you" like to do with out spoiling anyone else fun.
The game is about the JOURNEY to the end, not the END. In racing to a reset, all you get is another map. In working through all the fights and tactics and strategies you get enjoyment of each battle, win or loose, you still have that thrill. In this thread we are talking about lame game play, game play that works to get you away from those strategies, those thrills. Neither of you guys could say you wouldn't mind being on the receiving end of the horde. Today maybe we only see the "horde" 30% of the time, next week it WILL be more, and the week after more, because the answer will always be, "well they do it to us!", and before you know it it will be the only mission going again.
All we are trying to do here is to nip lame game play in the bud. If a few start looking for less LAME game play now, others might start following that example. Leaders teaching the new generation whats is LAME, and what isn't. Hordes will will be few and far between, and battles, fights and combat will be the norm.