Ok this thread has not done anything but make me look like a score hore whiner lol. which I am not. During Highly populated times, when orange is full and blue is grossly uneven, is when i think some alternative should be in place. Regardless of what side i'm on, even if instead of filling the arenas based on numbers alone, a country count was in place, to ensure sidebalancing and fairness. anyway it was just a suggestion.
<S> DEEMAN
Heya DEEMAN.
Unfortunately, here's what happens with a "Country Count".
Your squad has 6 members on, and you go to join the arena to join them, and the game says "Too many pilots for <insert chess piece here>. Please wait."
So you're stuck in the lobby and can't join your teammates. You grab a drink, go for a smoke break, and decide to try again later. "Too many pilots for <insert chess piece here>. Please wait."
Your choices are : A) join another Arena (which would fix your problem right now anyway), B) join another country (which would fix your problem right now anyway), C) Keep waiting for however long it takes, or D) quit out of the game entirely and go do something else.
With ENY, you can STILL join your squad members, for the fee of not being able to fly every aircraft. If a hard country count was in place, you wouldn't be able to join them AT ALL. I think you can see why ENY is a better choice than a hard country count.