Just for arguments sake, on Sunday I played a couple hours in the afternoon and logged because I looked across the map and all I saw were hordes chasing each others tails. I logged back in to check the maps two or three times over the next several hours just to see if anything was going on and I just saw the same thing. At one point right before I decided to call it a night and head to bed about 50% of people on my current country were sitting in the tower because all of the 4-5 fields that had any action at all going on were being swarmed by the hordes.
Conversely last night I logged on, went to blue since I preferred the map/terrain there and enjoyed a couple hours of battle, getting some kills here and there and collecting more than my fair share of violent cartoon deaths in the process, with friendly banter and joking going back and forth between the two combating countries along with a liberal sprinkling of salutes and wit.
Yeah there were hordes. What was different was the fact that more people werent as reluctant to up counter the hordes as they usualy are.
What seems consistent is the style of gameplay once you get more people in one arena. Lately on weekends, its been a horde fest to try to grab as many bases as they can before the map resets tuesday morning. Essentialy what you have is all your freindlies on one front of the map swarming bases that are less defended as opposed to the other side which is getting rolled.
This past weekend just seemed as though there was an even balance on all sides. More people in an arena meant more people looking for action and once you see action on a part of a map, more and more people get involved. Squaddies and I had a blast. We left one fight and jumped over to another.
I can totaly understand having a cap or limit in one arena. More than 400-500 is just TOO much. I just dont think the numbers are high enough consistenly to support 2 arenas.
When the WW1 arena arrived, I remember both LW arenas had no cap. Allthough LWB was getting a reputation for being the milkrunning arena, I also had a great time going in there and killing the milkrunners. Allthough it must of failed, I would love that setup in the LW arenas.
