The problem isnt the horde and it isnt that you cant get defenders. The problem is that not enough people know how to succeed at porking bases and not enough do it.
Thats how I see it.
Porking requires proactive action on behalf of those who do not want to be "horded".
Truth is IMO its not that they dont know this tactic/strategm its more that they cant be bothered to implement it.
There are instances all over the arenas of players or groups of players doing their local thing hoping that other stuff of the arena will leave them alone......
folk having their own little tank battles begrudging others bombing them......
folk having their own little dog fights begrudging others bombing the hangers or cv or capturing their field or hording the fight.
fact is the focal point of the arenas (that brings sides into conflict) is land grab.......... it is the "war" setting. The point of conflict should move, which means it will change.
Hordes are enabled because bases have infinite resources to launch as many aircraft with as much ordinance as they require provided they have hangers and ammo dumps.
To limit hordes either we have to pork their fields or HTC has to make them not quite so infinite in capacity