back when it was a 1 hour switch bishops always had a majority of the players. it's no secret that they roll bases late at night. so a 1 hour switch wont fix that either.
semp
Bish have always had more folks on average. Bish was at one time (no idea if it still is) the default country when folks signed up. If this is no longer the case than I suspect because it once was that Bishops in general are more accepting of new players because they have a long history of having all new players entered as Bishops. I think as all groups of humans have cultures then, AH also has a culture and each 'chess piece" has a sub culture.
All chess pieces roll bases and always have. There have been 2 changes IMO that have made this problem more frequent.
#1- the minimum radar alt was lowered cause some folks complained about the NOE base attacks. Lowering the alt caused the NOE to virtually go away overnight. So those folks who enjoy capturing bases now had to organize a better "more successful" approach to it.
The NOE at one time was a great way to grab a base, not only could it be done on the sly, it could be done with few participants. Most NOEs were done by squads only, with no non squadies allowed, this was to mitigate someone breaking dar. Because of this, these attacks were relatively small and relied on precision, speed, accuracy and stealth. Many squads took a great deal of pride in being able to pull off a successful NOE, cause it usually took only a lone LA7 to break free and spoil the take. So the NOE actually took some planning and practice to get right consistently. Many times these NOEs would spark fierce battles that lasted for hours, especially if the NOE was a "far behind the lines" base. Now the only realistic way to grab bases during prime time is the horde, the horde brings to the table the reasonable chance of success, based only on #s. People don't like to fail so they wont join a mission that seems to be doomed, and the only measure now for success is #s. How many times do you see a mission posted that inevitably gets cancelled cause the #s in it were low? I bet many times, so the only measure for an open mission is #s. The horde is a natural and predictable consequence of changing the minimum radar alt.
#2- The 12 hour rule. This rule actually makes it safer for those who enjoy taking bases. Since all countries have a segment that enjoy taking bases "which is probably in the majority" and a smaller segment who fight against it, some of whom are country loyal, then the remaining folks who would resist this hording are not only small "in comparison" with regard to #s they are also limited in how they can get to those battles. You see because of the 12 hours rule folks cannot accumulate to resist the hording, The hording moves form country to country because each country has that element in it, in larger #s than those who oppose it. So you get what you have now. "Base taking motivated by #s, with a hand full who resist.
The main problem with base hording IMHO is not the take, it's what happens after.......nothing!
It's like a tornado, it blows in violent, crazy and overwhelming then, poof, gone. There is nothing that motivates the horders to fight any more than is necessary and as the systems stands, they shouldn't. The endgame is the capture which brings on a sense of accomplishment on its own, you see this every time on country channel when a base is captured, all the WTGs and congratulations etc etc. How often do you see the same enthusiasm for those folks who may have lost 50+ rides to try and stop the capture? The defender has little to gain other than some personal satisfaction as a spoiler, but even this gets old when the horde is in "FRENZY".
Just charge perks for switching, most all of the players who will switch to the low # side are good players and have plenty of perks. The others I bet would not be interested in spending perks to join the Hi # country!!
JUGgler
