I miss wwhen fights happened BETWEEN the damn fields. Now everything is either over or next to ack.
Then make one...
I frequently bypass the big base fight and fly into the gap between the base fight, and the closest field. The darbar is a good indicator where they are coming from.
Last Monday I got in several great scraps between two bases. There were a couple of pairs that came in with some alt and it made for some great fights. I won some, lost others, but in every case had a great time, killing and being killed by some really good sticks.