The point is clear. Balance. It is allegedly achieved one of two ways. Side switch. Log off. As has been pointed out by multiple people in this thread, with low numbers you're getting only the latter. That's the way it is currently.
First your leaving out balance of game play via lesser / better planes.
And exactly how is balance going to be achieved with out ENY, you seem to think it will just magically happen. But if that were true then ENY would never be an issue.
Or possibly you believe that forcing people to have lesser planes is worse then being out numbered. Because that is all the ENY does. It is simply a trade off between having numbers or better planes or choose a different side.
But you complete ignore the fact that being overwhelmed and out number is not fun. People will log then also, but that only makes the imbalance worse and hence the problem worse . Or the player changes sides and again the problem becomes worse.
You stated that
It’s making people log off. That’s one of its stated purposes
That is absolutely not it's purpose, in fact it's purpose is just the opposite,to keep more people playing.
And to state that it is it's purpose is putting words in my mouth.
Purpose implies intent per Webster "something set up as an object or end to be attained". Side effects are different then purposes. Or do you think dry mouth is the purpose of decongestants.
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