I agree sometimes there is some "kicking while they're down" at play, but I still don't quite understand how joining the dogpile on the other side that is down fields is doing anything other than helping the side that is up?
Wiley.
Fundamentally, I treat maps the same way I look at individual fights. Fun is more important than winning. When there are a hundred bases on a map and we’re down one or two, pounding a particular team is not something I want to do. I have zero interest in joining a 10 on 2 for the sake of evening up the base count. So, if I can drum up a bit of a scrum on a dead front I will. Used to be I didn’t have to ask for help. If I showed up alone, someone would rise to meet me. These days I pretty much need two players or more to get anyone to defend. Otherwise I’m just moving mud and watching 88s take pot shots at me.
For me the MA is a game, not a war. Games are supposed to be about fun. Not necessarily winning.
Events…that’s where the war is. I’m a different pilot there. Gang, pick, HO, run, hide, are all options. Anything I can do to survive and win.