noon time arena cap

[Matrix]

 went to get in game and arena's looked liked this @ 12:00 cst 7/15/09

EW Green   2/350
MW Purple 17/350
LW Orange  184/100
LW Blue       16/150


for me the more the merrier for fighting with GV's and/or planes.  Big interest going on in EW/MW and LW Blue,  so why the low cap in Orange............????  I just don't understand this CRAP!!

[grizz441]

You logged on at the time of day when the caps are starting to shift the balance to more evenly distributed blue and orange arena.  The only thing you can do is go into blue and wait for it to fill up to a respectable size.  Not sure exactly how long it takes but shouldn't take more than 30min-1hour?  This only happens once during the day...

It's pretty much the biggest negative side effect of the caps but they bring a ton of positives to the game that make it worth it.

[gyrene81]

That is an interesting question...why is it that the EW and MW arenas have higher capacity than the more popular LW arenas? Is there ever more than 50 in EW or MW?

[Lusche]

That is an interesting question...why is it that the EW and MW arenas have higher capacity than the more popular LW arenas? Is there ever more than 50 in EW or MW?

Because cap in EW & MW doesn't matter. 400 is effectively "no cap"

[PanosGR]

a ton of positives????

name one

[grizz441]

name one

Two packed arenas during primetime to choose from.

[Clone155]

Two packed arenas during primetime to choose from.

To choose from? There is always only one option

[lazydog]

why we go though this every wednesday

[Motherland]

To choose from? There is always only one option

3/4 of the time when I log on Orange is uncapped. Half of the time I go to Blue anyway. The only time I try to get in to Orange (when it's capped) is if there are squadies on in that arena.

[Matrix]

 so 2 hours later i check arena's and this is the difference:

EW  Green     3/350
MW  Purple    9/350
LW  Orange   104/100
LW   Blue      102/150

[Motherland]

@3:07PM EST it was:
114/200 Orange
107/150 Blue

[Wedge1126]

Everyone can fix the arena cap problem. In this case, logging into Blue will increase the cap on Orange. Problem solved!

[AWwrgwy]

so 2 hours later i check arena's and this is the difference:

EW  Green     3/350
MW  Purple    9/350
LW  Orange   104/100
LW   Blue      102/150

@3:07PM EST it was:
114/200 Orange
107/150 Blue

OK.  At 2PM there are two more people in Orange than Blue.  At 3PM there are seven more people in Orange than Blue.

Why is Orange better than Blue?


Noon is the start of the cap.  The numbers are meaningless.  It is as if they close one arena all together and open an new, better arena.

Why the numbers in EW and MW?  Because there is only one EW and MW arena.  Get the numbers up in those arenas and a second arena will open as well as the dynamic cap.

Before someone chimes in with "one LW arena" or "start the cap at 400", how would you like it to be:

Orange: 402/400
Blue: 102/450
?


wrongway


wrongway

[Matrix]

It's pretty evident what people want.  Yeah there are the few that enjoy the EW and MW, but the overwhelming numbers look to get in the LW with Orange being preferred over Blue. 


 

Before someone chimes in with "one LW arena" or "start the cap at 400", how would you like it to be:

Orange: 402/400
Blue: 102/450
?

I'd actually prefer this cause i stand a better chance getting in Orange in a few minutes.

[SlapShot]

but the overwhelming numbers look to get in the LW with Orange being preferred over Blue.

And that is only due to the fact that Orange is first in the list ... switch it's position with Blue ... and Blue will be the most popular.