MY ARENA CAP IDEA

[guncrasher]

321bar I work swing shift that means 2 to 10 PM PST.


Semp

[TnDep]

is it time to go for another LW arena yet? same dynamics? the only reason one is more populated than another is the favorable map... maybe a better map rotation then?

I'm sure the map plays a factor, but what about flying with your squadmates?  That's the priority for myself and sometimes it takes hours to even get into the arena there in.  Something needs to change.

[IrishOne]

is it time to go for another LW arena yet? same dynamics? the only reason one is more populated than another is the favorable map... maybe a better map rotation then?

    ive mostly noticed the big crappy maps that nobody like in arange with 201/150 numbers and the cool smaller maps in blue with 61/150 numbers.    these aren't exact numbers, don't quote me.  ( i know some of you really want to )

[The Fugitive]

I'm sure the map plays a factor, but what about flying with your squadmates?  That's the priority for myself and sometimes it takes hours to even get into the arena there in.  Something needs to change.

Maybe your squad needs to change over to blue if flying together is that important.

[ImADot]

... but what about flying with your squadmates?  That's the priority for myself and sometimes it takes hours to even get into the arena there in.  Something needs to change.

Yep, and the something that needs to change is the attitude of your squad.  If it truly is important to fly together, you would all go to an arena where you can fly together.

[TnDep]

Yep, and the something that needs to change is the attitude of your squad.  If it truly is important to fly together, you would all go to an arena where you can fly together.

Well I'm speaking for myself and not the squad.  I enjoy flying with the people I know and have some conversations.  Orange is the better map and the more fun and thats where they fly.  If I can't get in there to fly in orange I fly in blue by my lonesome.  All I've heard is complaints about the arena cap, does anyone like it and explain why please I want to hear some opinions from the other side of the scope.

[TnDep]

Maybe your squad needs to change over to blue if flying together is that important.

Everyone likes the orange map better right now Fugitive but I guess everyone goes to where the action is and Orange is normally it. 

[Chilli]

Maybe your squad needs to change over to blue if flying together is that important.

Hmm  If every squad that wanted to fly together   .......   went to the arena with  the lowest numbers           ....wouldn't it soon become the arena that is capped......

Nothing ruins a good run with with a group of your buds faster than trying to move them to another arena, after they have assembled in one.  I say this because the caps change, if you haven't noticed. 

[The Fugitive]

Everyone likes the orange map better right now Fugitive but I guess everyone goes to where the action is and Orange is normally it. 

Thats where everyones thought process stops. WHat if we continued the process a bit farther.

• ok orange is full, use radio to call squad into blue.
• squad finishes up latest NOE horde run  and switches to blue
• nothing going on so YOUR squad starts a fight.
• after a base or two falling easy some defenders WILL show up to try and slow you down and your having fun again.

Hmm  If every squad that wanted to fly together   .......   went to the arena with  the lowest numbers           ....wouldn't it soon become the arena that is capped......

Nothing ruins a good run with with a group of your buds faster than trying to move them to another arena, after they have assembled in one.  I say this because the caps change, if you haven't noticed. 

And this is about the silliest thing anyone could say! Like I said above start your own fight in the second arena. Should the second arena fill up and cap out .....like it should.... the same thing happens all over in the other arenas.


Instead of looking at this as a negative, work out ways to flow with it. Learn how to start a fight better. Learn how to spot a fight better and so on. Switching arenas shouldn't be any more trouble to your self/squad than it is to switch to fighting on the other front of the same map! Too many people hold on to this BS that all the "cool kids" fly in Orange.

[RTHolmes]

And this is about the silliest thing anyone could say!

no it isnt, smileys aside chilli nailed it there.

with fixed caps, your scenario would work fine - LWO is full, call your squaddies into LWB and start a fight.

with dynamic caps, LWO is capped, call your squaddies into LWB. as they leave LWO it goes under the dynamic cap threshold and now LWB is capped and LWO has slots. Now half your squaddies are in LWB, the other half are in the lobby and cant get into LWB. so ... call them into LWO. same thing happens all over again.

we've tried doing what you suggested in the past, and the result was what I described above. end result was we just wasted 30-40mins dicking around logging into one arena or the other and the squad was still split between the 2 arenas just like when we started...

the point is that the dynamic caps make any kind of planning like this impossible.

[The Fugitive]

I've never seen that cap change that fast, unless your moving large numbers of people, or there is very low numbers in the arenas. Also, if the numbers are that close to bumping the cap, it only takes a couple of tries to get into which ever arena your trying to get into.

[321BAR]

    ive mostly noticed the big crappy maps that nobody like in arange with 201/150 numbers and the cool smaller maps in blue with 61/150 numbers.    these aren't exact numbers, don't quote me.  ( i know some of you really want to )

guess it's all about taste huh? but i've loved alot of LWBlue maps in its rotation along with Orange

[sparow]

There's life beyond LW arenas you know?...

Never had trouble finding a arena to log into. But I find myself more frequently going all the way from EW, MW to LA to find a air-to-air fight...

Cheers,

[kvuo75]

no it isnt, smileys aside chilli nailed it there.

with fixed caps, your scenario would work fine - LWO is full, call your squaddies into LWB and start a fight.

with dynamic caps, LWO is capped, call your squaddies into LWB. as they leave LWO it goes under the dynamic cap threshold and now LWB is capped and LWO has slots. Now half your squaddies are in LWB, the other half are in the lobby and cant get into LWB. so ... call them into LWO. same thing happens all over again.

we've tried doing what you suggested in the past, and the result was what I described above. end result was we just wasted 30-40mins dicking around logging into one arena or the other and the squad was still split between the 2 arenas just like when we started...

the point is that the dynamic caps make any kind of planning like this impossible.

why does EVERYONE have to be together??? cant a few be in one arena, a few in the other???

see then you can dominate both!

[IrishOne]

guess it's all about taste huh? but i've loved alot of LWBlue maps in its rotation along with Orange

   what if u got no taste?!?  i base most of my decisions on coin flips....