Arena cap

[grizz441]

Rgr.  

This is a ridiculous thread about something that happens every day and will never change.  The knee-jerk reaction is the OP.

Like I said it is no problem for me and I think the pros outweigh the cons for caps but for some, the cons might outweigh the pros.

[Hap]

Caps vex.

[68ZooM]

[TheDudeDVant]

Too bad we American players are not as important as those other late night players that don't have to deal with the caps.

[BillyD]

Arena Caps late at night for the US are not necessary. There is no purpose at all...it's not like there is gonna be an influx of 1001001010 players all of a sudden LOL. HTC could just flip it to 400 for each arena at the end of the day and go home happy to their wives and domestic/imported beverages whilst we pwn  in whatever arena we want.

[Pongo]

"You cannot complain about the arena cap ten minutes after it goes into effect.

Go to the other arena.  I bet all your squadies could get in too.

It's your $15.  Don't play and wait as long as you like.

Here's some cheese to look at while you wait....
"
Hey, what a stupid post, you must have real issues, thanks for sharing them with us.

[SlapShot]

HTC shot themselves in the foot by supplying too much information. So much angst is created by seeing what the CAP number is and what the current population is.

They should just get rid of the numbers and show ... "FULL" or "OPEN" ... next to an arena.

[Lusche]

Too bad we American players are not as important as those other late night players that don't have to deal with the caps.

Overall, Euro players are more hurt by caps. Caps kick in right at our prime time (1900 here). Before Arena Caps, I was able to play with 200-300 players in an arena at my time. Nowadays, I'm very often stuck to less than hundred for hours. For a player like me, that did not come to AH for 1v1 duels but for large battles and a very diverse gameplay, it often simply sucks. For a similar gameplay experience I once had at my prime time, I now have to stay up until like 3-4 in the morning.

It may be true that 600 players is too much for a single arena environment... but from my own egoistical standpoint, 125/100 and 50/150 surely ain't not better than having a single 175 players arena.

[captain1ma]

[grizz441]

Start the caps 4 hours later than it is set to engage currently and deactivate them an hour earlier than it is currently.  That would fix a lot of problems imo.  Fluctuate the initiations and closing times accordingly as the monthly stats alter.  /discussion

[Lusche]

Start the caps 4 hours later than it is set to engage currently

For myself that would be great... but then you would face another problem:

LWO 300/100  
LWB 20/150

In other words, you would delay and even magnifiy arena imbalances.

How to deal with this situation?

[grizz441]

For myself that would be great... but then you would face another problem:

LWO 300/100  
LWB 20/150

In other words, you would delay and even magnifiy arena imbalances.

How to deal with this situation?

Activate caps an hour before the peak log in times.

[JimmyC]

end caps
job done

[ACE]

 

[doleboy]

end caps
job done

U Da Man....