Can't use AW defender on AQ attack, even when not in war.

My alliance typically does 2 BG war, with the occasional 3 BG war. I am not a fan of war so I am in BG3 and 9/10 times am not participating in any active war. Can anyone explain why I am not able to use AW defenders on AQ attack, when my BG is not in an active war?

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A_Fungi

Because you still have defenders placed... simply unplace them until you are going to do war

GotchaRexi

Because you still have defenders placed... simply unplace them until you are going to do war

I understand how to fix it, but with the way placement works now, it makes absolutely no sense to have it work this way.

A_Fungi

Because you still have defenders placed... simply unplace them until you are going to do war
I understand how to fix it, but with the way placement works now, it makes absolutely no sense to have it work this way.

Okay, let me take a stab at why

AQ is the one mode champs are locked into now, so you can't have champs in a quest or in aw

If this was bypassed by simply turning bgs off and then you could enter AQ, it's a potential skate

Although this would also not make much sense if you intend to play aw since your champs would be locked in AQ

But if you don't play AW... I really am failing to see the problem lol

GotchaRexi

Because you still have defenders placed... simply unplace them until you are going to do war
I understand how to fix it, but with the way placement works now, it makes absolutely no sense to have it work this way.
Okay, let me take a stab at why

AQ is the one mode champs are locked into now, so you can't have champs in a quest or in aw

If this was bypassed by simply turning bgs off and then you could enter AQ, it's a potential skate

Although this would also not make much sense if you intend to play aw since your champs would be locked in AQ

But if you don't play AW... I really am failing to see the problem lol

Because we occasionally do 3 BG war and there is no more placement phase... I know my position is fairly unique, but its just like its the worst of both worlds. I just don't see why it can't be like it used to be. Before you could use a placed champ up until the war actually started. They could just do the same thing now.

SummonerNR

Same for Persistent Defenders that are different for the + (Up) or - (Down) potential Tier Maps for defense.
Even if a defender is NOT in what your “Current Tier” is, they are still considered “locked”.

Hopefully the system will be more accurate/forgiving in the future (such that if there is no possible way that particular defenders might actually get “put into play” for *any* AW during the course of what the current AQ day would be, that they should be able to be used for that day's AQ), but for now it is what it is.
It would be complex to do, and lots of (well, it was only a couple hours of potential overlapping time) complaints. So the current system is just easiest to implement.