Going overboard with nodes

LoneCloud1

I think in the long run Kabam is turning people away from playing. We have quite a few in my alliance that wants to play war but last few wars with addition of 7* and almost every fight being 60k+ and Global nodes on top of regular nodes and banning of champs people are starting to be done with game. At the end of the day people are still playing a game and don’t want to be pissed off every time they do play. We have already lost people that spent money on game and a few more have mentioned being done with game completely.

Demonzfyre

Have you just started playing AW? Because the amount of nodes hasn't really changed. All the paths are virtually the same as they've been for years. Global nodes change but those have been around for a while too.

There are way less nodes than in content like MEQ, SQ and whatnot.

PT_99

Bro they did not even changed the nodes with new map formats.
Defenders have big hp but our attackers are also Ascended and 7r2-3.

LoneCloud1

I have been playing AW for years since 2016 and have watched the progression of this that and the other. The global node has been around a little bit now but that on top of everyone dropping in 7* now that are 60k+ and their not even on boss spots is ridiculous and burning people out. We were in a war the other day where the regular defenders (not bosses) was 93k. If the defenders are going to keep getting bigger and bigger then the having to jump thru so many hoops should stop or at least quite increasing. I was just rooted by a defender that did not have green global node symbol on them. No, I do not have a pic because I do not record my gameplay thinking there is going to be an issue. It’s not a character that has root already either.

LoneCloud1

PT_99 said:

Bro they did not even changed the nodes with new map formats.
Defenders have big hp but our attackers are also Ascended and 7r2-3.

I do not have 7r2-3. I have about 6 - 7r1 and I have 2 - 6r4 ascended.

Magrailothos

Is the problem the nodes, or the defenders?

The thing is, it only takes a couple of Necropolis explorers in an alliance to get pretty nasty defenders even in lower tier war.

My Alliance is very casual, running two BGs, so I'm waaaaaay down the ranks in Gold-5, but even so, the bosses we're attacking are frequently the likes of 7* r3 Maestro or Onslaught, and Ascended 5/65 Sig 200 Photon.

Since 7r3 is as high as any player currently owns anywhere, those will be amongst the toughest defenders in the game.

I can understand how they're a bit off-putting if you're trying not to take War too seriously.

LoneCloud1

Magrailothos said:

Is the problem the nodes, or the defenders?

The thing is, it only takes a couple of Necropolis explorers in an alliance to get pretty nasty defenders even in lower tier war.

My Alliance is very casual, running two BGs, so I'm waaaaaay down the ranks in Gold-5, but even so, the bosses we're attacking are frequently the likes of 7* r3 Maestro or Onslaught, and Ascended 5/65 Sig 200 Photon.

Since 7r3 is as high as any player currently owns anywhere, those will be amongst the toughest defenders in the game.

I can understand how they're a bit off-putting if you're trying not to take War too seriously.

It could also be bad matchups. We run 1BG because we only have about 10 that wanna play war. With that said we have some big accounts that do not play war. I’m sure we are getting matched against teams that all 10 players are high accounts when we have people that have less than 1m accounts.

SummonerNR

LoneCloud1 said:

It could also be bad matchups. We run 1BG because we only have about 10 that wanna play war. With that said we have some big accounts that do not play war. I’m sure we are getting matched against teams that all 10 players are high accounts when we have people that have less than 1m accounts.

Matchup is not based on strength (prestige) of your players.
Only based on your alliance's War Rating (wins vs losses, over time)

If you have built up your WR, you are matched with others with similar WR.

And at only 1 BG, much more likely to have a big mix of some high, some low but moving up, teams you end up facing in Wars around that WarRating.
And depending how many your stronger vs weaker players are doing the wars may cause you to move up higher than at where some of your lower players would be able to compete.

xLunatiXx

You're complaining to face 7r3s with your barely any 6r4 equivalent. I mean there's not much more to be said... Go back to story content or whatever will give you the best roster progression or just drop war rating.

Josh2507

Nodes in war are in a better place than recent story content

I’m trying to do 8.3 right now and I have to read a book before each path

Venoween

Fun is fading in this game. Gotchas everywhere.