Apparently some Alliances didn't get the memo about the AW rating lock
SiriusBreak
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We unfortunately ran into an Alliance which I can only surmise is attempting to tank. 11 out of 23 players placed in a 3 BG war. However, I did learn something from this. If you do not have a Champion placed on a Boss node, the whole of the BG's defenders do not get the Defense Tactics Global Node. However it is annoying as 1 of our BGs will get 0 practice with any form of DT. Unfortunately not much can be done about this. Yeah, it's easy shards, and Loyalty, but we're running AW during the Off Season to learn about these. It's bloody frustrating.
The crazy thing is, the same exact thing happened last Off Season during our 1st AND 3rd war (same Alliance taboot as we lost our 2nd war). Ran into an Alliance that clearly was tanking and it took away from our opportunity to learn the new Map. The tactic in itself is ridiculous, and annoying to those who play straight up. Although at the same time, I do understand why it was done in the past. It's a tactical maneuver. Just a very irritating one. The major upside for us has been taken away to detour the practice (easy war rating boost). So all in all, today is essentially a waste of a war and locks up champs that could've been better utilized elsewhere.
With all that said, I'm still quite happy they employed this. Hopefully all those that missed the memo will stop trying to do this after seeing it no longer works. In turn, stop screwing over Alliances that are trying to make the most of the Off Season in learning as much about Defense Tactics as possible. The practice in itself is completely unethical for a myriad of reasons. I know, looking for ethical play in a game is occasionally pointless considering there's people who lack the care to play straight up.
The crazy thing is, the same exact thing happened last Off Season during our 1st AND 3rd war (same Alliance taboot as we lost our 2nd war). Ran into an Alliance that clearly was tanking and it took away from our opportunity to learn the new Map. The tactic in itself is ridiculous, and annoying to those who play straight up. Although at the same time, I do understand why it was done in the past. It's a tactical maneuver. Just a very irritating one. The major upside for us has been taken away to detour the practice (easy war rating boost). So all in all, today is essentially a waste of a war and locks up champs that could've been better utilized elsewhere.
With all that said, I'm still quite happy they employed this. Hopefully all those that missed the memo will stop trying to do this after seeing it no longer works. In turn, stop screwing over Alliances that are trying to make the most of the Off Season in learning as much about Defense Tactics as possible. The practice in itself is completely unethical for a myriad of reasons. I know, looking for ethical play in a game is occasionally pointless considering there's people who lack the care to play straight up.
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(Edit: this is my assumption. I've never tanked but figure you get SOME rewards even if you don't do much. Or if you complete the offensive portion but don't want to waste 5 top champs for two days by putting them on D)
The major issue in AW isn't really tanking but rather ally swapping. 3 of the top 5 allys in Masters are doing this (besides many, many others). Drop to a lower rated ally that you illegally paid to have the treasury filled. Then ditto the following off-season.
If it's the latter of the 3, it's still frustrating for those who want to learn how Defense Tactics works. When an Alliance enlists, only 11 players place in a 3 BG war, and you get matched against said Alliance... that's a bit frustrating. Especially when you take the time to do a full defense grid layout to see how your defenders would function. All those champs are now tied up, and time was essentially wasted. If it were just another Off Season, we'd probably just take a few wars off in general. That's not exactly the case here though.
ADD ON - If it is known that you won't have your full crew in, why bother opening 3 BGs? Perhaps I'm just a bit too practical and don't understand people these days. *shrug*
Is it fair play? debatable. Is it what Kabam wants, probably not. Will alliances do it? most definitely.
But I'm also coming from the position of being in a Gold 2 ally and will move to a new ally if I want more challenge/rewards or want to scale back.