Grand Company in Need bonus

[Ultimatecalibur]

I wonder if an "Adventurer in Need" Bonus similar to the ones given out by the roulettes might help out Frontline queue times. (e.g. If fewer Adders are queing for Frontlines, they would get bonus PvPXP Wolfmarks after the battle is over to incentivize players to que as Adders.)

[Vandril]

That's actually a clever idea. It would help keep queue times slightly shorter (or drastically, if you're Maelstrom) while also helping preserve GC population balance.

[FoxNoir]

That certainly couldn't hurt.
The constant losing just turns off Adder pvp'ers.

Adders need an pvp echo buff. Lol

[Namasu]

Disagree. I'm adders and even though *supposedly* we are the worst frontline GC in all data center, I don't feel like we deserve a tome/exp buff, much less an echo buff. We already got the loser bonus multiplier that builds up if you keep finishing 3rd. That's more than enough to allow us to gain almost as much as the winning teams despite our losses.

No there just isn't a good reason to *buff* a GC or give extra incentive in anyway just because people aren't winning every single game (last I played on Aether it wasn't too hard to get a win out of 3 or 4 games which imo is the acceptable rate). People are gonna frontline with their GC because they like frontline. If they can't handle the loss streak, they can take the cheap way out and bandwagon to the *supposedly* winning GC and see how green the grass is on the other side. OR they can just suck up to it and find people from the same GC who enjoy frontline and roll together.

With that being said, this wouldn't have been an issue if frontline was a server vs server or FC vs FC thing and the GC restriction for queue wasn't forcibly tied to the lore and shoved down our throat. When the frontline population starts to dwindle, the flaw behind the GC lock will start to show even more.

[Ultimatecalibur]

Disagree. I'm adders and even though *supposedly* we are the worst frontline GC in all data center, I don't feel like we deserve a tome/exp buff, much less an echo buff. We already got the loser bonus multiplier that builds up if you keep finishing 3rd. That's more than enough to allow us to gain almost as much as the winning teams despite our losses.

My suggestion isn't about rewarding the losing side, but about rewarding the side or sides with the fewest number of members currently queuing. It could be Adders one day, Flames the next week and Maelstrom 30 minutes later.

If GC A has ~24 more members queuing than GC B, GC C ~48 more members queuing than GC B and the average match lasts 15 minutes, GC A members are going to have around a 5 to 20 minute queues, GC B is going to have a 20 to 40 minute queues with a chance of a 5 minute queue, and GC C is going to have 60+ minute queues.

[Namasu]

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Sorry if I took your post too far out of context, been seeing too many ppl complain about adders losing and things started to blur. But in any case, some of my points still stand. The best way to fix the current queue problem in the long term would be to rethink the GC restriction.

If we are to add small incentives though then I'd like to see a daily bonus attained by playing 5 games or more in a day. This ensure that people are coming back for more instead of going for 1 quick round for the bonus like expert roulette and forget about it until tomorrow.

[NorthernLadMSP]

That certainly couldn't hurt.
The constant losing just turns off Adder pvp'ers.

Adders need an pvp echo buff. Lol

WOW, instead of asking for an echo buff, why not try getting better?

[Divinemight]

WOW, instead of asking for an echo buff, why not try getting better?

Are you really believe that Twin Adders have all the bad players? Our probelm is the population. For the most of time, the Twin Adders always have to play with 18 to 20 players when game has started for 3 mins already. This is a devastating disadvantage because time matters a lot on the Frontline.

[NorthernLadMSP]

Are you really believe that Twin Adders have all the bad players? Our probelm is the population. For the most of time, the Twin Adders always have to play with 18 to 20 players when game has started for 3 mins already. This is a devastating disadvantage because time matters a lot on the Frontline.

Did I say a word about the Twin Adders? No. Please learn to read.

I simply stated that instead of asking for an echo buff, get better at PVP. This was directly at the person I quoted, not the general population.

[Vandril]

WOW, instead of asking for an echo buff, why not try getting better?

They were joking.

I can't, in my right mind, even begin to believe that anyone would seriously ask for a GC-based echo buff in PvP.