R.I.P. Feast?

[KenjiMuyo]

30 minute queue at 6:30 pm as a healer on Primal.

Any other data centers tried queue'ing? What do your times look like?

[Aviars]

30 minute queue at 6:30 pm as a healer on Primal.

Any other data centers tried queue'ing? What do your times look like?

It's a new patch and people are busy with the new content. The new Shatter mode is also here so it might take a week for things to get back to normal.

[FREEHURP]

+ most of the top 100s are doing PVE thangs, taking a break to preserve their rank, Shatter, etc.

[Petite]

Having server transferred and lost my rank, I'm eager to go back in Feast and grind it back up. I did 10 games so far before patch but now I'm stuck with balancing the new content, the new relic and studying for my mid-terms.

I see they haven't taken out the eso rewards from Feast and from the looks of it, it seems like it's a much bigger grind than in 3.3. I know not many Feasts are being played currently, but can anyone testify if people have been throwing games?

[Aviars]

Having server transferred and lost my rank, I'm eager to go back in Feast and grind it back up. I did 10 games so far before patch but now I'm stuck with balancing the new content, the new relic and studying for my mid-terms.

I see they haven't taken out the eso rewards from Feast and from the looks of it, it seems like it's a much bigger grind than in 3.3. I know not many Feasts are being played currently, but can anyone testify if people have been throwing games?

The top 100 on on all but one of the Data Centers were completely dead yesterday. You can look at the ladders and see that no one played 1 game.

[Petite]

The top 100 on on all but one of the Data Centers were completely dead yesterday. You can look at the ladders and see that no one played 1 game.

I'm wondering if I'll make it back on the top 100 at all now Y^Y

[TiaHariberux3]

Having server transferred and lost my rank, I'm eager to go back in Feast and grind it back up. I did 10 games so far before patch but now I'm stuck with balancing the new content, the new relic and studying for my mid-terms.

I see they haven't taken out the eso rewards from Feast and from the looks of it, it seems like it's a much bigger grind than in 3.3. I know not many Feasts are being played currently, but can anyone testify if people have been throwing games?

^Well wasnt the best idea to transfer server right before new frontline is released.

[Thekk]

Every one knew feast was going to slow down a lot with the patch, though I didn't expect it to be completely dead like it is. It might pick up a bit once they announce when 3.35 comes out and the season comes to an end (if it's anything like usual, it should be 5 weeks from now), but it adds credence to the argument that it should have ended with 3.3.

[Dimitrii]

On primal the rankings are way too tight starting from mid to bottom for feast to stay dead all the way through till 3.35. Once they announce the release date for 3.35 more than half of the top 100 most likely gonna be forced to play simply because there just isn't enough separation in points. Case in point #47 currently has 1149 points while #100 has 1030. That's only a 119 point difference which is nothing. Especially considering the fact that just before the patch hit the minimum amount of points to get into the top 100 was rapidly rising again (for weeks the late 990s was enough to get in and in the span of like 3 or 4 days it finally not only eclipsed 1k points but went up to 1030 points (and will likely keep climbing later on). I'm still of the opinion if you have less than 1150 points you do not have the points to be able to safely just retire and ride out the season and will most likely have to feast again later on whether you want to or not to remain in the top 100.

Whether you ended the season at 3.3 or 3.35 seems irrelevant to me because even if you ended the season at 3.3 you would still have to wait a week or 2 to start the new feast. New PVE content will always supercede PVP even for the most hardcore of PVP'ers usually. So if you are gonna suffer this dead period in feast regardless you may as well let it end at 3.35 and give ppl outside the top 100 a shot at getting in later.

[Thekk]

Whether you ended the season at 3.3 or 3.35 seems irrelevant to me because even if you ended the season at 3.3 you would still have to wait a week or 2 to start the new feast. New PVE content will always supercede PVP even for the most hardcore of PVP'ers usually. So if you are gonna suffer this dead period in feast regardless you may as well let it end at 3.35 and give ppl outside the top 100 a shot at getting in later.

Funny you'd give your example starting with rank #47 given that's me xD.

In the past month, rank 100 was going up 10-20 points at most a week, sometimes less. I seriously doubt it'll move up by over 100 in the 2-3 weeks after they announce 3.35 is coming, if we even get that much of a heads up. Considering that at that rating, losses start costing more than wins gives you (all depending on how "balanced" your match is), you'll need 5 more wins than losses to get that, and all those people are going to be fighting each other. I simply don't see 50 people getting that many points that fast, especially with a reduced number of matches going on.

We all know that PvE has more importance than PvP for a huge portion of the player base, and I think that's exactly why it should have ended with a major patch (3.3). There is a lot more time for people to clear the smaller amount of new content in a minor patch during the long period before the next major patch in opposition to clearing the bigger amount of new content from a major patch before the next small patch hits shortly after. Players with less time on their hands had a much better opportunity to compete for a final rush right before 3.3 hit because they had plenty of time to finish all they had to before. Now when 3.35 hits, they'll have to make choices between working on PvE or PvP. And all that is leaving aside that with the addition of Shatter, the PvP community is now split.