What would make you queue? (long post)

[Vaeria]

Unranked 4 vs 4 or dropping penalties for loss altogether are the only way to keep continued play alive for feast.

The majority of pvpers are just twitching addicts who wanna get a fix as quickly and painlessly as possible. If the rumors are true regarding GC removal from FL, and seeing how well 8 vs 8 went when it actually popped, FL will increase waaaay more, even at night time. Against this speed. feast as things currently are, will continue to go extinct quicker and quicker (season 4 im betting will probably die even quicker since I doubt the reward wont generate even half as much interest as the inc mount for 3.

Currently, looks like only 2 types of people are playing feast now: Higher ranked diehards who wanna keep advancing their score for whatever reason and semi-casuals who just wanna get some form of pvp in. For anyone above say...rank 30, who has enough points to spare to eat a few losses, technically, theres no real reason NOT to play. For anyone below, just the thought of dropping in rank is disquieting and motivation to stay away. As long as people have to play with their backs to the wall so to speak, with something precious to lose, theyre not gonna wanna risk more than they have to. The lower down one is in the rankings, the less incentive they have to play once they get to a point of safety.

While no pointloss for loss converts ranked feast into something of a grind, it dfeinately DOESNT discourage people from continuing to try...in fact...it encourages it. "Assuming so-and-so doesnt play today...how many wins will it take me to catch up to him?" is alot more forward thinking than "If I lose this next match...how far will I fall?" And while 20 people will immediately give 40 seperate reasons why removing loss penalty is a bad idea, considering ques are already dead, not much to lose if you want some movement at all.

Unranked 4 vs 4 is the other option but thats gonna have to do with more just for love of the game (which would still be fine for me) And the best option of all...rating decay. Put a gun to everyones head and force em to actually have to work to keep their rank alive. Will this cause more stress and anxiety? MUCH more but....thats kinda the idea. If you care about your rank...you're compeled to keep fighting to defend it. Either way, until something drastic happens and people's hands are forced....feast isnt gonna improve any. I mean....this time around we're getting mounts, best motivation of all...and the problem of dead ques STILL remains...so obviously rewarding wasnt the solution t begin with.