How come tying in a BG is worth as much honor as losing one? It doesn't make any sense at all
How come tying in a BG is worth as much honor as losing one? It doesn't make any sense at all
I guess Blizz has taken a you play to win stance on Bg's.
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because you haven't won the bg obviously. this isn't a real life sport league mate. its victory or death. and a draw in this case, is a loss, since you didn't make any kind of progress.
A draw should be worth more than a loss especially in a rated matchmaking system because the system is supposed to pit two teams with similar MMS against one another, which artificially increases the odds of a tie at no fault of the players.
Because both teams need a lower rating, to face worse oppenents so they can actually play at the level they were at and not have a 40 some minute game. Helps you learn your comp better I suppose.
Yeah it makes sense in the game that a Tie = a Loss because you didn't achieve anything. I guess the compensation for you time is the honor from kills and achievement counts.
You get extra honor for winning, not for not losing.
No. You fought a battle. You had deaths. You now have wounded to deal with. You still have an aggressive enemy at your border, it's not safe to rest or rebuild yet.
If you go to war, and don't achieve anything, then you have lost. Simply put, you lost whatever you invested in the battle, and saw no return on that investment.
That is a textbook example of loss.
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If you dont win you should take a points hit. You are playing to win you are not playing to not lose.
Off topic a bit but how much can draws happen in a BG in flag cap matches the team that caps last wins so it would have to be a king of the hill where you both hit 2000 or 1600 on the same tic that cant happen often. Maybe some crazy SotA that you get the relic at the same time they did.
Last edited by Alvito; 2011-09-14 at 11:59 PM.
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This is not the special olympics. You did not win, therefore no extra reward. You are lucky you even get honor for losing beyond hks.
Its simple, to prevent teams to break the system and just play draws, for easy ratings
There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want