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[...] but what if the community took up the torch? What if we spread the idea that working the BGS in Solo/Private Group was 'cowardly' or sleazy, or at least a cheap shot?
This isn't a Solo vs. Open debate at all...it's an attempt to swing public opinion on one aspect of the game. This is also definitely NOT a case of naming & shaming or harassing players that would choose to work the BGS outside of Open. If anything, it's asking others to shun/denigrate the action, NOT the person. Any thoughts?
Full contradiction between posted intentions. This is classic "Hotel California" and indeed a mode discussion.
What if we instead spread the fact that working the BGS in various Instances, Time Zones, Game Modes and Platforms is fully working as intended and was always designed to do exactly that?
Then maybe that classic "I enjoy a specific Playstyle/Mode/Platform - thus the rest of the entire Universe has to as well" logical fallacy could finally reach the Retirement Home where it belongs...
What the BGS needs instead is some intraday Trend Indicators, both in Faction Influence and Faction buckets.
Nothing more than a simple "Winning" or "Losing" Trend, that's all it needs.
That is the missing key component to prevent daily surprises and get a clue if the own actions were sufficient or not. Or recognize something is wrong and start taking positive Action against it.
This detail of missing BGS Transparency IMHO is the key to giving BGS Groups the right tool to balance their own actions vs. any Opposition.
Other than that, the OP idea is Hotel California, Room #16228.
PS. Old rules of the road in the BGS world :
- if you want to succeed in manipulating the BGS , you got to be able to dish out - but also accept to get hit and overcome any resistance
- it matters not where the resistance came from, you still have to overcome it via BGS means one way or another
- direct PvP is utterly ineffective as a Primary BGS tool... you're wasting precious time and forfeit BGS effectiveness for personal fun. Personal choice, so no room for complaints. Your decision, you pay the potential price.
- far more Information than what meets the eye can be sourced from the Game... but it takes alot of experience and time to track down and benchmark Opposition, if that's your priority.
- efficiency and effectiveness is king, live by that and accept it - or risk going downhill.
- you'll have to revolve around the BGS and its rules, not the way around. Personal preferences don't matter one bit. That's the price any dedicated BGS worker has to pay. No exceptions.
Oh, and right now - as we speak - I'm manipulating the BGS.
Am I a coward for being on the PC Platform? Sure not.
Am I hiding from the -9GMT Time Zone? Nope. I'm a human so I need my sleep.
Am I while playing in Open a coward by hiding from XBOX Players? Don't think so.
Are others hiding or cowards because they don't happen to be on PC - Open - my Timezone - my personal Playtime - my Network Instance? *lol* of course not. That'd be a ridiculous and thoroughly infantile assumption.
(heck I've had plenty of Wingmen and Friends not appearing in my Instance often enough - and they sure as hell didn't "cowardly hide"
Bottom Line : I play my Game, they play theirs - none being the wiser.
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