17-12-2016, 08:10 AM
I think the change in the gameplay comes from the structure change of the community. It seems there are less players overall these days, less new ppl come while many long time players remain. That results in an average player being much wealthier. It's not unusual to have 4 wall bringers + 3 tome bringers on server. The top tier support items' used to be rare 2 years ago and now they are common. So the team walls off and you have to be careful for enemy ranged only.
Same refers to weaps: it was typical CTS were the best throwables on server in the old days, you have Dragon Breath available for pikemen in many runs now. So there are stronger cades at hand and at the same time the enemy inf get killed more quickly.
One possible remedy (that doesn't require the items stats change) could be the maps: on a map with the only available spot for ranged that is beyond the cadeing spot (instead of aside) you can't wall off and there's no way to hold the enemy without shielders, take a look at Caravan Ambush and compare to the Great Hall.
Same refers to weaps: it was typical CTS were the best throwables on server in the old days, you have Dragon Breath available for pikemen in many runs now. So there are stronger cades at hand and at the same time the enemy inf get killed more quickly.
One possible remedy (that doesn't require the items stats change) could be the maps: on a map with the only available spot for ranged that is beyond the cadeing spot (instead of aside) you can't wall off and there's no way to hold the enemy without shielders, take a look at Caravan Ambush and compare to the Great Hall.