People avoiding keep defence in favor of farming contribution

[lefze]

First of, I'm not sure where to post this, so sorry if it's in the completely wrong place.

Not sure if I'm the only one getting tilted when a a whole faction refuse to defend their keep, and just sit on empty BOs and run supplies instead. Seems to me that the current zonelock mechanics just don't work because of the mentality a majority of players have. Doesn't help that the contribution system makes it possible to get top contribution without even stepping a foot inside the keep area, and doesn't seem to matter if you are attacking or defending, it's always more profitable to just ignore the keep.

The situation makes the game almost impossible to play properly, unless you see getting a gold bag as the ultimate victory of the game. Right now the whole thing is a BO/supply grind with the goal being contribution. This in turn leads to warbands not wanting to fight and discourages actually improving personal skills and in general puts actual fighting in a spot where it's nothing more than an afterthought unless you can steamroll a 6-man as 2 warbands.

The RIGHT solution to the issue would be that people change their mindset and priorities, but as this is not gonna happen, ever, I beg that the server management takes a serious look at basic mechanics to reward those that fight and at the very least make life a little more difficult for the people that don't want to contribute to the one thing in this game that actually matters, namely fighting the enemy.

It's probably not my place to come with any suggestions, but I would start with increasing personal rewards from kills and removing the heavy emphasis on the zonelock loot roll. I would also like to suggest making the keep area give increased rewards from kills, somewhere around the lines of 2-3x renown/medallions as long as the keep is lit up. Locking BOs for the time of the siege would also be a step in the right direction in my opinion, the only downside to this is that you would have to figure out a system for supplies to repair doors.

That's all, and sorry again if the post is in the wrong place.

[Hargrim]

I quoted your post in the patch thread.