Return of Reckoning

Is malus still in effect in the game? I haven't played in awhile and will only come back when its gone

Malus is still in the game. I can count 7 NA players I know that have left on account of it.

Malus and xrealming are part of the same medal. Introduced in late 2018.
Right after the release of vanquisher gear, the Realm population imbalance was so bad that something had to be done.
We are talking about 80 Order/20 Destro every day for 3 weeks straight on every zone.
I still agree on that decision.

Same story every time, City Sieges will be released eventually, or 2*XP Event and we will for sure face the same problem.

So.. thank you for that win team joiners.

The good thing about malus is that less people join lakes and decide it would be better to AFK in city waiting for sc pop or try find dungeons.

Haha, just kidding, most people log off because the malus has destroyed the RvR campaign. No point playing a pvp game where the game gives you a middlefinger for trying to pvp.

Wasnt there a dev comment somewhere saying something along the lines of:

"we felt like Malus was needed to adress "X" problem. if you guys can come up with a better solution to solving "X" and replacing Malus, we are all ears"

I could be wrong though.

what is malus?

wonshot wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 10:23 am Wasnt there a dev comment somewhere saying something along the lines of:

"we felt like Malus was needed to adress "X" problem. if you guys can come up with a better solution to solving "X" and replacing Malus, we are all ears"

I could be wrong though.

Not actual quote but contents is right

Natherul wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 11:57 am

wonshot wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 10:23 am Wasnt there a dev comment somewhere saying something along the lines of:

"we felt like Malus was needed to adress "X" problem. if you guys can come up with a better solution to solving "X" and replacing Malus, we are all ears"

I could be wrong though.

Not actual quote but contents is right

Do you guys actually feel like Malus addresses a problem or just punishes players for playing their preferred faction?

orillah wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 11:19 am what is malus?

If your realm is currently zerging (enemy realm has aao on the zone, I don't remember how much aao needed to trigger malus), renown gained from kills is reduced to 1 for your realm. That is malus.

but you can still gain gear and bags normally?