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That's part of the strategy. A little bit playing chicken a little bit playing the points game.

So if you don’t have RL obligations in the last 30 minutes of scoring I guess you have the best strategy.

That's how "playing chicken" works.

I have not had anyone wait that long yet.

"Kyno;c-1739755" wrote:
That's how "playing chicken" works.

I have not had anyone wait that long yet.

You're right on the first part.

Almost every opponent is waiting until the last few hours on me and it's so aggravating lol.

"Kyno;c-1739755" wrote:
That's how "playing chicken" works.

I have not had anyone wait that long yet.

Oh my opponent is only attacking me now. Right after i cleared the board about 10min ago. Of course i was waiting too, but it’s 1230am now.

I said it before and i’ll say it again, just hide the fricking points. It’s not strategy if your opponent is forever disadvantaged by timezone. And if GA cycles don’t rotate through different timezones, it is plain unfair to those who live where GA ends at 2-6am.

Oh and maybe your opponents didnt wait that long because u know, perhaps GA ends at 5am for them so they don’t have much of a choice? Nice try.

How is waiting until the end a strategy? Shouldn't you be trying to clear the opponent's side and get as many points as possible doing so? What the other guy is (not) doing has no bearing on trying to do your best.

"Eddiemundie;c-1740462" wrote:

"Kyno;c-1739755" wrote:
That's how "playing chicken" works.

I have not had anyone wait that long yet.

Oh my opponent is only attacking me now. Right after i cleared the board about 10min ago. Of course i was waiting too, but it’s 1230am now.

I said it before and i’ll say it again, just hide the fricking points. It’s not strategy if your opponent is forever disadvantaged by timezone. And if GA cycles don’t rotate through different timezones, it is plain unfair to those who live where GA ends at 2-6am.

Oh and maybe your opponents didnt wait that long because u know, perhaps GA ends at 5am for them so they don’t have much of a choice? Nice try.

There is always a choice. Yes it is a strategy, just because one person may not be able to utilize it due to external factors doesnt change that fact.

"Trystan_Spyder;c-1740476" wrote:
How is waiting until the end a strategy? Shouldn't you be trying to clear the opponent's side and get as many points as possible doing so? What the other guy is (not) doing has no bearing on trying to do your best.

I will generally wait, but slowly clear out the more difficult teams. Saving the "easier" ones in case I dont clear on the first try to maybe make up points. But if you want to wait and see how your opponent does, that can be helpful. There is much less stress if they hit one or multiple 2s or possibly a 3.

First focus should always be a clean wins, but if I need the extra point or 2, i will go in with a man down when i can. I wouldnt normally do that if i didnt know if would give me a win. The risk vs reward is not great enough to do that for "no reason".

How about a 7???

"Trystan_Spyder;c-1740476" wrote:
How is waiting until the end a strategy? Shouldn't you be trying to clear the opponent's side and get as many points as possible doing so? What the other guy is (not) doing has no bearing on trying to do your best.

What the other guy does absolutely impacts what I will do. Winning a match at 55 banners is much easier than winning a match at 60 banners. If you know exactly how many points you need, it makes it easier to decide if you want to 4v5 a team or use a team that regains Protection or whatever. A lot of these matchups come down to just a few points, and these things matter. All you need to do is clear and the points don’t matter? Use a suicide IPD. Better not do that if you are needing near max banners though.

And yes, it is absolutely unfair if “playing chicken” is meant to be part of the strategy. What if GA is at 4 am for you? @Kyno I know you’ve argued that GA has to be 24 hours to accomodate everyone. How can you make that argument and then turn around here and admit that attacking last is a good strategy but defend forcing people to attack at a certain hour like it’s an arena payout?