Why allow shard chat?
Having belonged to one for over a year I can honestly say that these are about as unfair as can be. I've seen players trying to improve their ranking and payouts get put on a hit list, because they ca...
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There are shards where really selfish people run them and have to always be top of the board all times of the day etc, and then make everyone else in the chat to gang up on anyone not in the chat. I would support CG stepping in with shards like this, but I don't know what they could do about it.
Fortunately, the shards I am in are very laid back and mostly just rotate with other people in our payout, but not overly strict about it.
Personally, I see the shard chats as making a frustrating system more manageable. Without it it would be very frustrating dealing with sniping for top spots every day. The game is designed so offense has a massive advantage so everyone just beats each other on offense anyway so you can't rely on your defense to hold.
I do find it unfair that some people get 1st every day cause no one else is in their payout, and then me for example rotates with 5 other people in my payout. That's just how it goes though.
Fortunately, the shards I am in are very laid back and mostly just rotate with other people in our payout, but not overly strict about it.
Personally, I see the shard chats as making a frustrating system more manageable. Without it it would be very frustrating dealing with sniping for top spots every day. The game is designed so offense has a massive advantage so everyone just beats each other on offense anyway so you can't rely on your defense to hold.
I do find it unfair that some people get 1st every day cause no one else is in their payout, and then me for example rotates with 5 other people in my payout. That's just how it goes though.
