Mad Dawg said:
blak said:
True...would be interesting to see Balion face BkS minus Scott Ray and Akmar
So Balion playing with 0 cav?
It honestly doesn't matter. At this point I feel you guys would more than likely win. BkS has had no real heart in this game since after the KTIT. We haven't tried to get better since then. But this is not my point...
I am more just disappointed with what competitive Warband has become. Its not really a test of skill anymore, nor has it been for a while now(including much of the time before we lost to Balion the first time)...The game has "evolved" to the point that scrims are merely seeing who can pick off the most opponents without directly engaging your enemy. Nor does it help that Battle mode is simply not meant for competitive play. After playing CS:GO a good bit, I think that warband (Warband 2 more likely) could be just as popular. But it wont be if things stay the same.
What a competitive Warband scrim used to be:
- fast paced scrims
- Engaged enemy early
- Largely infantry based
- team fighting
- cav supported engagements
What competitive Warband is now:
- long drawn out rounds
- archer based
- cav catalyst for engagements (closed maps included)
- positioning for MOTF
- waiting for MOTF
- fight over MOTF = archer spread and heavy horse bumps
tldr;
Warband has lost the brutality, teamwork, and skillset that made it fun.
ALSO, this isn't aimed at Balion either, I really do like those guys, played international tournaments with most of them anyway. I even voted 1 on the peers/peasant trade.