I agree but 6v6 is a weird number (and probably too small to lead to balanced matches) and 12v12 might be too much if the maps aren't large enough. 8v8 seems the logical choice since group sizes are already 4. Premades could still queue as a full group, but no single team would ever be made up of an entire premade like they are now so matches would probably end up a lot more balanced.

They should have gone with 8v8 at the start and I don't understand why there was no pushback on the idea of three teams from the rest of the development team towards whoever thought it was a good idea. It was and still is a terrible idea and generally leads to chaotic, unfun matches where you're almost always fighting either outnumbered or against a full premade if you're a good player. Due to the permanent snare meta (which hasn't gone anywhere because you can still be permanently snared, lol) and the reasons I just listed, I rarely queue for BGs these days. They just aren't fun.

SacredEarth wrote: »

6v6 would work nicely tho, 8v8 or more would need bigger maps. BGs are already a cluster-*** with 12 players.

Generally when you design proper 2 team bg maps, assuming the devs know what they are doing, you create proper incentives for objective play while still emphasizing pvp. Well made 8v8 maps would easily have players split up and make cluster *** a non factor based on how the maps are designed both in game modes and geography.

But yes, simply hitting a switch and making the existing eso BGs 8v8 would absolutely not work. Its one of the main pain points - changing the format of bgs to a far superior one would require backtracking on development work that clearly took time.