second No CP campaign in Europe (PC) needed

Thraben · April 2021

Dear Devs,

the queue time in Ravenwatch is quickly becoming unbearable.

Please watch this closely - I cannot say whether CP fugitives, F2P players, or the absence of a faction lock is the problem here,

but having to wait for more than one hour even in the middle of the week is too long, hands down.

Izanagi.Xiiib16_ESO · April 2021

Thraben wrote: »

Dear Devs,

the quieu time in Ravenwatch is quickly becoming unbearable.

Please watch this closely - I cannot say whether CP fugitives, F2P players, or the absence of a faction lock is the problem here,

but having to wait for more than one hour even in the middle of the week is too long, hands down.

I believe a number of DC guilds switched over due to the AD overpopulation & morning cap on CP so you'll likely have far more queues.

EU has been unbalanced for years (at least 5+) I think the boat has long since passed to do anything about the issue now. I suggest you guys just move to NA and enjoy better pvp

Thraben · April 2021

Well it was okay, when only the reds had the queue

Actually, 5 years ago it was great on Azura's Star:

80 reds roaming the map, and maybe 30 yells and blues each during prime time at most, wonderful times

Though it would be quite interesting to know why Europeans seem to prefer NoCP while it seems to be be far less popular in the US.

LarsS · April 2021

I think the difference between EU and NA has nothing to do with cp or non-cp. With the new nerfed cp system one can play with the same builds. The CP campaign was the most popular until recently, but at least on the DC side many moved to non-cp due to toxity and lack of pug leaders. In addition the AD morning cap dont help.

Firstmep · April 2021

LarsS wrote: »

I think the difference between EU and NA has nothing to do with cp or non-cp. With the new nerfed cp system one can play with the same builds. The CP campaign was the most popular until recently, but at least on the DC side many moved to non-cp due to toxity and lack of pug leaders. In addition the AD morning cap dont help.

AD had been morning capping the main campaign since the days of big boss, it's nothing new.
As for the new cp system, meh it probably isn't the cause for change yeah.

Zabagad · April 2021

Funny Thread

For me as an AD Player in the same campaign I had no queue since the last midyear event.
Even if I see the locked sign I already know I will get no queue, but most of the time we have less then 2 bars anyway.
So maybe it would be better for many reds and blues to activate their alts and go yellow for some time? I know its hard for you @Thraben , but maybe others could switch...?
Job description: AD is lacking of leaders for the "lfg" players

So dear Devs,
if we get one more campaign - pls only for blue and red.
AD needs all the players for ravenwatch

And I fully agree at Qbiken - It feels dead enough already. (except at some times at the weekend).

Pattceht · April 2021

Just switch to AD we have hardly any queue times, since lots of AD left for easy times in grayhost.

@Thraben are you playing on blue? If you are you guys have had a massive influx of cp players by the look of it.

Thraben · April 2021

Regarding the DC fugitives: that's maybe 12 people, one guild group. Given the fact that 2 other blue guilds are more or less inactive at the moment this alone cannot explain it. DC is generally the least popular faction with an average prime time attendancy in the last 4 years of around 60 players.

Qbiken wrote: »

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Maybe that, or something is not working as intended.

The Reds always had "the queue", but oftentimes there were only a few to find during prime time.

Pattceht · April 2021

The guilds called like something domain and there's a lot more than 12.

Also these last few weeks there's been a lot of pve players doing dailies in the towns which accounts for something.

Bucky_13 · April 2021

There's a lot of ep players and at least one ad guild who switched from raven to gray host recently. I and most of my guildies switched as well, main reason being the insane queue times I do prefer the combat in no cp, but I hate queues far more. No idea how queue times are for ad or dc, but from my ep perspective, eu needs a 2nd no CP campaign badly.