Should Anet dedicate resources to fixing Stronghold?

[Yerlock.4678]

Should Anet dedicate resources to fixing Stronghold?

[Frequency.6407]

It's a fun mode when you're bored of conquest

[Saiyan.1704]

I chose "leave it dead" because they shouldn't fix Stronghold. They need to gut it completely and add the items that we asked for. A sense of individual progression as you get kills similiar how a moba works. Likewise, there's little strategy and little risk when going through the lanes.

They honestly missed the ball on Stronghold so badly that it just needs to be deleted and remade.

[Bazsi.2734]

What's Stronghold?

[ArthurDent.9538]

They should make one of the daily AT's (like every Balthazar's brawl) stronghold at least for a few weeks possibly with increased rewards of some kind to get more skilled players in the game mode to figure out what exactly should be fixed in it. Because I think the game mode is generally pretty good but people in this gamemode seem to hate everything that plays a bit different than the standard conquest maps.

[Avatar.3568]

3 hours ago, ArthurDent.9538 said:

They should make one of the daily AT's (like every Balthazar's brawl) stronghold at least for a few weeks possibly with increased rewards of some kind to get more skilled players in the game mode to figure out what exactly should be fixed in it. Because I think the game mode is generally pretty good but people in this gamemode seem to hate everything that plays a bit different than the standard conquest maps.

Skilled Player know exactly how it works, thats why it left ranked

 

You Push your lane as fast as possible and win, its more Like a speedrun race than pvp

[ArthurDent.9538]

2 hours ago, Avatar.3568 said:

Skilled Player know exactly how it works, thats why it left ranked

 

You Push your lane as fast as possible and win, its more Like a speedrun race than pvp

That strategy only works when your team is far stronger than your opponents. It was good for farming randoms in ranked during the early season's because the games would end way faster than a similarly imbalanced conquest match which is time gated by the points ticking to 500.

[CalmTheStorm.2364]

I think a lot of people misunderstand/underestimate SH. There's the potential for a lot of good back and forth gameplay if the teams are evenly matched and everyone understands the game mechanics. Unfortunately, people don't play it much, so many people don't understand even the basic objectives or map strategy simply because they haven't spent enough time in the game mode. Further, many of the people who do play it are noobs, so matches are often one-sided and not very dynamic.  But when you DO get 10 skilled and knowledgeable players in the game...man, it can be a blast.

 

And, as someone else pointed out, it's a nice change of pace from conquest.

 

As far as the game mode itself, I think the biggest areas for improvement are:

1) we need more maps. One map does not a game mode make.

 

2) the supply running mechanic is kinda tedious. Completing a channel/"commune with this place of power" (like with the mist heroes) to summon archers and door breakers might be better so you don't have to run back and forth all the time. It also forces players to stay in the middle more to promote engagements.

 

Alternatively, you could have several nodes to capture that spawn the summons. That provides some continuity between SH and conquest (which is good if we want to help new players learn both game modes).

 

3) would be nice if there were more than one path to the enemy Lord. This creates more opportunities for attacks rather than just funneling everyone through a narrow corridor.

 

4) balance the mist heroes. Grimm is currently so OP that there is no reason to use anything else. 

[Dr Meta.3158]

12 hours ago, Bazsi.2734 said:

What's Stronghold?

Stronghold is a bit like age of empires but with fun  quirky characters with funny voice acting, a smaller map, and more intense population management since you have to retain the loyalty of your people through love or fear while also dealing with other antagonistic enemies. The music is also great.

[Hotride.2187]

I'd rather have frequent spec balancing. Improving stronghold sounds like luxury problems. If spvp was otherwise getting the attention it needs, sure, why not.

[Ronin.4501]

I think it's funny that you think that Anet devotes ANY resources to SPvP at all, be it Stronghold OR Conquest. 🤣