[2021] What in the ...

These mechanics might seem confusing at first. Possibly even frustrating. But our hope is that the net result is that it will feel like the least-obtrusive method to date for combating the serious issue of Border Lockdown. Border Lockdown is our internal name for the issue of players locking down a whole region, and then both teams leave to join another contested region to do the same thing. This has historically led to large queue times, and server instability as we struggle to maintain the massive concentration of players.

Border lockdown presents a large threat to the game's stability particularly during high population wars. It is important that we address this critical issue before the game gets any larger. However during the more regular smaller-scale wars which you're all used to, the intention of this system is to be as low-impacting as possible.

Please help us by identifying any pain points and surfacing them here, or on our discord.

Thank you.