Battle vs Siege

[Elindor]

I actually play a lot of both and like them both for different reasons.

Here's what I would say though if I had to pick one.

If there could be something that limits how long archers or HA/HX could just run around and hide and dick off after 90% of each team is dead and just spectating or watching midget porn...

...Then I might pick battle.  Otherwise, my pick would be siege.

I, like Penitent, work and have a lot of other things going on.  I don't get on to "oh when you die just dick off and browse the internet", I don't really have that kind of time luxury to waste and thats what it feels like - a waste.

While battle with one life can be intense, it can also be infuriating especially since most of the time one team is just getting curbstomped because of the balancer.  Believe it or not, I actually get into more good, 1v1(ish) duel type situations in siege.

[Gravoth_iii]

I prefer battle. When i go to siege expecting more action i actually dont notice that much of a difference, as attacker you have to constantly suicide push ladders, mindlessly attack gates or afk in siege towers for the first minutes or so. Then when you get in to the castle there are some fights finally but if you die you will have to run a long way to get there again. As defender you just sit in the castle for a long time waiting for people either to break the gate or if you get a good ladder position you can overhead spam some. You get some action, but boring shit.
While in battle sometimes i can die early and get a lengthy spawn, but then i can just tab down anyways. If i dont then there is action almost all the time and its on fair ground mostly. I die then i wait maybe 1 or 2 minutes, and then get right back in to the action.

tl;dr i feel the waiting times in battle are the same as in siege, but the action is more fun in battle.

[Leshma]

Siege. HRE/Grey rivalry is more interesting than Mercs/Byz clash.

[NuberT]

Rage-quit factor on battle is too high for me, happens a lot that I rage-quit before I have spawned the first time, just watching that last HA or some other retardation .

I also think my impact on winning or losing is a lot bigger in siege and I can actually make the difference there.

[bagge]

Battle is the best. Why? Cause I've been stuck attacking castles/towns since Strat 2.

[HUtH]

I like battle much more, no respawn makes it just better, also there are more classes to fight with, which is also better.
But I play siege too, few minutes before going to battle, because it's just pure mayhem, good for 'warm-up' or some half hour mindless fun, but longer play makes me tired.

[Umbra]

Hardly, I would surly not waste my time downvoting all your pots, it would take me days to do that.
You are just pathetic for posting this lie and downvoting my aka totally normal post just cuse you have some hate apon me.

Don't like me ? just pass by bro ..

I downvoted your post because it didnt make any sense. Waiting for the round to finish implies dieing, how else would you wait for a round to end?
This is the first time i recall downvoting your post btw, so the notion of hating you for some reason is absurd.

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Downwotes still there top lel

On topic: I rarely play on siege, i just got the impression that most of the time there is a clan steamrolling a pub. It could be that i just had bad luck or something but most of the time i lost. Tried to do objective/guard gates but most seem to care only about frags, the clans being the exceptions of course, hence why they win. It just lost its luster for me.

In battle i feel like i can make more of a difference, and you only get one shot at a round so imo the combat is more intense.

[Gravoth_iii]

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Umad waradin?

Ahahahah this guy actualy went to my post history and took the time to downvote all my posts after i downvoted him here.

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Lolwat, people actually get this upset by downvotes?

[Berserkadin]

Siege, because I have fun there.

Also no rage from dying.

[Kafein]

The very goal of Battle mode is utterly stupid, therefore the only eligible candidate is siege.

Although when there are very few players left battle is probably better.

[Prpavi]

The very goal of Battle mode is utterly stupid, therefore the only eligible candidate is siege.

Although when there are very few players left battle is probably better.

Fight for your bare life against bloodrhirsty foes is stupid? I beg to differ Sir :curls moustache:

[[ptx]]

After my vote, the poll was exactly at 60 votes vs 60.

Considering that both EU1 and EU2 are somewhat evenly populated most of the time, i think we can conclude that this discussion is meaningless as there can be no agreement on which is more important.

[Grumbs]

I only really like battle, and anything I post on the forum about balance is geared towards that game mode

I like that dying matter so you have to be very careful with what you do, each decision can be important. Dying acts as kind of a punishment for screwing up for yourself and you feel bad for letting your team down. Also really like to have some time between rounds if I die just to take a break for a moment

I find siege is a bit too repetitive for me, I don't really care about the objective and feel the players around me just want to have some quick fights and then respawn and go back for more random fights. I lose interest fast in siege. If the respawning was slower or I felt people were really working together to win I could get into it more. There is just not enough punishment for dying

[Spurdospera]

I like battle gamemode more because I feel that there is always potential for great tactics in field. Unlike in siege which I feel is just TDM where people just rush ahead to die and don´t give shit about any tactics.

Also in battle there´s much more variety of viable classes, in siege horsemen and pikers are pretty much useless when compared to str builds and 2h spammers.

Also Byz teamtactics <3

[Kafein]

Fight for your bare life against bloodrhirsty foes is stupid? I beg to differ Sir :curls moustache:

The goal of battle is not your own survival, it is to kill the last survivor of the enemy team before your team loses its own last survivor.