Let me start by saying I havent made a single negative post ever about anything concerning PvP (imbalance , wz or ilum) because I always believed BW would improve and I still do , its just that this is taking way too long and it IS gamebreaking.
I play a sage both healing and dps - depends on my mood- and I got battlemaster 2-3 weeks ago through grinding WZ and Ilum. I enjoy doing both PvE and PvP but in all the games Ive played I have always been interested more in the competitiveness of PvP , but Ilum , as it is right now is killing that.
I have been reading the forums for a while and my server seems to be one of the best concerning faction imbalance. People have been saying theres literally no republic at Ilum and they have to farm 150 boxes weekly or that imperials are non stop outside republic base while in my server we always have at least some pubs in Ilum , been getting lots of fights even sometimes outside the base and its not that hard to get 30 kills as republic with the cannons and whatnot. Still things are starting to change and every day you see less people in Ilum , just this past week we had 50 people during the weekly update and now they re droping to 15-20 at peak time - which is sad. I actually had to miss my daily Ilum for the first time since I hit 50 because there was literally 10 people in Ilum at 8 game time. Note I am speaking about people generally in ilum , not the raid.
Its obvious the design is flawed and why republics do not stay in Ilum more than their 30 kills a day - if even that - as most dont even bother anymore. Getting farmed outside your base by 3-4x the amount of people you have is not fun but more importantly getting 20 valor per kill while the enemy team gets 200 is simply not worth your time especially considering you get 1 kill every minute or so. You ll probably say that sometimes republics sneak out and get some bases and yes it happens but its rare and the last 3-4 days I ve never got more than 1 base buff (the republic base) .
So basicly you have imps mass farming valor (which makes it worth it for them going to ilum even if they finish their dailies) when republic is there which results in them climbing the ranks insanely fast. Every warzone you enter you meet new war heroes and battlemasters when on our side I have met 1 war hero (who actually stopped playing) and the battlemasters are so few you actually get to know them by their name... If you intend to add new valor rewards for higher ranks (70+) most of the PvP active imperials will get them while pubs will not.
So my question is why should someone interested in PvP roll on republic side when it will take half the time to farm to battlemaster as an Imperial? Why should I level my alt on republic side when I know Ilum will give me nothing when I can be getting my daily done really fast while farming tons of valor? And more importantly , how do you expect the faction imbalance to get fixed when Imps farm valor faster (due to ilum wz wins and better gear ) and have more people to play/raid/pvp with? The only bad thing about an imp is (I guess) queue times. You cant expect people to reroll - or join republic out of the goodness of their heart when they know they will be losing most wzs and get farmed in their base in Ilum. Im not one to make suggestions , there are more qualified people than me to suggest/decide that stuff plus those things I suggest have probably been already mentioned before. BUT PLEASE , at least add a valor cap or some valor buff when being outnumbered / farmed ... and do it fast , its getting out of hand and its only getting worse when one side is getting everything and the other gets nothing...
