Pros and cons of blockage strategy

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HeroicBeast May 6, 2012

Okay so before I make any further comments on this controversial topic Airport Blockades, I'd like to get some insight. It seems to me that there are very little cons to airport blockades compared to pros for this strategy. Id like to knw what exactly the pros and cons of airport blockades are both for the people in general and for those creating the blockades.
Midgard May 6, 2012

Cons is simply. Smaller players have trouble geting out of a country especially if they don't travel in RL much. many countries have only one airport so they are stuck.
Nalfaria May 6, 2012

Anyone know roughly how many turf ya need to do it?
Ꭱ3V May 6, 2012

Pro is to keep a rival alliance out of an area.
@ Amnesty it's from 1300 on up I've heard.
Jєсɦт May 6, 2012

A〽NESTY wrote:
Anyone know roughly how many turf ya need to do it?

Depends. Roughly 1.2k-1.5k
Eagleman May 6, 2012

I've only seen one blockade, the one in the USA with the 2 people blocking it together
Amish Hitman May 6, 2012

Eagleman wrote:
I've only seen one blockade, the one in the USA with the 2 people blocking it together

San Francisco and Hawaii also are on lockdown
Eagleman May 6, 2012

Amish Hitman wrote:
Eagleman wrote:
I've only seen one blockade, the one in the USA with the 2 people blocking it together

San Francisco and Hawaii also are on lockdown
Oh I was thinking like wiping everyone out of an airport and holding for yourself, I get it now
HeroicBeast May 6, 2012

So far:

Pros:

Keep rival alliances out of city/town.

Cons:

Small players have a hard time traveling

So far it seems like the con out weigh the Pros to me. Ne1 else have and pros or cons to add?
Hyena May 6, 2012

Eagleman wrote:
Amish Hitman wrote:
Eagleman wrote:
I've only seen one blockade, the one in the USA with the 2 people blocking it together

San Francisco and Hawaii also are on lockdown
Oh I was thinking like wiping everyone out of an airport and holding for yourself, I get it now
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I can't get into Sydney Airport.... The players blockading are a lot bigger than us.
HeroicBeast May 6, 2012

Coeus wrote:
Pro: small players are not attacked as much because large players are kept out

Good point. What if the large players in the city are blockading and also beating down on the low levels? Just wondering. That to me seems like a double edged sword.
Mystery May 6, 2012

Please. We already know you're against blockades. You aren't going to come to some objective conclusion here. You'll end up saying the cons outweigh the pros, regardless.
HeroicBeast May 6, 2012

Mystery wrote:
Please. We already know you're against blockades. You aren't going to come to some objective conclusion here. You'll end up saying the cons outweigh the pros, regardless.

I am actually complaining the list of pro and cons. And since I am current anti-blockade, am listing pros and cons I see from that point of view. But this post is not about my individual view nor would I like it to turn out that way. I want to get a deeper understand of it with the pros and cons from all points of view. Id prefer to get them with some reasoning if possible.
So far I havent shot down any pro or con listed. I merely played devils advocate for one of them to get a clear understanding of where to put that point.
Mystery May 6, 2012

dagamer01 wrote:
Coeus wrote:
Pro: small players are not attacked as much because large players are kept out

Good point. What if the large players in the city are blockading and also beating down on the low levels? Just wondering. That to me seems like a double edged sword.
Then have you actually heard of this happening? A place where a player's only escape from larger mobs capping him is by using an airport? I don't mean player attacks because they are irrelevant. Turf attacks don't count either because they don't have to be in the same city for those. (I assume you mean players with smaller mobs rather than lower levels.)
HeroicBeast May 7, 2012

Mystery wrote: Then have you actually heard of this happening? A place where a player's only escape from larger mobs capping him is by using an airport? I don't mean player attacks because they are irrelevant. Turf attacks don't count either because they don't have to be in the same city for those. (I assume you mean players with smaller mobs rather than lower levels.)
I never said it has happened. But it definitely is a possiblity. Especially since lots of players nowadays says they cant physically travel. If a player is a low mob/level player that doesnt have money to actually hop away, flying out is their most effective way to escape. I am not saying this the only situation, but it is a plausible situation.
As for the point of the thread, pros and cons for a strategy aren't listed based on only what happens. You list pros and cons based on what could happen. you need to list pros and cons from view points of all possible outcomes.
Benny DaBOSS🔫💀🌄 May 7, 2012

All I know is that SanFran needs to get unblocked. 😡
GreenManXphile May 7, 2012

Benny DaBOSS🔫💀🌄 wrote:
All I know is that SanFran needs to get unblocked. 😡

Or what?
•C U N T• May 7, 2012

Syrup of figs.......oh wait....wrong blockage!