>How about getting rid of the ability to summon from the
>entrance of cabals, (while the cabal guardian still stands
>guard). Could have an echo for some realism. "The maran
>tarabal senses your dark magic and lashes out, distracting
>your concentration."
>
>This would accomplish two things, 1)Give the defender a chance
>to stand his ground and prepare a bit while facing a hoard.

It also gives them more protection and an easier time to escape as soon as the outer is hit...

>Especially with the lopsided cabal numbers we have been seeing
>the past few years. There are usually 3-4 attackers vs 1 lone
>defender, and it goes both ways. Empire/Maran/Outlanders,
>etc.

Well...I tend to blame that on the bandwagon jumping playerbase, and don't honestly want to optimize the game for them.

>Battle already has an answer for this.

Yes they do, one of the few perks they actually get.

>2)It would
>prevent the groups of 10 elite dwarven guards and crap that
>get summoned to cabal outers (from both defender and
>attacker).

A valid (if sometimes annoying) tactic.


>Once the attacking side gains entry to the cabal, and wants to
>draw out the defenders by summoning, they can do so, while
>inside. The design of cabals makes it so some cabals are
>better for defense than others. For example: Take fortress,
>it is huge. The two flee rooms on either side kinda even
>things out for a defender, but it is still a pain in the ass
>when facing summoners. My experience has been the poor smuck
>standing valiantly in the fortress agaisnt a few Imperials
>just gets summoned and rocked. Or the fortressites get
>summoned one by one, while the rest of them take 30 seconds to
>navigate out and try to rescue. By then the victim is usually
>dead.
>
>The same is true of Empire. Two summoning paladins and some
>backup agaisnt one lone blade makes for dead blade. There
>should be a bit of a perk for the lone defender.
>
>If numbers are even and both sides are fairly matched it
>really doesnt mater much if they want to play the summoning
>game. In reality though cabal fights are usually so damn one
>sided.

I talked with Nep about this, and I agree, I think the only place summoning is potentially overpowered in the cabalwars is keeping people from fighting at their inner.

So long, and thanks for all the fish!