So it's been a while since the Valkyrie MVP was added to Classic and Icewall has been disabled on that map. I would like to throw forward the following suggestion
Disable Eske
The point of icewall being disabled as I understood it was because it was not only both a way to intentionally and unintentionally grief other players, but that it also made the MVP "too easy".
Eske also falls into both of these criteria. It is a huge pain in the ass to be levelling and an eske'd furied mama valk comes running at you.
It also makes it uncompetable (something icewall does not do unless severely misused). If I am tanking an MVP and someone comes and Eske's it, I am no longer able to actually compete. This can both be done deliberately to kill the competition (this is like icewalling people out); or it can be done as a cheese method to kill the MVP.
Aside from cheesing MVPs (the reason icewall is not in) - Eske serves no purpose on that map. On other MVPs you can use it to lower defense and do more damage. Unfortunately, Valkyrie Randgris is not an MVP that is subjected to damage affected by defense, so that excuse is not legitimate.
Please consider this change for Classic! If this isn't a viable change, perhaps Icewall should be re-instated, that would be fair because at least then we can all throw punches at the MVP instead of killing the competition so we can kill ourselves harder than anyone else can kill themselves.
Edited by Xellie, 04 December 2013 - 10:51 AM.