the defending realm has a gate, which is a bit like a safezone right?
now we've almost all seen what happens in 2vs1 invasions (w/o dragons).. every1 wants in
no gem is allowed to leave
gate was the worst place to be during old invasions (a bit because of boats but mainly coz it was worthless)
Ive been in a few invasions, still no fan of them, but the dragon works
the 3rd realm is only able to really harm defenders once they get inside the other realm
so the defending realm doesnt have to worry about them as much as before.
the attacking realm does however, because marks can still pew pew them when they are near dragon
and other classes can just gank them before reaching the creature
so actually, the attacking realm has the chance of facing 2 realms
while the defending realm only has to worry about 1
the 3rd realm afterall should not be able to reach the gate door while dragon is there
(in theory.. i dunno how ignis gate is atm
)
so yeah, haven population is messed up, please tell me when it wasnt coz I cant remember
we've always played with it, outnumbering ppl is boring, underpop is challenging
and can be very frustrating sometimes.. but so can overpop when no1 listens right?