No, I didn't misinterpret. Did you not understand my post?
What level of GBG do you play? I'm curious, because the only sub-Diamond league I've been in that I would possibly characterize as "glacially slow" is Copper League. Each succeeding higher league gets more action, in my experience. From the And being limited in your progress by attrition, as it stands now, has more to do with the guild rather than which league it is. Or do you think that only Diamond league guilds build Siege Camps? And speaking of "glacially slow", isn't that what happens to the weaker guilds in Diamond now, partially due to the strong guilds getting by with little to no attrition?
Well, since the change would equally affect everyone in the sub-Diamond levels, it's not a given that it would slow anyone's progress relative to everyone else. I mean, given 11 days, even with 66% reduced attrition as a cap, a guild could still march their way across the map if they were determined to do so. And if the complaints about not getting fights in is any indication, in a lot of guilds the progress would be just as fast with more players being able to contribute, thus spreading the attrition around. Again, I'm curious as to what level(s) of GBG you play, because it sounds like you're just speculating about the sub-Diamond leagues rather than speaking from experience.
I believe I am.
Where did I say that your comments on slowness had anything to do with Diamond level play? Nowhere, that's where. I'm starting to think that you really didn't understand my post. I agree with what you say about the players in Beta who complain. My point is that none of the lower league players have shown up to complain about any problem with slowness, so the game slowing down in the lower leagues being a problem is a huge leap in logic. In my mind it is an incredibly huge leap because my experience in the lower leagues contradicts the idea that the game is "slow" there, with the exception of Copper League.
Well, not in so many words you haven't, but your "verbiage" is clearly slanted to the idea that slowing down the game in GBG is a bad thing. Terms like "glacially slow", and "slowing down an already slow game" say more about your perspective than you apparently realize.
To be clear about my position, I believe that if they make this change to GBG, it will definitely slow down Diamond League play to some extent. It may also slow some play in the lower leagues, but for those that don't build Siege Camps now, it won't change at all. And I believe that slowing down Diamond League play will definitely be good for the game overall, just not for those heavily farming GBG as it is now. A side effect that I just realized is that it will make Treasury goods less of an issue (and less of an advantage to some extent) for GBG. That is because guilds will naturally be building fewer Siege Camps at every level, given the 66% cap.