Premade communities are also bringing Duelist and above in the Epics. Some of them are not playing around on alts for some casual “lol”.
Your lack of experience in the current state of Epic battleground is showing.
It is meant to be casual, that is the whole point, they became competitive because of premade, now everyone has to try hard or get stomped by gladiators.
Don’t take the word competitive literally as per Blizzard “Rated content”. It just means playing Epics is much harder BECAUSE of premades.
You can’t say “It’s random, it’s casual” when that is just plain false now.
I love epic BG’s and that they are meaningful entertainment. I don’t play them for any sort of rewards other than fun. All I want for them is TEAM BALANCE. Give an equal amount of party(5) to each team. Balance the healers on each team. Then we can have a really good fight.
In the current state, there’s almost always a premade on either side. Not enough player remaining therefor the massive communities are a lot more visible now.
There’s no more “lose and requeue” for the majority of players (I still stick it out until the end). The Meta right now is leave if you notice a premade leader, or 60% of the team leaves after the first fight and go fishing for a win on an alt.
I was referring to the existence of competitive players in non-competitive area which requires a similar effort from you than if you were playing rated. These BG’s are not a walk in the park.
I know you said you just AFK epics and collect your loot, but there’s real people out there who do this as their main content. Just for the fun and just for the PVP battles.