So currently we have a limit on which armies face each other on which maps. As orks I can only fight Faction X on map A and Faction Y on map B for example.

Would it be a huge (and potentially negative?) change to be able to face Faction X on Map B?

Like Orks defend against Chaos on Maggon for example and have to attack vs LSM (it might be the other way around but I am at work at the moment and cant recall). Would it be possible for Orks to attack AND defend against ANY of these factions on Maggon or any other map.

Its not a huge change but it might be nice to see more armies fighting one another in new locations.

I dont think any Ork Warboss sits in his bunker going "hey lads we cant attack Torias Refinery right now because LSM owns it and we need to wait till the Eldar attack it before we can take it off em".

It seems like a minor change to me and probably one left over from the "MMO" vision of the game. As that has been scaled back somewhat it makes more sense to allow everyone to fight everyone else on every map (like a standard shooter).

Hopefully I make sense.

Wait, what? Is this from today's patch?

Are you sure this is actually a thing and not just you being unlucky with the matchmaking?

As far as I know every faction can attack/defend vs any faction on any map. Maybe it deoends on the campaign status. If a faction conquers enemy territory they are the attackers. Its just a guess though.

tbh i dont think ive ever been defender on fortress when playing eldar

Well since Eldar pop is low, is hard to find a game with every role. But I've already been defender. But some maps come more often than other.

all factions can have either role of attacker or defender on any map .... its all the luck of the map rotation

I always have days on which our warparty only attacks or only defends. No matter the maps and enemy.

I've played every map against every enemy, both attacking and defending. Unless it's changed recently, this isn't a thing.

If it were a thing, I'd agree with the OP that it would need to not be.

It may be down to perception on my part then but when I go into the world map I only ever see the same matches being pegged as X being attacker and Y being defender. Never the other way around. It seems to have always been like this for me. I play as X faction and am always defending one other faction.

Like as orks it was always Eldar defending Zedek for example. I am sure I read an older post that said this, not all factions can be pitted against each other as Attack or Defend.

I realise with 4+ slots now we have all fought all other factions on all maps but I am curious if this is intended or as stated my perception is incorrect.