TW Battlefront Report - Dreamweaver: 11/12 - 13/12

Kardie - Dreamweaver

Moo! Hello Dreamweaver! Unforunately, you're stuck with me this week. >: I'm here bringing you this weekend's TW report with the assistance of all my informants and Lieal :] Lieal won't make the thread until next weekend >: Thanks to Lieal, ive finally been motivated to do reports again. The reason I haven't been able to do the reports consistently is because ive been busy (read as lazy) this past forever. However, partnering up with Lieal will make my job infinitely easier. :]

So now, without further ado, This weekend's TW!

TERRITORY WARS

Territory War Weekend of 04/12/2009 – 06/12/2009

This week’s major breakdown:

Bushido: 1 defense and 1 offense
Calamity: 11 defenses and 1 offense
Dynasty: 1 offense
Equinox: 1 offense and 2 defense
HDT: 1 defense


Schedule:
Offense

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Defense



Friday (11/12)

Vanquish - Hidden Orchid - Calamity (8:00 PM EST)
WarmonGER - Sanctuary - Calamity (8:03 PM EST)
Renegades - Deserted Sea - Calamity (8:06 PM EST)

Saturday (12/12)

Shattered - Southern Stronghold - Calamity (2:00 PM EST)
XBushidoX - The White Ridge - Calamity (2:03 PM EST)

Pinoy - Fragrant Hills - Calamity (8:00 PM EST)
Bloodfire - Dribbling Springs - Calamity (8:03 PM EST)
FUN - Dragon's End - Calamity (8:06 PM EST)
Equinox - City of the Lost - NPC (8:09 PM EST)
Kindrid - Forest of the Haze - HDT (8:12 PM EST)
Dynasty - Black Mountain - Bushido (8:15 PM EST)

Sunday (13/12)

Dreamless - City of Misfortune - Equinox (2:00 PM EST)
Calamity - Plain of Farewell - Equinox (2:03 PM EST)

Aras - Vibrant Cliffs - Calamity (8:00 PM EST)
Valour - Swamp of the Wraiths - Calamity (8:03 PM EST)
Legends - Buried Bones - Calamity (8:06 PM EST)

That was a pain in the **** to type out.

BREAKDOWN :

Calamity was the only faction to head into War Instance this Friday, going up against Vanquish, WarmonGER and Renegades - first to start and finish was Vanquish with little resistance at 6 minutes into war; several teams moved from this war to WarmonGER and set onto their crystal. Renegades - a no show TW - fell into crystal bashing for 7 minutes. WarmonGER's crystal was defeated in 9 minutes total. Congrats to Calamity on their victories.

Calamity's afternoon TW against Bushido ended in 10 minutes, Bushido managing to take out both C Gate Towers and did damage to 10% of Calamity's crystal before their own crystal fell. Bushido was completely overwhelmed by Calamity's levels and numbers. Shattered showed up with around 6 people for their offense and Calamity and was steam rolled in 6 minutes. Calamity defended against Pinoy who had little resistance and no towers other than at around their crystal and emerged victorious after a short time of five minutes; Bloodfire going on at the same falling within 10 minutes, and Pinoy catapults entering FUN war and breaking the crystal after 12 minutes. Congrats to Calamity on the victory.

Dynasty had a offense this weekend against Bushido. Dynasty sent catapults through the middle while Bushido sent the crystal through the right paths. Bushido was able to take out two towers, but never made it to Dynasty's crystal. Dynasty won the battle in 30 minutes. Congrats to Dynasty on the victory.

Equinox was able to take City of the Lost in 45 minutes! congrats to Equinox. Their battle was pretty much smooth sailing, as they had more than sufficient levels and people to take City of the Lost.

HDT and Kindrid had a battle this weekend. HDT and Kindrid had a mindless pk battle for 25 minutes until HDT gave up their land to Kindrid. People in HDT did not agree with this move and left. Nevertheless, congrats to Kindrid on the victory.

Calamity's attack on Equinox land failed this Sunday afternoon - it looks like both factions are catching up to each other! Will we be seeing another Sanctuary server happening? Neither faction could get much firepower in, encountering heavy defenses every time they tried - an equal amount of towers fell on each side, and neither crystal managed to fall below 95% in these 3 long, drawn out hours. Congratulations to Equinox and Calamity, and to many more evened battles in the future!

(As a side note here, put it however you like - Dreamless, a faction with 800k refund, took about an hour and twenty minutes to defeat while there were definitely a full 80 in EQ TW; either EQ is running low on attendance and can barely stand up an onslaught of such a faction, or there's something going on there. =p)

Aras, a faction made by a player with the same name (who is also now banned) ended with an obvious no show in 3 minutes with crystal bashing; Valour made a push to Calamity`s base and got on their crystal before a Calamity team was pulled back and sent to drive them out. This war ended in 9 minutes with Calamity winning; Legends fought bravely and made for a fun TW for the people that were there, ending in 7 minutes. Congrats to Calamity on the victory.

This concludes this week's TW.

KARDIE'S OPINION:

First off, Man, Equinox does not fool around. They started the bidding off this weekend with a 200m bid on lost city right off the bat. I honestly love this move. I'm tired of seeing NPC lands. Way to go Equinox. I hope you guys win and take that NPC color off the map.

Brave move this weekend by Bushido. They don't have Equinox to spearhead the assault, so at the moment, they're the only "strong" faction thats currently attacking Calamity. Well, i wish them the best of luck, and i guess we'll have to see whats in store this weekend.

Oh La La, now that Calamity has failed to take Plain of Farewells, Equinox is now touching 1k Streams. Straight from the Leader's Mouth, Ajay, They will be bidding on 1k streams next weekend. (Ajay, if you don't bid, im gonna killll you!!! You'll make me look like an idiot.) Also, this just in, Calamity's Director and main battle strategist left for a break, and now that hes gone, maybe Equinox can gain the upper hand?

Now that the new territories are coming out, I expect to see 100m bids next week guys So long until the next weekend, which will be covered by Lieal! Sayonara!


Current TW Breakdown:
Calamity : 37
Equinox : 4
Dynasty : 2
Kindrid : 1


HISTORY OF CURRENT FACTIONS ON THE MAP:
Calamity:
Following the color trend of PWI servers, our red faction - Calamity - was the first faction on Dreamweaver server to take a land on the 2nd week of its opening. This land was non other than Dragon Wilderness, taken in an average time of an hour and a half, very useful for the teleport to Twilight Temple. Beside them, to the right, an orange land appeared - BloodPact - and to the top, yellow took place with Immortal. BloodPact fell quickly to Calamity while Immortal was stuck between Calamity and Equinox; later on in the game, Calamity also took the first city - City of Plume - and went on to the southeast after Armagedon and Dreamweaver Port, and then north long after Immortal was wiped out and took One Thousand Streams. Lost City sits empty in the middle of all of it, still waiting for Calamity to wage war against it. To this day, Calamity has proven itself to be a great titan - started at the very beginning of the server by a player named Seraphim, class: wizard - and has not lost a single TW (coming quite close to it several times, though). With the new expansion coming, no info has been given whether or not Calamity will go after these lands. The only two leaders of Calamity have been Seraphim (quitting game last August) and Tyranny, with Directors being Tyranny - now leader - and Lightaine.

Known alliances were Calamity and Equinox.

Current leader is Tyranny, with Lightaine as Director. Factions taken down by Calamity also include Elysium with King's Feast (most moved to Equinox), and rogue Calamity players in Covenant at Buried Bones.

No feeder or sister factions has been known. A stray faction made up of ex Calamity members was Covenant.

For fun, first TW: Click here and here.

Equinox :
A merge faction between two smaller factions - Empire (still seen today) led by xJaYx (cleric) and Momentum led by Zion (barb) to create one new faction, "Equinox", led by xJaYx and Zion as its Director. This faction took their first land - Avalanche Canyon - to the north in a time of 2 hours and 16 minutes, and moved on through the north parts of the map, taking out TheTitans to the northeast, Dominion to the north, Bliss at Great Lake at the center, and later on Crusaders - a faction turned EQ side faction - to the east. Equinox took Etherblade a short time after Calamity took Plume and has held it since then; they are currently left with 3 lands, most taken over by Calamity. A well known alliance pact between Equinox and Calamity stood for quite some time until Equinox attacked their territories, losing after a tough and fun TW (this was also effected by their then Director and TW Planner leaving the night before to Calamity, and their leader arriving late to the TW); who knows, had this maybe not happened, things in the future could have gone down differently. Equinox still stands strong with faithful members, only being taken down by Calamity and defending successfully against all other factions attacking them, including a small-known TW faction of XBushidoX, a faction that started up mainly composed of ex Immortal members after their leader left. Their original director quit and was replaced with Lightwish, who later became leader with Lieal as an alternating Director due to no set Director suitable; soon after, Lightwish left game and leadership was passed on to Wolfgang, with Supernova as Director. Ajay soon took over the position of Director, alternating with Wolfgang as leader for TW bidding.

Equinox alliances have included Calamity and Equinox, Equinox and Dynasty (when Dynasty held Harshlands), Equinox and Crusaders, and a merge with Armagedon in an attempt to defeat Calamity that eventually broke down Armagedon from the inside and lack of TW players.

Known side and "feeder" factions of Equinox have been Solstice, Crusaders - sister faction - and Inversion.

Current leader is Wolfgang, with Ajay as Director. Other faction defeated by Equinox is DamageInc (info unknown).

For fun, first TW: Click here and here.

HDT:
Full name is "High Death Toll". HDT was originally created by Shino_Kirase. The faction HDT was created 2 weeks after the start of the server. However, HDT only started to become a factor in TW during July. Their first TW was on July 11th. Their opponents in TW were ENVY, Armagedon, Equinox, Crusaders and Dynasty. Forest of Haze was HDT's first ever land that was captured. Shino_Kirase is the current leader of HDT, but there was a time during September where he took a break and passed the responsibilities of leadership to Satchiko. The current Director of HDT is Devilness. The former Directors included Underoath, zangetsu, Leartes during most of the summer, and Phyrexia.

And straight from the words of their leader, HDT was created April 16, 2009; their leader created a cleric to join BloodPact at the time, and then after being kicked from TheTitans, he and a lot of their active members decided to bring up HDT again.

Dynasty:
One of the smaller factions that took a land at the beginning of the server, with __Cloud__ as leader. Dynasty started during the first days of the server. The core members originated from another server, and were literally a family. On the 3rd week of TWs on the server, Dynasty had finally conquered Black Mountain. However, Armagedon had other plans, and attacked Dynasty and took away Black Mountain. Dynasty then located to Harshlands. After a while, Equinox also had other plans for Dynasty, and Dynasty was once again wiped off the map. Dynasty then went to attack Black Mountain. Then Dynasty hopped over to Dreaming Cloud with a combined attack with Bushido. A threatening gank to Calamity was about to occur, but was saved by inopportune timing. Armagedon then decided to wipe off Dynasty from the map for a second time, thus sending Dynasty to Immolation Camp. Dynasty lost Immolation Camp after some time to Exclusive, and headed back to Armagedon for revenge. Dynasty was successful in their assault on Armagedon. Dynasty then headed over to Black Mountain for Hunter's territory. Dynasty had managed to attain two territories and hold off an attack from the returning Armagedon. Over the course of the Server, Dynasty recruited many people, mergers were offered, but none succesful occured. Dynasty has been wiped off the map on several occasions, only to come back and regain territory. A truly persistent and determined faction.

Current leader is SmexyGal, Director WackyTaffy. Thanks to Kardie and WackyTaffy for the info!

Before TW


After TW


*No personal insult is meant to go out to anyone now, or in any future reports. Names will not be mentioned with the exception of officers.*

*If you notice any MISTAKES in here, please feel free to notify me*

Hope to see you all next weekend.

Lieal - Dreamweaver

Woo, looking forward to this weekend. I agree with Kardie, that move by Equinox sure was a surprise, starting right off the bat - guess they didn't want the chances of a bid war happening!

Things are floating around that Calamity will have another TW-filled weekend - 5 bids so far, and it's only Wednesday night... Please don't make any morning or afternoon ones, I like sleeping in. b:shocked

Also, great to see Bushido make their comeback! Looking forward to covering the Calamity, Equinox, and Bushido wars this weekend.

Kireina - Dreamweaver

To correct the EQ bit, Ajay was seen as the leader today b:shocked

Nymfysubstaz - Dreamweaver

b:kiss Happy to have ya Kardie...Humps ya and heads for bed! Seeee you at TW

Sirrobert - Dreamweaver

Wait a sec, EQ attacking lost? That's not even possible, as it's serounded by Cala. You confused the 2 maybe?b:thanks

FatherTed - Dreamweaver

Take another look at the TW map, Sirro. EQ took Plain of Farewells in last weekend's TWs.

Sirrobert - Dreamweaver

A right, forgot about that one.

Atm I can't log in though (which is why I said that to, I still had last weeks map in my head), just a mini laptop here b:surrender
But I'll check asap once I log back in

SultryShade - Dreamweaver

Honestly I think its a waste of 200m, but then again I never really understood the thinking of most TW factions...GL to all, and hf, though I honestly don't see how TW is fun...also welcome back Kardie ^^

Mizuoni - Dreamweaver

Kireina - Dreamweaver wrote: »

To correct the EQ bit, Ajay was seen as the leader today b:shocked

Ajay is not the leader. Wolfgang has to work a bit more now so she cant be leader atm. Temp change.

SultryShade - Dreamweaver wrote: »

Honestly I think its a waste of 200m, but then again I never really understood the thinking of most TW factions...GL to all, and hf, though I honestly don't see how TW is fun...also welcome back Kardie ^^

Its not a waste, if you look at it strategically. You are also forgetting that we get 180mil refund and 20mil from lost the following week.

Illyana - Dreamweaver

Mizuoni - Dreamweaver wrote: »

Ajay is not the leader. Wolfgang has to work a bit more now so she cant be leader atm. Temp change.


Its not a waste, if you look at it strategically. You are also forgetting that we get 180mil refund and 20mil from lost the following week.

It also forces all land to become obtained; this way the map will be reset if cala takes all. I believe their previous plan was to leave it as an NPC land so the map would never reset.

Lightaine - Dreamweaver

If the map resets, it resets. That was not our plan, we were just going to take it at our leisure. Having an unclaimed territory will not stop the map from being reset should the GMs decide to do so.

FatherTed - Dreamweaver

Illyana - Dreamweaver wrote: »

It also forces all land to become obtained; this way the map will be reset if cala takes all. I believe their previous plan was to leave it as an NPC land so the map would never reset.

Is there any confirmation that the map would resest if Cala (or anyone else) took the whole thing? I didn't follow it that closely but my understanding was that the 'reset' on LC was because the guild holding all of those lands disbanded.

Illyana - Dreamweaver

Lightaine - Dreamweaver wrote: »

If the map resets, it resets. That was not our plan, we were just going to take it at our leisure. Having an unclaimed territory will not stop the map from being reset should the GMs decide to do so.

Having talked with many (certainly not all) Calamity members active in TWs, I get the distinct impression from some that they enjoy quick TWs rather than extensive ones. Surely a PvE TW would have gone faster than some of the more lengthy PvP ones, and certainly be much easier on the charm usage. City of the Lost also nets more money per week than other territories. I don't know who ultimately decides the fate of who and where to attack every week on Cala side, but I'd hate to think they were saving CotL purely because they wanted to crush other factions knowing they could take it whenever they wanted. Is this the scenario you're suggesting?

Siege - Dreamweaver

If Calamity manages to own all territories, the map will not reset. Conqueror on Lost City won all the territories and the map never did a auto-reset. Besides this should give factions even more of a reason to do TW.

I doubt the GMs themselves will reset the map, what's the point of TW then if that is done? The objective is to take down your opponent and claim their territory. Cala owning the entire map does not take away that objective.

Illyana - Dreamweaver

FatherTed - Dreamweaver wrote: »

Is there any confirmation that the map would resest if Cala (or anyone else) took the whole thing? I didn't follow it that closely but my understanding was that the 'reset' on LC was because the guild holding all of those lands disbanded.

You are correct regarding the disbanding of that faction -- it was at least somewhat voluntary. Of course, PWE is a company, and all companies have a bottom line. If there are no more TWs, there will be significantly less charm consumption and less money for the company overall. There is no written rule suggesting that the map resets if one faction holds every land, but I could be mistaken.

I have heard multiple things from multiple people within Cala regarding their plans for map domination. Some say they will "leave" Equinox with City of Misfortune... others have said they intend to paint the entire map Red. Either way, I wouldn't expect any clear answer from Cala leadership, if I were in their position I wouldn't say either.

I suspect, though, that they'll try to wipe the map clear. Now this forces the entire map to be red since EQ will undoubtedly own City of the Lost.... except, the expansion is coming out which leaves more room for NPC ambiguities.

In the end, it will boil down to GM discretion.

FatherTed - Dreamweaver

I would be flat out, jaw dropped, pooping my pants, chicken with his head cut off surprised if the GMs put a request in to reset the maps just because one guild held all of the territories. Still a decent amount at TW attempts anyway - and as the system is designed to allow 1 guild to take over the map, it would be kind of hard to justify a reset.

Kireina - Dreamweaver

There's no point in a map reset. If the GMs would really do it in order to preserve their profits (I really doubt TW is where they get their main profits, just look at all the kids rushing to buy baby all class bs pets and such) then they would have to prevent Calamity from ever TWing again, since it'll be inevitable that the map will become red oncemore if things stay as they are. As long as factions keep attacking existing lands, charms and other boutique items still have to be used.

FatherTed - Dreamweaver

I'd agree with what Kireina said - I doubt TW is a really major factor in the profits for PWE. If it's a matter of profit, the money will still be spent regardless of how many colors are on the map. To that end, there's no reason anything will ever change.

Lightaine - Dreamweaver

Illyana - Dreamweaver wrote: »

City of the Lost also nets more money per week than other territories. I don't know who ultimately decides the fate of who and where to attack every week on Cala side, but I'd hate to think they were saving CotL purely because they wanted to crush other factions knowing they could take it whenever they wanted. Is this the scenario you're suggesting?

More or less, yeah. Not so much with the other factions (plural), but at least with EQ for a time.

Batista - Dreamweaver

Well, I haven't been around much lately but I'll throw in my opinion. If Calamity takes every territory, more power and money to them ... in my opinion since they bust **** (and spend cash as alot of us do here in PWI) ... that investment of time and money (or farming) has paid off. Any guild would do the same, they've been one step (or many steps) ahead of us (EQ) and various guilds, thus far. Hopefully, a reset won't happen unless Calamity requests one. I know if EQ held nearly all or all the territories, I would feel screwed if the map reset automatically. --- It would be cool for the smaller guilds and growing guilds to acquire lands but ultimately, this game is based on Territory Wars.

I have a few friends like Lieal (although I always joke with her whenever I get the chance to) who are in Calamity ... LordDash, as leader of a non-TW guild, and some others in various guilds who TW and those who do not TW. Since these people enjoy their guilds and have never spoken negatively about their current guilds, I refuse to pissin their cornflakes when I do not have all the facts ... even if I did, I still consider these people and more I didn't mention as great players who just happen to be in a different guild ... it's as simple as that when it comes to my opinion.

Well, I flat out hijacked this to post my opinion from what I've read... just posting my opinions here. As for the map being wiped clean, that would be **** all players because it could happen to any powerful guild. We just have to hold out heads up high and give it our all in TW ... Remember, most people learn more from failures than they do for victories. I've learned alot ... and when my motherboard comes in from mail-order and if all things work as they should (on my PC), I'll jump back in to doing weekly TWs' with EQuinox (waiting my turn since I've been gone for quite some time).

Rather than reply to four discussion, I took all my opinions and decided to stick them into this one ... Sorry for the hijack again ... I will it if I receive a request in my inbox.

Lieal - Dreamweaver

BATISTA, you sly dog, you, disappearing on us like that. b:angry b:heart

Andres - Dreamweaver

Illyana - Dreamweaver wrote: »

It also forces all land to become obtained; this way the map will be reset if cala takes all. I believe their previous plan was to leave it as an NPC land so the map would never reset.

I ROFL'D. My rumor is growing strong everyday b:laugh

I heard that the strategy will still work, as Calamity plans to block the lvl 2 Territory that's gonna come out next to the tideborn level 3 territory, so that's gonna be a bummer (Lightaine let me feed them rumors FFS!)

Thanks for the great laugh though.

Olee - Dreamweaver

I heard/ saw than u got a big mouth Andres

Had to say it, tho I dont have anything else to say so b:bye

Nymfysubstaz - Dreamweaver

Runs up grabs Balista humps ya to the ground! Then Humps Andres then triple humps Olee. Hehehehheeh Run staz is in a mood and looking forward to TW!b:dirtyb:chuckleb:laugh

Andres - Dreamweaver

Olee - Dreamweaver wrote: »

I heard/ saw than u got a big mouth Andres

Guilty as charged Olee, but check out my signature in case you forgot about last week report b:laugh

SaberArturia - Dreamweaver

Just thought I'd point it out, Calamity has 11 defenses, not 10.

Kardie - Dreamweaver

True, i missed one.

Thanks for the heads up.

_vincent - Dreamweaver

Kardie - Dreamweaver wrote: »

Current TW Breakdown:
Calamity : 37
Equinox : 3
HDT: 1
Dynasty : 1
XBushidoX : 1

Shouldn't Kindrid have 1 and Dynasty have 2? b:question

Lieal - Dreamweaver

_vincent - Dreamweaver wrote: »

Shouldn't Kindrid have 1 and Dynasty have 2? b:question

That's the last updated one before the TW; the total lands usually gets updated after the weekend. (or that's how I do it anyway xD)

_vincent - Dreamweaver

Lieal - Dreamweaver wrote: »

That's the last updated one before the TW; the total lands usually gets updated after the weekend. (or that's how I do it anyway xD)

Ohh ok I guess that makes sense b:laugh.

EndGameSekks - Dreamweaver

Actually slight correction Kardie Calamity took down 3 of our towers, we took down all but 4 of theirs (I have video and screenshots). As well as our crystal never dipped below 98 percent=ish, and one of our pushes took a good 15 percent of theirs. It was with 40 mins left that our staff had made the decision to just hold on all lanes instead of attack their crystal as it was a defensive TW for us (as we were not bidders not meaning we turtled cause we did not).

Just wanted to clear some things up~ Ajay