Faction Play: SiegeQuest 1 - OCT 7, 2020

I still think Eowan is an important figure in this and maybe wanted to prove something. To me he proved that sieging Eowan is hard. 

I think a learning curve has occurred and maybe some salt will spice things up a bit, even thougg we have plenty of that in the metagame already :))

Moving forward now is the thing to do imo.

SiegeQuest 1 is now officially concluded, and I’d like to thank everyone who participated. While it was a shame that the Elgean portion of the event was cancelled, the Broken Lands theatre of battle was a great first step in making SiegeQuests a dynamic, tournament-like server event that lets people experience unlimited siege warfare in a 100% consenting, opt-in, role-playing environment.

Rest assured, SiegeQuest 2 (slated for December) will include an exciting Elgean event with high-stakes sieging!

In spite of the Elgean cancellation, Lord Duran and the Dlords assembled a total of 52 participants who were ready to participate. We’ve provided medals for all of those folks, whose participation was cut short by no fault of their own.

Factions and Alliances included:

There were two simultaneous sieges going on in the BL — a siege sent by ELVES on a YARR! city (role-playing lore liked YARR with ORCS for this siege), and a siege from The Shadow [?] sent at ELVES.

Over 40 separate players participated in these two sieges! Alliances involved included:

Here is a recap of some of the action:

ELVES launched two siege armies at the derelict city, which landed on the north and south small hills. RUM mounted a third siege stack on the southeast forest square, with the siege army being provided by Eternal Fire (a joint operation). The Shadow launched several attacks at the sieges and YARR reinforced the city with some local troops. The city was directly attacked by a host of players, including Darth Darius (SAINT), Ria (DiL) and other players from alliances who are not in Faction Play.

Finally, the city was razed.

The Shadow mounted a surprise siege on Eternal Fire’s city of ioFlip, placing a cornucopia of spears on a building square to the southeast of the city. They also locked the city down with a blockade. Inbound attacks came from ELVES and mCrow, but nothing could slow down the siege engines, and they destroyed the city down to a population of 1.

The keep of the city (the wall) remained intact, however, as well as a contingent of small defensive forces composed of about 15 different players. Direct attacks on this force buckled them, but when the siege force attempted to storm, the greenskins were overwhelmed by the host of reinforcing troops that remained in the keep. The siege was thwarted, but not after laying total waste to the city. This siege could be marked as a draw.

Medals have been given out to all participants. These are special medals, because they give the bearer the ability to impart a +1 ranking change for the alliance they are in that lasts for 90 days with the Faction who gave it to them. So, medals given by Dlord can be used to affect rankings with them; the medals given by ELVES do the same.

Please note that, due to ORCS withdrawing from SiegeQuest and Faction Play, there was no orc-friendly Faction to provide medals to The Shadow or ORCS’ allies who participated. Thus, ELVES issued these medals.

If you missed out on SiegeQuest 1, don’t worry: SiegeQuest 2 is right around the corner. we will look to launch it in early December, just off of the end of the November tournament. We really want as many people involved as possible. If you want to get ready for it, the best thing to do is get involved in Faction Play with any of the Factions. Feel free to check your rankings and act accordingly. There are plenty of quests, role playing, and other fun things to do.

Also, be sure to join Faction Play Slack. It’s the most central place to stay in touch.

Do you run an alliance that would be a good fit for Faction Play? We want you to be a part of what we’re building! The Faction Play circuit will provide you with all of the support you need to make the jump into being a Faction. It does NOT preclude you from playing in tournaments at all. Contact Jejune if interested.

Thanks!

A lot of lessons have been learnt as a part of the first siege quest. Obviously, there were always going to be teething issues with a new system. I would like to thank everyone who was getting involved. I look forward to seeing the outcome of the yarr/elves siege in BL.

that being said, we're looking for even more ways to incorporate the NPC Factions. We'd love to hear more ideas!