• I think that it will be an interesting read, especially for new/newish players and it might provide some incentive for them to build more troops and try that aspect of the game as well
• I will use this topic for future reference for a "How to defend" guide that I plan on writing after the war.
• I want to prevent people saying in GC for my towns, the same thing they said for other players. Meaning that they were "empty" and "undefended" and "noone tried to save them" and other totally unbased things. Indeed my last cities went down without a fight, but not for lack of trying, but the inevitable lack of any more troops which any one player is bound to face when his against whole alliances. Reasons 1 and 3 are what place the topic in this particular forum category btw.

Thank you for reading this

Victorious defense by Deranzin's forces at 4. Iszalorn under attack by ________'s forces from 
________
Sent By:	System
Received By:	Deranzin [H?]
Date:	16 Dec 2013 04:19
Two opposing forces clash against each other.

Cavalry comes into its own when able to strike hostile forces at will, and from unexpected directions - and nowhere is this more feasible than on open plains. Lightly armoured spear units, however, prefer terrain where there's some cover available.

Fighting defensively on open plains, cavalry draws strength from the ability to form and reform their lines of engagement depending on the direction of battle, and it is here where cavalry excels.
Attackers: 	Unit: 	Quantity: 	Casualties: 	Survivors:
Commander: Commander4 	[Marshals] Marshal 	1 	Damaged for 600, 0 health remains.
Troops: 	[Marshals] Marshals 	10104 	10104 	0


Defenders: 	Unit: 	Quantity: 	Casualties: 	Survivors:
Commander: Taranash 	[Knights] Knight 	1 	Damaged for 32, 568 health remains.
Troops: 	[Pikemen] Pikemen 	15000 	4933 	10067
Commander: Larolir 	[Knights] Knight 	1 	Damaged for 32, 268 health remains.
Troops: 	[Pikemen] Pikemen 	200 	66 	134
Commander: Tarafein 	[Knights] Knight 	1 	Damaged for 32, 568 health remains.
Troops: 	[Pikemen] Pikemen 	13753 	4523 	9230
Troops: 	[Pikemen] Pikemen 	200 	65 	135
Commander: Kasdarth 	[Knights] Knight 	1 	Damaged for 32, 168 health remains.
Troops: 	[Pikemen] Pikemen 	200 	66 	134
Commander: Tarlarion 	[Knights] Knight 	1 	Damaged for 32, 68 health remains.
Troops: 	[Pikemen] Pikemen 	200 	66 	134
Commander: Parklar 	[Knights] Knight 	1 	Damaged for 32, 318 health remains.
Troops: 	[Pikemen] Pikemen 	200 	66 	134
Troops: 	[Pikemen] Pikemen 	13 	5 	8

Victorious defense by Deranzin's forces at 4. Iszalorn under attack by __________'s forces from _______________
Sent By:	System
Received By:	Deranzin [H?]
Date:	16 Dec 2013 04:20
Two opposing forces clash against each other.

Cavalry comes into its own when able to strike hostile forces at will, and from unexpected directions - and nowhere is this more feasible than on open plains. Lightly armoured spear units, however, prefer terrain where there's some cover available.

Fighting defensively on open plains, cavalry draws strength from the ability to form and reform their lines of engagement depending on the direction of battle, and it is here where cavalry excels.
Attackers: 	Unit: 	Quantity: 	Casualties: 	Survivors:
Commander: Commander3 	[Marshals] Marshal 	1 	Damaged for 600, 0 health remains.
Troops: 	[Marshals] Marshals 	7763 	7763 	0


Defenders: 	Unit: 	Quantity: 	Casualties: 	Survivors:
Commander: Taranash 	[Knights] Knight 	1 	Damaged for 37, 531 health remains.
Troops: 	[Pikemen] Pikemen 	10067 	3802 	6265
Commander: Larolir 	[Knights] Knight 	1 	Damaged for 37, 231 health remains.
Troops: 	[Pikemen] Pikemen 	134 	51 	83
Commander: Tarafein 	[Knights] Knight 	1 	Damaged for 37, 531 health remains.
Troops: 	[Pikemen] Pikemen 	9230 	3486 	5744
Troops: 	[Pikemen] Pikemen 	135 	50 	85
Commander: Kasdarth 	[Knights] Knight 	1 	Damaged for 37, 131 health remains.
Troops: 	[Pikemen] Pikemen 	134 	51 	83
Troops: 	[Pikemen] Pikemen 	134 	50 	84
Troops: 	[Pikemen] Pikemen 	134 	50 	84
Troops: 	[Pikemen] Pikemen 	8 	4 	4

Failed defense by Deranzin's forces at 3. Xarvanthor under attack by _________'s forces from ____'s Settlement
Sent By:	System
Received By:	Deranzin [H?]
Date:	13 Mar 2014 05:26
Two opposing forces clash against each other. Cavalry comes into its own when able to strike hostile forces at will, and from unexpected directions - and nowhere is this more feasible than on open plains. Lightly armoured spear units, however, prefer terrain where there's some cover available. Fighting defensively on open plains, cavalry draws strength from the ability to form and reform their lines of engagement depending on the direction of battle, and it is here where cavalry excels. Attackers: Unit: Quantity: Casualties: Survivors: Commander: 3 Marshal 1 Damaged for 4, 146 health remains. Troops: Marshals 3000 136 2864 Defenders: Unit: Quantity: Casualties: Survivors: Troops: Pikemen 102 102 0 Commander: Taranash Knight 1 Damaged for 600, 0 health remains.

Myzel wrote: Deranzin, you have been making a point of the fact that the fight over your cities was you vs. whole alliances, but I wonder why this was the case, if you want to share such info.  Why did you not get backup from H?? Is it because you did not exodus into the west? What about your nearby Dlords allies?

• Bad map conditions (noone to blame for that)
• Huge distance from the alliance hub which made sending troops from it, impossible (my fault)
• Huge armies in my doorstep ( VICX at some point maintained simultaneously  two siege camps of well over 1.5 million troops each and 3-4 smaller ones, which were the ones that I took down )

The possible solutions where moving my cities, but I didn't want to leave Turalia, plus I had just exodused 3 of them and rebuilt them at great cost both in time and resources. Also the trip to the alliance hubs was 8 days. I would only be able to save one of them, and I did eventually exodus my trader city.

The other nine now ... one I defended, but it fell to 0 pop, which is as good as gone.
For the other 8 I eventually run out of troops and even if I had any, the sieges were too large and with a whole different battle plan like the others, so asking help from nearby allies to deplete all their resources just to make a possible dent on only one siege of the many around my cities would have been, I think we will all agree, selfish, inefficient and quite silly actually ... which is why I didn't do it ...

Myzel wrote: It is not that strange when people say 'no one saved them' about players who don't get any backup from their alliance.

It is strange when they comment on a situation with certainty, while they do not seem to have taken the trouble to do the very reasonable thing you just did, which is "ask what happened"

BellusRex wrote: Hats off, by the way, for "prestige monkey"...that's a winner!

ehm ... I do not really understand that sentence ... care to elaborate .?.


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