The Undead Horde - Intro & Rules

  Oopsie.  Was testing something, and have now bowed out from the tournie XD

Twas an honor just to be on the same list as King Sigurd, if only for a moment ... in spite of the fact he was beating the pants off of me.

Undead are using magic now:

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.

An attempt by the attackers to cast magic was thwarted by your quick-thinking troops, who successfully interrupted the hostile spell. Your troops' innate resistance to magic caused the spell to fizzle!

Attackers:	Unit:	Quantity:	Casualties:	Survivors:
Troops:	Shalangs	123	123	0
Troops:	Khraglangs	72	72	0

Kumomoto wrote: Let's make note of the whiners here. Odds are they will be the same ones who complain later on that they're armies are being wiped out. As to the supposed long line of "veterans" who are on the verge of leaving if they don't get they're instant gratification fast enough-- some folks have said this since the beginning of the game. As someone who is passionate about this game, do me a favor and keep your quitting thoughts to yourself. Either you want to stay, in which case, be constructive, or you don't, in which case, leave without pitching an ego fit and wishing for everyone to ask you to not leave. I know most of the long term vets and they are absolutely NOT leaving. Quite the opposite. They are excited about all the changes that are happening in Illy. And this tourney is a new style. Maybe you don't like it. Fine. I didn't like the grind fest of the animal parts one, but didn't whine about it. And if you think one doesn't have any possible tactics involved in it, then you just have a lack of imagination.

Hostility much?  Perhaps you have not had many of your friends leave, and not over lack of instant gratification good sir, but these were players who had played since Illy began and simply were tired of building, and not having the promised content.  Not instant gratification at all but after waiting for a very long time.  I miss them, and so yes, I will vocalize my opinion.  But I think you misjudge the intent a bit.  Perhaps I am hoping to bring an issue, one in which you must be oblivious too, but I do not know how that is possible, to light.  Have you not seen how many people have left?  People who have played for a very long time.  Much longer than myself to be sure.  How is this a good thing?  Or perhaps you are merely one of many who feel the need to make show for the devs despite anything else going on.  I do not know you well enough to say, but I see it a lot.  And my biggest issue both in game and in life is too many people will not stand up ask for better or say what is wrong.  Too many people just go with the flow because they just get too used to things not going as they should, and simply stop trying.  But I certainly would not tell you to shut up and stay quiet or leave.  But I am a bit offended to be lumped in as a whiner.  Especially considering how long I have bit my tongue.  Hopefully if you even have an ounce of maturity and itelligence, you will actually see my point for what it is.

Nokigon wrote: I have been playing this game for longer than most people here, despite my size, and literally days after I started playing in July the Devs told us that there was going to be Factions, ships, Trade v2.... You all know what I'm talking about. But d'you know what? They said it was going to be out in a couple of months. It's now a year later, more, and I still haven't had these factions. I don't care. Since then, I have been waiting for the factions. I've gone briefly MIA, some times getting on once a day, sometimes even more. Lots of things kept me playing- the features at the present. People I met in-game. But possibly more than anything else, was the promise of the factions. I love the idea of the Factions, they're the sort of things I love in games. A rogue element, which you can control and use to your own ends. I love that! Pathfinding, toll charging, ships- I love that! I want it now! And I'm prepared to wait for such things.   This tournament is the closest thing I've experienced so far in my time in Illy that comes closest to being the factions. So what if this tournament maybe isn't the best so far- we're only three days in! And if I finally decided that I was going to stop playing, stop waiting for the factions, not because I was in an alliance which got destroyed by inactivity and a war, not because I decided I didn't like the game (which I haven't), not because I decided I couldn't be bothered to wait much longer, but because I didn't like the tourney quite as much as the others. Quite frankly there would be only one word which described me. PATHETIC. Get a grip!   Anyway, rant over. That's a little bit off topic, and Luna will probably remove it. But at least I've spoken my mind.

I like your rant Nok.  Of course my point wasn't merely about the tourney but I can agree with most of what you say.  But as I put in another post, I do not want to see any more of my friends leave the game.  Call me sentimental if you like but I also understand their reasoning.