SIN Surpasses 50th War Score Point, Launches Second Siege on Unbow’s Darth Darius

SIN has surpassed the 50th point in the War Score Card scoring of the Newlands War II, with SIN’s Plathus getting the raze in what appears to have been a lightly contested battle. SIN officials provided proof of the raze:

From: System
Subject: FW: Victorious battle against longfeather’s forces at Head Feather by Plathus’s forces from IronHammer
Received: 06 Feb 2016 15:32
Original Message:
Attackers arrive, unopposed, at this location.

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: Ironglue	Stalwart	1	Damaged for 0, 300 health remains.
Troops:	Stalwarts		0
Troops:	Battery-towers		0
Troops:	Ballistas		0

The raze is Plathus’ first siege contribution to SIN, and SIN’s 16th successful siege. The SHARK-VIC-Unbow confederacy has 5.

Just as the Head Feather siege was beginning to grind down the city, a secondary siege initiated just to the west of the first siege location, with SIN hitting Unbow’s Darth Darius:

Darth Darius [Unbow]

Gondor

[-19|-2261] in Newlands

Tink XX [SIN]

Sat 06 Feb 10:00

That siege features a blockade on a small hill and siege in a building. While the terrain favors a solid siege defense for SIN, the city of Gondor is in close proximity to SHARK and Unbow cities, giving them an opportunity to pepper the sieges with close-range hits.

At present, there has only been a few units seen hitting the camps.

SIN Sets New Siege on SHARK’s Longfeather in Newlands

SIN has initiated a new siege against SHARK in Newlands, all while the offshoot Unbow alliance continues to pick up members. The once top-ranked SHARK, now relegated to the 13th spot in alliance rankings, still maintains a toe-hold on the Newlands peninsula. SIN appears to be looking to target the remaining SHARK members in Newlands, of which Longfeather is one of them. The Herald’s siege section reported the information as follows:

longfeather [SHARK]

Head Feather

[11|-2259] in Newlands

Plathus [SIN]

Fri 05 Feb 11:20

Plathus’ siege is positioned in a small forest, along with a blockade. It is unknown what level of fighting has occurred throughout the day to engage the siege and blockade.

While SHARK’s numbers decline in the wake of a mass exodus from the alliance, the Unbowed alliance — a clear offshoot of SHARK, purportedly designed to engage SIN as a leaner, more effective fighting force — continues to bring on new members from SHARK, VIC, and even a player from DiL. Now ranked 6th overall in all of Illyriad, the 37-member Unbow has concentrated military accounts in Newlands and the High Hills in an effort to rebuff SIN’s success in the war thus far.

SHARK Steps Up Pressure on SIN with Sieges in Pawanallpa, Newlands

SHARK has touched down two more sieges against SIN, targeting players in both Pawanallpa and the Newlands. The first of the two sieges is a reprise of the broken siege by ChuckNourish on Death Squad member The Reaper, with Longfeather once again testing the Pawanallpa-based SIN players:

The Reaper. [SIN]

3. Shake a LongFeather

[847|-1647] in Pawanallpa

longfeather [SHARK]

Sun 29 Nov 07:23

The Reaper. [SIN]

3. Shake a LongFeather

[846|-1645] in Pawanallpa

longfeather [SHARK]

Sun 29 Nov 05:50

Unlike the first siege operation launched by longfeather, which though substantial had no catapults or supporting forces, these two dual sieges appear to be more orchestrated. The Reaper’s cities, however, are located on plains, making the dual siege susceptible to cavalry strikes. Currently, there is no blockade.

Perhaps even more impressive is SHARK’s move to engage and remove antagonizer extraordinaire Stukahh, who has rooted himself in a spot in the center of Newlands with only one tile where a siege can be laid down — and a plains square at that. SHARK may be looking to leverage its massive armies to muscle its way toward a big, high-profile razing of the polarizing SIN member:

Stukahh [SIN]

7. Foot To The Throat

[136|-2148] in Newlands

Worker [SHARK]

Sun 29 Nov 11:48

The city cannot be sieged and blockaded at the same time, so Stukahh may be able to prestige build the city and delay a raze in time for cavalry strikes.

Meanwhile, SIN’s siege on VIC’s Woolfie’s city of Sinope appears to be at a halfway point, with the city still boasting well over 1000 population. VIC has already managed a siege break on SIN, and may be poised to break this one as well, as SIN’s siege force has not appeared to reduce the city as quickly as other operations thus far seen in the war.

 

SIN Breaks Catless SHARK Siege on “Death Squad” Pawanallpa Member

A short-lived, catapultless siege launched by a lone SHARK BL forces was quickly broken by SIN. The siege took place against The Reaper, one of the ex-Death members in Pawanallpa who is part of the so-called “Death Squad” for SIN. The notifications for the siege flashed both in GC and in the siege section of the Herald:

[28 Nov 02:06]<System> ** News Flash: The Siege of 3. VIC is INACTIVE belonging to The Reaper. [SIN] by longfeather [SHARK] has begun

The Reaper. [SIN]

3. Shake a LongFeather

[848|-1645] in Pawanallpa

longfeather [SHARK]

Sat 28 Nov 02:06

This was the first time that SHARK has engaged any of the SIN players in Pawanallpa. The cluster there is less isolated than He-Man in the far-flung corner of Kul-Tar, but still well enough away from the SIN homeland. SIN’s ChuckNourish provided proof of the siege break. Troop numbers have been redacted:

Victorious battle against longfeather’s forces at [848|-1645] in Pawanallpa by ChuckNourish’s forces from 1.DojoOfBruceLeeAnderthal
Sent By:	System
Received By:	ChuckNourish [SIN]
Date:	28 Nov 2015 11:30
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: DP 1 Death Pack 1 Damaged for 28, 522 health remains. Troops: Death Packs Commander: DP 2 Death Pack 1 Damaged for 28, 272 health remains. Troops: Death Packs Defenders: Unit: Quantity: Casualties: Survivors: Commander: jack Fang 1 Damaged for 100, 0 health remains. Troops: Fangs 0 Troops: Scrawny Wolves 1 1 0

Ad the report demonstrates, the siege force had no catapults, which means that, absent of another siege force arriving at the city, this siege army could have never reduced the city to raze population. Also, the siege army had no reinforcements, suggesting that for longfeather, the siege may have been little more than a test to see the response time and type by the Death Squad, which could be a prelude to another siege attempt on SIN in Pawanallpa in the future.

This was ChuckNourish’s first siege break. It brings his total to 3 points earned on the War Score Card, which includes his capture of Hevneren’s city of Skogstad on November 15, 2015. Chuck was also sieged and had a city of his own captured by SHARK’s Allyssar on November 16, 2015.