Aga’s Siege on YARR’s Malus Crushed By Ranalos’ Stalwart Stomp

YARR leader Ranalos lined up a major stalwart siege break on TUF’s first siege operation, crushing it less than 24 hours after it landed. YARR offficials sent a copy of the final battle in its entirety, which reveals the potency of attacking Stalwarts on mountainous terrain:

Victorious battle against Demdigs’s forces at [274|-2544] in The Orken Coast by Ranalos’s forces from Arsenal
Sent By:	Ranalos [YARR!]
Received By:	PublicRelations [YARR!]
Date:	01 Jun 2016 15:42
From: System Subject: FW: Victorious battle against Demdigs’s forces at [274|-2544] in The Orken Coast by Ranalos’s forces from Arsenal Received: 01 Jun 2016 15:41 Original Message: Two opposing forces clash against each other. Swordsmen, and especially cavalry, find attacking into very mountainous terrain difficult – although ranged units can excel. Narrow passes and gulleys hinder any mounted units’ ability to defend adequately. Nimble spear units have no such worries here, and defending bowmen are able to use their height advantage to maximum effect. Attackers: Unit: Quantity: Casualties: Survivors: Commander: Capo  Stalwart 1 Damaged for 92, 508 health remains. Troops:  Stalwarts 47690 44123 3567 Commander: Felvion  Stalwart 1 Damaged for 92, 458 health remains. Troops:  Stalwarts 150 139 11 Commander: Milli  Stalwart 1 Damaged for 92, 508 health remains. Troops:  Stalwa 150 138 12 Commander: Vitruvius  Stalwart 1 Damaged for 92, 508 health remains. Troops:  Stalwarts  150 139 11   Defenders: Unit: Quantity: Casualties: Survivors: Troops:  Halbardi 6841 6841 0 Troops:  Kobold 49756 49756 0 Troops:  Clan Guardsme 2363 2363 0 Troops:  Fists 1360 1360 0 Commander: Optimus Prime  Sentinel 1 Damaged for 231, 0 health remains. Troops:  Sentinels 24361 24361 0 Commander: t2 bow  Elven Trueshot 1 Damaged for 74, 0 health remains. Troops:  Elven Trues 18437 18437 0 Commander: Bow T1  Clanguard 1 Damaged for 428, 0 health remains. Troops:  Clanguards 740 740 0 Troops:  Death Dealers 52 52 0 Commander: 2P) India the Influential dwar  Packsman 1 Damaged for 74, 0 health remains. Commander: Adespotos  Wolfrider 1 Damaged for 581, 0 health remains. Commander: Up Yours  Wolfrider 1 Damaged for 581, 0 health remains. Troops:  Tortoises 17 17 0 Troops:  Trebuchets 57 57 0

YARR’s Josh noted that, “before this hit on the SW squarethere was some mediocre hits by Turjake’ Stalwarts and some Cavalry forces from PR,” which ostensibly softened the siege camp to an extent. Uiran added that, “Bombardment began at 6:02 and siege was crushed at 15:38 server time the same day. Population was 3.6k when siege began and ended up with 5k when sieged was crushed.” He also said that virtually no elites were used in the siege break.

TUF Fires Back With Counter-Siege on Malus in The Orken Coast; YARR Trolls Demdigs

A shot of enemy forces pouring into the region, courtesy of YARR.

TUF appears to be mounting a major, new counter-siege on The Pirate Republic, seeking to answer the string of three lost sieges in recent weeks with an alliance-wide siege operation. The Herald is reporting details of the siege in its Siege section:

Malus [YARR!]

Elven women and children

[274|-2544] in The Orken Coast

Elfs Bane [TUF]

Tue 31 May 18:02

It is believed that this is actually the city of Naggor, and that Malus has re-named it “Elven women and children” in order to troll the player Demdigs, who purportedly has become irate in recent weeks over comments made by another player named Comrade General, who often quips “death to elves!” in GC and recently joked about killing “elven women and children” as well. Although elves are not real, Demdigs has attributed this comment to Comrade General’s support of real-life murder.

That aside, the siege itself is located on a large mountain, potentially offering a powerful defensive advantage to the siege. The blockade on the city is also taking advantage of mountainous terrain.

TUF will look to gain a decisive siege victory here and stem the tide of losses. A siege win would tie the War Score Card again.