PAWA PUFFS: TUF Continues To Siege SIN’s Vulerable Cities in Pawanallpian Desert

TUF is once again siezing an opportunistic moment in its war with SIN, sieging two more cities in Pawanallpa that are far removed from the Hashashin’s strongholds in Fellandire and Newsland. The Herald’s siege section is reporting on the siege action this morning:

Deimo [SIN]	Elvesbane	[855|-1723] in Pawanallpa	Agalloch [TUF]	Tue 13 Sep 07:00
Deimo [SIN]	Elvesbane	[854|-1722] in Pawanallpa	Mexican dwarf [TUF]	Tue 13 Sep 07:00
Deimo [SIN]	Elvesbane	[855|-1722] in Pawanallpa	Karl Aegis [TUF]	Tue 13 Sep 07:03

Deimo [SIN]

Elvesbane

[853|-1724] in Pawanallpa

PublicRelations [TUF]

Tue 13 Sep 11:19

Deimos’ city of Elvesbane is surrounded by plains, which is likely why TUF is running four siege camps; the multi-siege approach gives them a chance to reduce the city’s population quickly, before SIN cavalry can land from a distance. The city is also heavily blockaded, which will make it difficult for Deimo to prestige build.

TUF is also sieging another of Deimo’s cities in Pawanallpa:

Deimo [SIN]

Dark Parmenion

[922|-1594] in Pawanallpa

PublicRelations [TUF]

Tue 13 Sep 00:51

There was a second and third siege that also set up on this city sent by Agalloch’s alt account Elfs Bane and Josh’s PublicRelations that have since been broken by SIN.

 

He-Man Hurt in Desert: Impressive TUF Op Humiliates SIN

In a significant turn of events, TUF has answered the loss of one of their active’s cities in southern BL with a major siege victory against the game’s top defensive player. Amid a swarm of siege and blockade camps set down against SIN’s He-Man, it was Josh who was finally able to storm his city of Cracked Walnut and destroy it, the Times has learned.

The Times reported earlier on the landing of the siege on September 1st, which at first featured three siege camps by Agalloch that were later joined by the PublicRelations account, who set down an additional two more. The remaining squares were occupied by sieges and, while it appears that SIN managed to cripple several of the siege camps, the close proximity of TUF cities were likely able to keep blockades and direct attacks cycling throughout the operation.

The length of the siege suggests that He-Man broke enough blockades and prestige built at times, however, TUF was able to take advantage of He-Man’s city placement, which was flanked by 6 TUF cities.

The siege victory is a major win for TUF, who effectively answers SIN’s recent razing of kaven’s just stolen with an even more high-profile razing in Pawanallpa.

Adding insult to injury, it also appears that the raze has forced SIN to fall back from its desert position, according to a suggestion from TUF in GC following their victory yesterday:

[19:51]<PublicRelations> bye bye
[19:52]*PublicRelations waves at the retreating desert orc
[19:52]<ThorOdin> nice
[19:52]<PublicRelations> going up are we?

The war between TUF and SIN has effectively become an effort for Broken Lands warlord Agalloch to unseat The Hashashin as the assumed military leaders of the game — and his alliance has made a strong case for it. SIN has struggled in the early going of the war, already losing three cities to razes, while having another 4 of its sieges broken. While SIN has razed or captured 4 TUF cities since the onset of the war, a 4 and 4 record for the top military alliance pales in comparison to their previous wars, such as the recent NW2, where they managed to destroy 31 cities.

YARR/TUF War Spills Into Newlands; SIN Sieges Josh & Fails As New War Ramps Up

YARR leader Ranalos led a multi-siege on Josh in Newlands, pitting the once-allied players against one another in a major dwarven smackdown. The Herald’s siege section is reporting the three new siege camps:

PublicRelations [TUF]	bb Assimilated Corpse	[134|-2217] in Newlands	Ranalos [YARR!]	Tue 28 Jun 07:32
PublicRelations [TUF]	bb Assimilated Corpse	[135|-2217] in Newlands	Ranalos [YARR!]	Tue 28 Jun 07:57
PublicRelations [TUF]	bb Assimilated Corpse	[133|-2217] in Newlands	Ranalos [YARR!]	Tue 28 Jun 08:03

The multi-siege operation is targeting a plains city, and is accompanied by several blockades as well.

Ranalos’ move is likely a response to the recent string of successful TUF siege operations that have ostensibly leveled out the YARR/TUF war. On Sunday, the Illyriad Telegraph reported that YARR’s Urlond Bloodaxe, losing the cities of cities of Haledur and Khedesh to both Agalloch and Josh, respectively, marking three successful sieges in the space of a week. YARR also managed during this time to raze Dark Dan I’s city of Castle Pills.

Just at the publishing of this article, YARR oficials provided proof of the raze on Josh’s city:

bb Assimilated Corpse razed!
Sent By:	System
Received By:	Ranalos [YARR!]
Date:	29 Jun 2016 08:04
bb Assimilated Corpse, belonging to PublicRelations which was located at 134|-2218 has been razed by Ranalos.

 

Josh has lost another town. He’s been exodusing into his Clarien hub, but we caught one here. I had concerns, because a Sin siege landed after we launched, and I didn’t want to hit that, but Josh cleared it before we got there.

 

SIN Rogue Ops Lead To New TUF-SIN Conflict

Josh’s city of Assimilated Corpse is not new to siege, and was recently part of a SIN siege led by rogue players, the Times has learnt. Several sieges have been sent at Josh accounts by SIN, which in turn prompted a war declaration by TUF.

The Times managed to grab these siege announcements from the Herald, which appear to show what has turned out to be siege failures:

PublicRelations [TUF]	bb Assimilated Corpse	[133|-2217] in Newlands	Deo Volente [SIN]	Mon 27 Jun 12:59
PublicRelations [TUF]	cc Nightmare Lemonade	[278|-1960] in Newlands	Elanderrich [SIN]	Mon 27 Jun 14:28
PublicRelations [TUF]	cc Nightmare Lemonade	[278|-1958] in Newlands	Elanderrich [SIN]	Mon 27 Jun 14:29

At the time of this writing, Josh’s city of cc Nightmare Lemonade is still standing, and Deo Volente’s siege of bb Assimilated Corpse also appeals to have been broken. The fact that Ranalos is now sieging the same city is suggesting to some that SIN may have asked YARR for assistance after losing these siege operations to TUF. The first siege in the mounting conflict, which was on 3 – Legion! Legion who? — appears to have been a success, however, and the siege that prompted TUF to declare on SIN.

Given that there has been a war declaration and at least three siege operations in the conflict, the Times feels that there is sufficient evidence to suggest that a War Score Card is warranted. At the outset, TUF and SIN appear tied, with two siege breaks for TUF (2 points) and one raze for SIN (2 points).

If the Times is missing information on other siege operations, please send to the Times editors.

SIN’s Goldy1 Defects To TUF; Unbow’s Spektor Joins Ranks

In a final note, the Times has been made aware of two notable roster moves, with SIN’s Goldy1 defecting to TUF, and former Unbow leader Spektor joining their ranks as well. Goldy1 has been a vocal troll in GC for SIN and involved in several of their operations in the past. Considered a veteran of SIN, his defection shows possible weakness in SIN ranks. Goldy is the second defector that TUF has picked up recently, the other being Josh, who betrayed YARR in the midst of the YARR/TUF war and switched sides.

Little is known about Spektor’s motivations for joining TUF, however, his addition to the ranks appears to be in line with the fresh SIN/TUF tensions.

Dark Dan Pays the Price For TUF Defection; Josh Uses Close Range To Hit YARR in Pawa

Dark Dan I has lost a city to YARR after defecting to TUF along with Josh, the Times has learned. YARR leader Solanar/Ranalos shared the raze report with Times editors:

Castle Pills razed!

Sent By:SystemReceived By:Ranalos [YARR!]Date:24 Jun 2016 06:47 Castle Pills, belonging to Dark Dan I which was located at 414|-2245 has been razed by Ranalos.

Battlefield reports from TUF officials revealed that this siege operation was a protracted difficult one, however, the raze brings the battle to a conclusion as a win in the YARR column. “Perhaps word of YARR! falling apart was exaggerated,” Ranalos noted in his report.

While the defections from YARR to TUF might suggest a shift in where the fighting in the YARR/TUF war is taking place, from Pawanallpa to the Pirate Isles, in the wake of this loss, TUF has wielded Josh’s account to engage a new siege in Pawanallpa. News of the operation flashed across GC earlier:

[09:54]<System> ** News Flash: Urlond Bloodaxe’s [YARR!] large city of Khedesh is now under siege byPublicRelations’ [TUF] city of hh Northwestern Barstead

. . . followed up by additional information in the Herald:

Urlond Bloodaxe [YARR!]

Khedesh

[845|-1816] in Pawanallpa

PublicRelations [TUF]

Fri 24 Jun 09:54

TUF will look to negate the YARR win with a raze of their own.

UGLY: YARR, TUF Target Training Alliances

Combatants YARR and TUF traded hostilities against training alliances today as the YARR/TUF war took an ugly turn. TUF and YARR shared sparse details about the turn of events. The first piece of intel came from TUF’s viperone in a message entitled, “YARR attacks a training alliance.”

The message only contained the following battle report:

From: System

Subject: FW: Failed defense by squirrel’s forces at [777|-1671] in Pawanallpa under attack by PublicRelations’s forces from xx Bilingual Dwarf
Received: 09 Jun 2016 07:52
Original Message:
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:
Troops:	Packsmen	720	171	549
Commander: Runeriders Bilingual 1	Runerider	1	Damaged for 23, 377 health remains.
Troops:	Runeriders	5095	1207	3888
Commander: Runerider	Runerider	1	Damaged for 23, 377 health remains.
Troops:	Runeriders	60	14	46

 

Defenders:	Unit:	Quantity:	Casualties:	Survivors:
Commander: Nutty Ned	Charioteer	1	Damaged for 150, 0 health remains.
Troops:	Charioteers	5000	5000	0

Commander Nutty Ned narrowly avoided a fatal blow, and lives to fight another day.

The Times noted that the player squirrel is part of Hellfire [Hell], a self-described training alliance: “We are a newly formed Training Alliance since 2014.”

In what appears to be a near-simultaneous move, TUF declared war on YARR’s training alliance The Rum Runners [RUM]:

[09 Jun 07:52]<System> ** News flash: The Unfettered [TUF] declares war on Rum Runners [RUM] Hostilities may begin immediately…

RUM is clearly a training alliance for YARR, and several players in YARR have used it as a sanctuary alliance to avoid the war. The alliance is composed of many small and/or seemingly weak accounts that would make for soft TUF targets.

It us unknown what relationship Hell has with TUF, but it is not know to be the alliance’s official training alliance.

because the battle and war declaration appear to have taken place within the same minute, it is not known which event came first, but considering the sequence of messages to the Times, TUF likely declared war in sympathy to Hell for its member being attacked by YARR forces.

No word yet from PublicRelations on the motive behind the attack.

Josh Takes Down Second Aga City, TUF Loses 2 Pawa Cities Within Days AS Third Siege Sets Up

“Yarr will not tire! Yarr will not stop! Cause we got a never-ending supply of Rum to keep us on top.” – Josh

Josh has razed a second TUF city in the ongoing YARR/TUF war, destroying TUF leader Agalloch’s city of The Number of the Beast. YARR officials shared details of the successful siege to the Times:

.The Number of the Beast razed!
Sent By:	System
Received By:	PublicRelations [YARR!]
Date:	28 May 2016 22:16
.The Number of the Beast, belonging to Agalloch which was located at 779|-1671 has been razed by PublicRelations.

JOSH V. AGA II: New YARR Siege Op on Agalloch Lights Up Illy

Josh

versus Aga

After their previous high-profile siege that led to the razing of the city of Megadeth, Josh and Agalloch are once again going head to head, as YARR is using the PublicRelations account as its lead for a new siege on the TUF leader. News of the new siege operation flashed through GC earlier:

09:00]<System> ** News Flash: Agalloch’s [TUF] large town of .The Number of the Beast is now under siege by PublicRelations’ [YARR!] sprawling city of dd Sitting Situation

. . . with the Herald’s Siege section posting further details:

Agalloch [TUF]

.The Number of the Beast

[780|-1671] in Pawanallpa

PublicRelations [YARR!]

Thu 26 May 09:00

YARR is taking advantage of a small hill in the largely plains-dominated desert for its siege camp, while three blockades are already in place to keep Agalloch from easily prestige building.

This is not the first time that The Number of the Beast has been a siege target in the YARR/TUF war: Curmudgeon and Muad’Dib both sieged the city on May 8th, which was subsequently “stopped at the gates” by Agalloch. Josh will look to finish the job in this second attempt on the city.

In comments to the Times on Tuesday, Josh noted that YARR had ” touched down a blockade on .The Number of the Beast in Pawanallpa, with a good amount of defensive troops that will be challenging remaining offensive TUF troops in the region until the blockade will be replaced by a siege force and many more troops in, which they most likely won’t be able to destroy.” A later report claimed that their “blockade has been taking light hits and a lot of cav, but also spear, bow elite divisions hitting it often.”

Josh also added that, “Elfs Bane has also just landed a town of his in Pawanallpa that we have now cleared of troops from regions further away. Things are looking good for Yarr!”

JOSH 1, AGA 0: YARR Razes TUF Leader in Protracted Desert Siege

The Pirate Republic has scored a major siege victory in its war with TUF, with BL military veteran Josh razing TUF leader and Broken Lands warlord Agalloch in a protracted, hotly-contested siege in the scorched deserts of Pawanallpa that concluded on Wednesday morning. Early this morning, YARR officials posted the details of the successful siege to the Times:

From: System
Subject: FW: .Megadeth razed!
Received: 18 May 2016 08:13
Original Message:
.Megadeth, belonging to Agalloch which was located at 731|-1734 has been razed by PublicRelations.

The siege on Megadeth began in the early hours of May 16. While the siege only took two days to complete, it was reportedly a contentious operation that was contested by Agalloch breaking small blockades, meeting direct attacks on the city with equipped elites, and prestige building heavily to keep the city from collapsing. a player with detailed knowledge of the battle claims that Josh’s storm force “practically walked right in,” indicating that Megadeth was out of troops — a claim that Agalloch himself even eluded to at times in GC.

In comments to the Times, Josh noted that: “Agalloch did a good job clearing blockades until we started doing rotating blockades and timing it really well,” adding that “credit goes to Walnut, a new player in Yarr who has done an awesome job in the war so far and we are very impressed with him.”

JOSH VERSUS AGA: Heavyweight Desert Smackdown Between YARR & TUF Continues

YARR and TUF are once again engaged in a high-energy battle in the deserts of Pawanallpa, with one of TUF leader Agalloch’s cities taking center stage. Nearly 24 hours ago, YARR initiated a major siege on Agalloch, with one of the Pirate republic’s leading military players leading the charge.

Agalloch [TUF]

.Megadeth

[732|-1734] in Pawanallpa

PublicRelations [YARR!]

Mon 16 May 00:03

Known by his iconic PublicRelations and HumanResources accounts, Josh has made his mark as one of the most active and prolific fighters in the Broken lands, as has Agalloch. Even more interesting is the fact that both enemy combatants served together in both Stomps and SHARK. Now, they find themselves on opposite ends of the battlefield, fighting a draining battle that could potentially usher in the endgame of the war, depending on how willing both sides are to push all-in with troops.

A source with knowledge of the battle say that Agalloch de-leveled the city early on to make it more difficult to raze, and has done everything he can to keep the population from dropping, ostensibly using prestige. While the source would not share information about the composition or state of the siege, they did note that numerous clearing attempts have already been made using elites, and that Agalloch in turn has responded with elite defense, making for several elite-on-elite battles. It is not known at this time if Agalloch is dodging a large city force, or whether he has few city forces left and is using them in elite configurations in desperation.

The city of Megadeth has an interesting history, as it was a center of activity in the Death/TUF-Tuna war. Kratos sieged the city on January 25, 2016, which went on to be broken by the warlord Agalloch himself. For Aga, that was his fifth unanswered siege break in a row in that war, and his alliance went on to it, with peace being established just a week later on February 1, 2016

SHARK, VIC Lose Both Kul-Tar Sieges After Big Hits From SIN; Lost A, Pico Leave SHARK; Duran Departs SIN

In a stinging defeat of its first major round of offensive pressure on SIN, both VIC and SHARK have suffered siege breaks on their sieges on He-Man’s cities in SIN’s small Kul-Tar enclave. In the early morning of November 18th, tips began to stream into the Times that eyewitnesses had seen the VIC siege led by Alta63 broken by local forces from He-Man’s city of “Need Help? Call 1800-ABSA” — renamed after the Times published a Chatzy revealing that VIC has asked ABSA for assistance in its war against SIN. A comment on the initial report for this siege from “French Toast” — also claimed that the “siege is broken,” which was later confirmed by SIN officials with the following report. Troop numbers and types have been redacted:

From: System
Subject: FW: Victorious battle against Alta63’s forces at [963|-405] in Kul Tar by He-Man’s forces from Need Help? Call 1800-ABSA
Received: 18 Nov 2015 01:59
Original Message:
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: T1 Bow			Damaged for 60, 340 health remains.
Troops:

 

Defenders:	Unit:	Quantity:	Casualties:	Survivors:
Commander: Temple Offense			Damaged for 548, 0 health remains.
Troops:				0
Troops:	Mangonels			0
Commander: Temple Off 2			Damaged for 548, 0 health remains.
Troops:				0
Commander: Temple off 3			Damaged for 548, 0 health remains.
Troops:				0