It might not have gone as well as we'd hoped.. but we had a blast all the same!
Above is a picture of Arah's tower which we held for a continuous 6 hours, all the while figuring out the range on our trebuchets. We reinforced our allies while they captured the neighbouring supply camp, and gave hell to our enemies when they dared enter our range. So much so that, eventually, they came en-mass to put an end to our tyranny!
Later that weekend, we took a crack squad of savvy motivated personnel south, deep into enemy territory. There we harassed and denied a supply camp to both the green and blue enemy. They would occasionally catch on and get a couple of us, but our superior strategy of "every man for himself" dispersal pattern would leave someone alive to rez the rest after the enemy had cleared out. During our harassment, we met one of our newest members Taymian and his buddy Pingroo who joined in on the merriment!
The final evening, we started with Dreaming Bay in our control. A well defended island keep, very close to the home base of the dreaded green enemy. We put up a valiant effort, but eventually their seemingly superior numbers overwhelmed the keep. We were driven from the island, and seemed to spend the rest of the night playing catch up, trying to recapture supply camps as we were assaulted from both sides.
Overall we had a great time in World vs World, but it was glaringly obvious that our server has a problem.
A serious lack of quality leadership.
I saw maybe two (2) commanders over the course of the weekend, and they were weak leaders at best. Either they had a severe lack of communication, a poor sense of strategy, or both. Eventually the majority of players in the map would complain or straight out ignore the commander, leading to dissension amongst the ranks. Sadly this lead to the other servers trouncing us with well laid sabotage and deception. It's unfortunate in many ways that the only requirements for gaining a commander's rank is a one time outlay of one hundred (100) gold. This both denies good leaders without a large guild or some other monetary support from getting the rank, and allows ANYONE with deep pockets to easily acquire one.
I think together we would be able to run World vs World much more effectively than the current commanders are capable of. So, I have decided to make it my objective to acquire the funds for a commander rank for our guild. It's not going to be easy, nor will it be quick, but I think it would be a worth while investment given our server's current state.