Post-war Thoughts and Revisions

THOUGHTS

The one-day war event is over and, in my opinion, we did not do very well.

Here is the breakdown of how everyone did.

Name	War points
Sol Invictus	6,446
Yuval	3,265
Valor	3,215
Crispy	2,654
Manfred	2,200
Kottontech	2,123
Luiscas	1,891
Max	1,795
Jacqui	1,837
Oz	1,085
Travis	1,078
AmazingAmazon	888
Merlinn	730
Sili	641

Anyone not on this list failed to get even 500 points. Some people failed to get even one point.

There are 14 people on this list, which means 13 of us didn't help out very much. Half of the guild might as well not exist, judging from these statistics.

We can do a lot better, is my point. The whole reason we're doing this guild thing is for guild wars. There is no other point to being in a guild. So what explains the lack of participation?

The next war should be a little easier for people to participate in because I expect it to be longer than 24 hours, so if we can't make an improvement on ranking above #738 then we're going to have to consider making some big changes.

I completely understand that people have lives outside of this stupid, little game on your phone or tablet...but you should be able to find five minutes to show up and score some points once in awhile.

REVISIONS

We need to refine our strategy. Here is what I propose:

- The Guardian.

When the war starts we identify what element that the Guardian uses. Those who have armors strong against that element should attack it. It may also be worth considering a Power Attack against the Guardian to get it out of the way right off the bat.

- Your armor.

The armor you wear in the Arena is the armor you wear in guild war battles. You may want to put some thought into what armors you're wearing and what order your knights are in. Maybe you want to put a different armor on your main knight. In tough battles, I think it is smart to put your strongest knight second, that way your first knight can build up the Special Attack.

In this last war, I would switch out my regular armors in order to put on armor that was generally weaker, but stronger against the opposing Guardian. Then I'd switch back to my regular armors to fight enemy players. Something to think about.

- Your stats.

You want to use your best armor configuration for battles, but if you don't have a total offense/defense of, say, 1,500 then you will probably want to stick to attacking the gate. 200+ points per battle is better than zero points per battle.

-War alerts.

A few of us have now used the LINE messenger application. I strongly urge everyone to get this app. The reason for this is to alert members when it is time to fight a war. We don't need to use this to talk to each other because in-game chat is good enough for that, but it would be really useful to be able to send out notifications to rally members to contribute to a war. Our biggest problem is getting enough people to fight in any given battle. If we can get 12-15 people to fight, we will be winning a lot of battles.

Get LINE messenger.

-Your level.

One of the best ways to make individual contributions to the guild is to make yourself better by gaining levels. If you're under level 100, how many levels you gain over any period of time is one indication of how active you are, and we want active people in this guild. Improving yourself improves the guild.

If my records are correct, Jacqui kicked some ass these past few days by moving up more than anyone else, 13 levels from 54 to 67. How is this even possible? I think I messed something up. If not...wow. Great work, Jacqui.

Max, Sili, Oz and myself (Sol) all gained six levels over the past week.
Yuval moved up five levels. Amazing Amazon moved up 4. Nightmare, Manfred, Luiscas, Valor and Travis all went up three levels.

Crispy, DeckelDieb, Gavrok, InciSion, Elton, Monarca, Vincent, Kottontech and Nathan all gained only 1 or 2 levels this past week, if they gained any at all. Those of you who didn't gain any levels, and you're under 100, see if you can pick up a few levels this week. I know everyone has lives to live, but it'd be nice to see an overall trend of improvement.

I want feedback and input on this. I'm a fuckin' nobody. I am not a General or a strategist. I have no idea what I'm doing. Help me out by offering your ideas.