The One About Colony War - Part 2

Recap about Colony War - Part 1 here.

As promised, I'm back with more updates on colony wars. The very first colony war which takes place on 8 June 2007, Friday, 2000hrs-2200hrs (GMT+8), lasts for two hours. Based on community feedback of whether or not these 2 hours are optimal, will we then decide the duration of the next colony war.

1) First Colony War - Free For All!

The first colony war is rather significant since ALL territories are unoccupied and free for all factions to attempt to occupy. After a territory's colony has been occupied by a faction, this is a whole new ball game with different dynamics and politics altogether. I will talk more about this in my next entry on Colony wars.

Coming back to Colony War 101, if you press ALT + Right Click on any colony, you will be able to check out its stats. (For those of you who are new to GE, pressing ALT + Right click on any monster in GE enables you to look at its properties and which elements those monsters are weak against.)



















2) Pre-Requisites For Colony War Participation

You need to be in a faction. That's all. Any faction is able to take part, regardless of faction level. There was a rumor going around earlier that the faction level needs to be 52 before being able to participate in faction wars, but it is not true.

After that, all you need to do is to walk up to the colony and give it all you've got on your skill list! Or you could also summon a Valkyrie to help you out in the siege. However, do note that if you summon continuously, only the latest siege weapon with which you summoned will remain.






























3) Colony - I own you!

So after a fierce struggle, the colony has fallen to your faction! A notice will be given whenever a colony is occupied:















(My fave part) The faction name will also be marked on the world map!



















Another significant benefit of owning a colony is that all members of that faction enjoys faction colony's protection of an improvement in HP by 10%:






I'm looking forward in eager anticipation to seeing which of your factions will become legends on the world map on that fateful day of 8 June 2007.

Legends for a week until the next colony war, that is. ;)

The One About Colony War - Part I

Colony War is just round the corner and the schedule for the first 3 wars are as follows:

First Colony War: 8 June 2007, Friday, 2000hrs-2200hrs (GMT+8)
Second Colony War: 17 June 2007, Sunday, 2000hrs-undecided (GMT+8)
Third Colony War: 23 June 2007, Saturday, 2000hrs-undecided (GMT+8)

I've been getting a lot of questions about what colony wars are all about. I guess I should start with the basics.

What is a colony? A colony is this tall pillar that is available in certain maps in the world.
























For the very first colony war, colonies will be open to attack on all the maps that have a colony in it. Factions can start attacking these colonies. Once the colony has been destroyed, the colony will belong to the faction of the last person who hit and destroyed the colony and they have to defend it till the timer for the colony war has ended. His/her faction will now rule that map and enjoy certain HP and attack boost bonuses. Their faction name will be written on the world map, such that the world will know that they are ruling that map.

Aight. That's all for today lest information overload takes place. ;)

Read Colony War - Part 2 here.

The One About Sun Tzu's Art Of PVP War

We all know how God-like Sun Tzu is in his art of war. But Sun Tzu obviously never played GE if not he would have learnt a thing or two about PvP war from the boys in Yakisoba Faction. As you guys know, I’m on an ‘Industrial Attachment’ program and Yakisoba Faction was the first faction who had invited me to join them during the CBT period. I must say there has never been a dull moment in the mama-drama ‘Days of our Faction Lives’! These boys are go-getting, hardcore players out on a rampage of death and destruction! Still, it has been extremely entertaining and faction chat is never-ending.

So anyway, it was the night before CBT ended and the leader of the [Scarlet Rose Faction], Lestat, broadcast a message across the world, inviting everyone to join in a mass PVP war. As we were all making our way down to the PVP officer at City of Auch, faction chat went something like that:

Yakisoba Faction Boy 1: Eh Hrin! Hrin! You must take part in the 15v15 PVP tourney!
Hrin: Yeah sure :) What's the strategy guys? My MCC combination is Wiz/Scout/Elementalist. I have master level in...
Yakisoba Faction Boy 2: Oh don't worry your pretty head with that! We just need you to be our mascot!
Hrin: -.-" Right... And what exactly am I supposed to do?
Yakisoba Faction Boy 1: Just stand at the side to distract the enemy! Make sure you wear your French maid costume! And don't forget to levitate so that the enemy can get a GREAT view from below!
Yakisoba Faction Boy 2: Yeah! Your levitation combined with French maid costume will OWN both Retardi and Sandman!

I stare at them in amused incredulity as they go into a blow-by-blow account of all the various ways they could use me as a 'pleasant distraction' to the enemy. GE players trying to pimp out their CM (Community Manager)?! Alas! What has the World of Granado Espada come to? I should pen a letter to the Queen of Vespanola voicing my grievances about this. I can almost see the headlines in tomorrow's 'Vespanolan Times' newspaper...

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Vespanolan Times: Queen Banishes Yakisoba Faction Boys To Al Quelt Moreza!

The Queen of Vespanola has issued a decree to banish the Yakisoba Faction boys to a lifetime of hard grinding in the dungeons of Al Quelt Moreza (AQM). Apparently, these boys were found guilty of attempting to pimp out the Queen's delegate, Hrin, in the new continent of Granado Espada.

They will also serve a lifetime of slavery to AQM's resident evil, Dilos Lantemn. No power leveling! No rare item drops!

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Grievances aside, Lestat suggested that we have a pure fistfight, meaning no weapons and no skills usage, which turned out to be pretty hilarious!















It felt more like a mild catfight since no one was doing any real damage and everyone was just laughing and having lots of fun. Yet at the same time, it brought us all 'back to our roots' when CBT had just begun - how we were all Level 1 noobs, dealing minimal damage to Mandradoras and to one another during duels.

I can hardly wait for POBT to begin! 55 days and counting down...