PvP: The Siege of Brandoc

[Chaman-bourru]

The Siege of Brandoc

« Whoever the people of this place had been, they were now dead, scattered... And what of the attackers ? Conan made a circuit of the ruined stockade... The savagery of the destruction showed that this had been no mere cattle-raid. This was the work of warring clans or a foreign invader. He determined to proceed with utmost caution. »

-John Maddox Roberts - Conan, the Valorous

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Date : Thursday 21st of Novembre.
Time : Start at 21h30 CET (Berlin, Paris, Madrid,... time)
Duration : First round will be of an hour. If people have fun and stay shorter ones might follow or free for all fight.
Zone : Cimmerian End
Groupes : Groupes of 6 – A vs B vs C ...

Map of Brandoc

Goal : Capture and hold the flag.

Three groupes (or more) fight each other simultaneously to conquer Brandoc village. The groupe that will have kept it the longest wins the game. To capture the village you need to capture the flag (see picture). The possession time will be monitored via ingame logs.


Rules:

• No fighting before having the gates of Brandoc in sight.
• Let's not make this a swimming contest.
• None on roofs that need a 'complexe' jump to reach.
• Rez pots aren't authorized. But battle rez and self rez are.

Teams and Gear balancing :

• No more than 2 tanks per groupe
• Groupes should have a maximum total of 40 PvP levels (ex : 6 PvP 6's = 36)

>>> None of Tombstone or Loups Solitaires have massive T4 equipement. I believe The Law hasn't either yet. Therefore, unless asked to, we will not restrict the use of T4.

Details :
Cimmerian End being an open world zone, often populated and watched by hunters we must be prepared and accept to have uninvited guests. It's part of the game ! If too many of them were to come and crash the party we could eventually stop the siege of Brandoc to hammer the faces of the intruders instead.

In the case one groupe would dominate Brandoc it is of course allowed for the other groupes to synchronise their attacks and prioritize their targets. But obviously not go further and form a raid. Managing friendly fire will be needed.

Rewards:
1.600 Funcom Points per player for the winning team.

Signed-up "Factions" :

• Tombstone
• The Law
• Rakdos
• Wild Geese

[Chaman-bourru]

« Many rumours have been spread on Brandoc's Village. Some say a treasure is buried somewhere beneath it. Some whisper it is Bori's tomb that your shovel will find, and inside a powerfull artefact.

Whatever lies beneath the ground of this Cimmerian land, one thing is certain: It is now in Clan of the Free City's hands. »

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Thanks to all of those who came and sorry to all of those who tried to come but couldn't for various reasons we'll try to make it up next time. The organisation was messy and a bit tedious as always but we still managed to get started and have a one hour fight. Hopefully next time it will go smoother.

Four groupes fiercely fought for the domination of Brandoc. Special congratz to the Black Steel's and Tacos who fought in a groupe of 4 and then 3 only. Their swords and spells were noticed !

It was messy, it was bloody, it was fun despite the few bugs that occured. A few Iron Wills invited themselves to the party a few minuts before the end. I was told their heads now decorate the palissades of Brandoc.

Hope every one had fun !

Score :

• Clan of the Free City : 36
• Loups Solitaires  & Friends : 8
• Tombstone : 7
• Tacos & Black Steel : 0

A similar event will take place next week. Just contact me if intrested to get the date and location. Keep in mind that the better you organise your groupe the faster the event will start.

Performance wise, server was a lot less stable than during last event where lags spikes where much rarer. But still quite playable.

[Chaman-bourru]

Next event will follow these ruleset again, check it for small updates.

[Chaman-bourru]

Once again the peace of Brandoc was blown to pieces.
Many swings of swords and hammers were needed to bring it back together.

Scores:(counted in minuts holding the flag)

• Loups Solitaires: 30
• Vergessene Helden: 8
• Wild Geese: 6
• Tombstone: 4

Many thanks to all who joined ! Hope you all had fun despite minor incidents. Was great to see so many people joining and i hope we'll see you all for the next one.

In future events we will have a tool keeping track of the captured flags (currently it's me noting the time from the logs on a board while fighting) so it will be easier for every groupe to keep track on who's winning. If you have other ideas to improve this even go ahead.

[Chaman-bourru]

Next event will take place the 24th of Septembre at the usual time: 21:30 CEST

Please let me know if you are planning to join and with how many players so we can try and organise groupes in advance.

[Chaman-bourru]

Forth edition of the Siege of Brandoc:

Scores:(counted in minuts holding the flag)

• Wild Geese: 25
• Loups Solitaires & The Law: 21
• Tombstone: 11

Congratz to Wild Geese for the win. The rewards should arrive to you guys shortly. Thanks to everyone that came. Hope everyone had fun !

Keep an eye on forums for the next events !

[Sarhal]

qq, missed it

[-Numi-]

Thanks for organising! It was great fun. Gratz to Wild Geese.

Looking forward to the next event

[Maelkjar]

Heya, been great fun yesterday!
Next time that Flag and those points are to be ours for sure!!!

Keep it up, Vehl - this event was more fun than the rest of the evening in PvP!!

[Chaman-bourru]

5th Edition of the Siege of Brandoc !

!!! It's Tonight !!!

Date : Thursday 21st of Novembre.
Time : Start at 21h30 CET (Berlin, Paris, Madrid,... time)
Duration : First round will be of an hour. If people have fun and stay shorter ones might follow or free for all fight.
Zone : Cimmerian End
Groupes : Groupes of 6 – A vs B vs C ...
Rewards : 1.600 funcom points for each members of the winning team

/!\ Attention /!\
In the case guilds would want to bring more than 6 players, let me know in advance so every groupe can organize themselves to get extra players.

Note: The PvP level cap is a number to approach. It's not always easy to stay below. But it's appreciated to still mind it so beginner groupes can still join have fun.