Frontier Skirmishing

[Brannor McThife]

This goes to all da middies.

I've been away from Middie RvR for quite some time now, and have only recently started again, so by no means can I speak with a trully clear picture. So I'm going to use two examples, last night, and Wednesday night.

Wednesday night we camped the AMG, severely shore of healers, but we managed. One of our guys suggested a tactic which some of us tried, and it worked. Also, at another point, when the Albs first came to fight us, we actually "shimmied" our way around them so as to almost encircle them on that little hill. Eventually they had far greater numbers than us and we were wipped. However, we successfully held an open area by employing true skirmishing tactics. Very nice work Middies.

Last night had an interesting scenario. Albs were camping our MG in Emain. And for a good 30/40 minutes, all we did was try poke them off the walls and die a lot, hence giving them lots of RP. Now, amazingly, I am actually trying to STFU out there as much as possible. I want to follow and slam/pummel. But, after hearing my group, and a few others, repeatedly suggest that we fall back to pull the Albs through, I took it apon myself to run into our mass, and merely shout "Ok, let's fall back to the treeline", and one or two others joined in. Soon, we have a rather nice looking defensive line by the trees, with a few of us coverring the left flank.

We used our dead comrads to let us know when most of the albs were through the gates, and then someone in the main force started a charge. Well, as The Lady would have it, the Hibs had picked around the same time to attack. The poor Albs had nowhere to run, and we stampeded through those gates faster than the runners of Pamplona. Me being red and ugly, died to multiple nukes. But I watched with joy as the Midgard army swayed left, then right, mopping up every single enemy. Our losses were not that great, and a great tactic was used.

Good tactics make good fun. Nice going Middies.

-G

 

[old.Ayam Ganbatte]

I don't see positional advantage used much in emain. Simply having a healer stuck behind a tree on the side to mesmerise provides a significant advantage, speaking from experience. Or having a fast inconspicuous skald group take the long way around to smack the casters from behind. The two bulls headbutting each other in emain is usually the norm despite these very simple projections.

 

[klavrynd]

the only thing i saw in emain yesterday were a bunch of utter cowards just standing their grounds after someone yelled "charge" and only 5-10 people charged in , ending in death.



if all you want to do is wait, go play a fishing simulator.

 

[Perplexed]

amen.

 

[Dook_Pug]

Fishing sims rule.

I've not been to Emain much lately. I much prefer the skirmishes between marauding groups of 1-2 groups of invaders that have been occuring throughout the Middie frontier over the past few days.

My favourite one to date being the group of 8 or so Hibs camping Yggdra gate who didn't see me hiding right next to them in the christmas tree.

AE AE AE!!!11

 

[old.Enigma]

Klav I didnt see that so maybe it was before I got there but if your talking about when the albs had 40 ppl confirmed to our 30. We should be getting them to charge through the gates not us. I want rp too but the fallback was the best way. Why charge through a small gap with a lesser force to them. On open field 30 mids would probaly smack 40 albs 30 mids charging through the gates would not work. As Brannor said we got a few albs run through and we thought wtf wheres the rest when we trampled them. On surging through the gate we got to finish of the hibs who had caught them unawares.

Also I never here hunter,runies call charge. Its alway the tanks
We are no longer the zerg in the majority of times and cannot afford to act like we are. We need to play like hibs and albs have had to do for so long. Hibs have quickly adopted the old mid mentality but the albs (who had done) know what will happen if we have 30 and they have 40 and they charge through that small gap

Also Trying to avoid the hib zerg late at night is now a favourite pastime of mine which helps you be tactically more aware and also find good ambush spots throughout emain. 12 ppl waiitng at the mmg for 30 hibs is not a good idea!

I also think we give hibs so much credit for being a good zerg party. But think this. Where are the mid and albs forcs gathered. Nice easy one to answer. Either side of a MG half the time. Where is the hibs??? Well they have no gates so we rarely get advised of there charge. A simple scout tells them the best time to charge and we always lose! Its there own territory so they have home advantage. If Mythic gave them a MG we could smash them up a bit more often. Now think about that!