PARTYStoppa Hunting

P4RTYStoppa had spent enough time hunting to know that most evenings ended the same way. Dozens of scouts, countless castles and very few targets actually worth attacking. Some players were shielded. Others had already been zeroed. Many simply did not contain enough troops to justify the resources and scrolls required for a proper hunt.

That was why patience mattered more than aggression.

The best hunts rarely appeared immediately. Most of the time they revealed themselves after hours of searching through reports that looked almost identical.

This time, however, luck arrived much sooner.

While scouting through Kingdom 178, P4RTY came across a castle sitting near KingsLanding. At first glance it looked like many of the other castles he had checked earlier that day..

Then he looked at the troop count.

Over sixteen million troops.

Suddenly, the report became much more interesting.

The target was hAttEr from A8D alliance. The castle was clearly built for fighting rather than hiding. Millions of troops filled the city and every report suggested that the owner had invested heavily into building a serious defensive force.

Many hunters would have taken a screenshot, shared it in alliance chat and moved on.

Large castles often came with large risks.

Even when the outcome was obvious, the first few reports could be expensive. Heavy troop counts meant casualties. Casualties meant healing speedups, resources and time. A successful hunt was not always determined by whether the target could be zeroed. Sometimes the real question was whether the reward justified the cost.

P4RTY spent several minutes studying the report.

The more he looked, the more he liked what he saw.

There were enough troops inside to generate significant merit. More importantly, the castle was exposed. No shield. No signs of immediate activity. No indication that reinforcements were arriving.

The opportunity was simply too good to ignore.

After checking everything one final time, P4RTY ported nearby and prepared his.

The hunt was about to begin.

The first attack crashed into the city with tremendous force.

When the battle report arrived, the result was immediately encouraging.

The target's troop count dropped from over 16 million to roughly 10.4 million troops. More than 44 million losses appeared on the report. It was the kind of opening strike every hunter hopes for when facing a large target.

P4RTY was not celebrating yet.

A castle with more than ten million troops remaining was still dangerous. Plenty of hunters had made the mistake of underestimating targets after a successful first hit.

He quickly healed, reviewed the report and prepared the next march.

Only moments later, the second attack launched.

This time the damage was even more impressive.

The report showed another massive collapse in troops. More than 124 million in power losses were added to the total as the troop count fell to 6.7 million.

For the first time, the castle looked vulnerable.

The numbers told a simple story. Every attack was removing a larger portion of the remaining defense. The target was losing troops faster than it could possibly recover.

P4RTY knew exactly what that meant.

Momentum was now completely on his side.

Without hesitation, he sent the third attack.

The results exceeded expectations.

Another enormous section of the defending army disappeared. More than 146 million losses in power appeared on the report. The once intimidating castle had now fallen to only 2.6 million remaining troops.

Looking back at the original scout report, the difference was remarkable.

Just a short time earlier, the city had seemed packed with endless troops.

Now the walls looked almost empty.

This was the point in many hunts where confidence started turning into inevitability.

The outcome was no longer a question of "if."

It was only a question of "when."

P4RTY wasted no time launching the fourth attack.

Whatever organized defense remained inside the city simply could not withstand another full march.

The report arrived.

Another victory.

Another massive drop.

More than 84 million additional losses were recorded and the troop count crashed below 300,000.

At that moment, the hunt was effectively over.

The castle that had started with over sixteen million troops was barely recognizable compared to the fortress shown on the original scout report.

The defenders had lost millions upon millions of troops in only a handful of battles.

For a few seconds, P4RTY looked through the previous reports.

The progression was almost perfect.

16 million.

10 million.

6 million.

2 million.

Less than 300,000.

Each report told the next chapter of the same story.

One final attack remained.

Not because it was necessary to win.

Because it was necessary to finish the job properly.

The fifth hit launched toward the ruined city.

By this stage there was very little resistance left. The remaining troops disappeared quickly and whatever hope the defenders had of recovering the situation vanished with them.

The hunt was complete.

As the battle reports continued to stack up, P4RTY reviewed the numbers one last time.

Hundreds of millions of enemy losses.

Five successful attacks.

A castle reduced from over sixteen million troops to virtually nothing.

The merit gain alone made the hunt worthwhile, but the reports themselves were arguably the best reward.

Every hunter enjoys different kinds of targets.

Some prefer easy castles that collapse after a single hit.

Others look for rallies and massive wars.

P4RTY had always preferred hunts like this one.

A powerful target.

A clear plan.

And a series of reports that gradually proved the plan was working exactly as intended.

As activity around KingsLanding slowly returned to normal, P4RTY saved the reports and prepared to move on.

Another castle had fallen.

Another successful hunt had been added to the collection.

And somewhere in Kingdom 178, the ruins of hAttEr's once-powerful city served as a reminder of what can happen when a hunter with enough patience finally finds the right target.