A new beginning - Arena of Honor Season 6 Round 1

Arena of Honor

After finishing the Season 5 of Arena of Honor just shy of the Glory King rank, [N0X] OliverQ's goal for the Season 6 remains unchanged, get to that rank or die trying. As there is no break between the seasons, at least not more than between 2 normal rounds, OliverQ used the 2 weeks to try and improve his battle stats and his commanders and at the same time try to find a team. While the improving went well, unfortunately he didn't manage to find a team for now so once it was Sunday, he took him troops and commanders and went once again, to the Mercenary Camp. Once he arrived there, he signed the registration papers and waited patiently for the Old Gods to do their matchmaking.

With the matchmaking now done the battlefield doors opened and the house representatives went out to pick the warriors that will fight in their name on this round. OliverQ was picked by Daenerys Targaryen this time and together with him Daenerys also handpicked [ExF]ZoraLaRousse, [BBR]SekmetBr, [KAC]K153C10005, [GEA]Hoo Dor, [CAB]Ryghel, [Apo]Kopb and [Stm]Maximus Arag.

Once the team was picked, everyone headed to the House Targaryen's Clan Castle on the south-west forests of the battlefield. Once they arrived there, everyone started setting their camps and do last minute preparations and OliverQ as per usual, decided to scout the battlefield a little bit to see what him and his team were facing this round.

The news the scouts bring back weren't looking as bad as he expected, there were quite some strong warriors on the battlefield, but it wasn't looking like any of the houses invited premade teams, so the battle was looking equal, at least from the point of view. The time for strategies was done as the battle started quickly after with the opening of the first 7 strongholds.

Based on the number of fame points, OliverQ was chosen as the team's commander for this fight, and he decided to build military camps on the strongholds as it was looking to be the best strategy now in Arena of Honor. They managed to take the House Tyrell's Clan Castle, but it was looking like the team's activity wasn't the greatest as the construction was going slowly and the pressure was going to get even higher with the opening on the altars.

While fighting for the altars and trying to take the Tyrell's strongholds, the team noticed an unexpected change on the battlefield, one that wasn't announced anywhere, the AI NPCs had become way more aggressive than they were in the past season. While they were struggling to keep up with the attacks on altars by both the Starks and Lannister's, the team was having a hard time keeping the strongholds too and the battle was just beginning.

As the time passed, the team was in more and more problems all over the battlefield and you know how it is when things go bad, you lose focus for one second and disaster happens.

The team was about to lose their Clan Castle and with it, any chance to do anything in this fight, so they had to do something to recover from it. OliverQ decided to try and do a few solos, but the NPCs were too strong already for solos, so rallies had to be organized

2 Rallies were going to surely be enough for them to get the clan castle back, right?

Well not this time, despite fighting valiantly, somehow both rallies lost and the team was in a desperate situation, and it wasn't even the half of the battle. With their Clan Castle not accessible for 3 minutes, and the City of Glory about to open, the team figured out that they are going to be spectators on the initial fight, as you can't attack City of Glory without a clan castle.

When the city opened, it was only the Starks and Lannister's fighting for it, mostly with solos as the Targaryen's were busy fighting to get back their clan castle.

After minutes of fighting back and forth, the team finally managed to occupy their Clan Castle back but was there any chance to recover anything from the points lost and maybe not end in the 4th place or worst? There was time but they had to start focusing if they wanted to do anything of any importance. Their first target was the City of Glory as it was still disputed.

Once the rallies were full, they headed towards the City of Glory ready to hit House Lannister with an incredible force. They arrived there together with the rallies sent by House Lannister and together they started hitting the troops defending the City of Glory in a quick succession, not giving any chance to the warriors of House Lannister to reinforce in time. The combined force of the rallies managed to kick House Lannister from there and now it was time for House Targaryen to defend. With a few of the warriors being offline, they couldn't reinforce properly though and as soon as the rallies of the other 2 houses arrived, once they started hitting, the effect was devasting for House Targaryen, with barely any troops surviving the siege. The battle for the city went on for tens of minutes, with no definitive house winning, but with the catapults in House Lannister's possession they were having a clear advantage on holding the city, and ultimately that advantage proved to be decisive when they managed to fully occupy the City of Glory just before the fight ended.

Very hard battle for OliverQ and his team, they didn't expect such a big pressure from the NPCs that put them in all kinds of troubles but despite that they managed to fight back and ultimately secure a 3rd spot. Its looking more and more like OliverQ really needs a team to be able to properly compete in the next rounds. Will he be able to find a team for the upcoming rounds? Time will tell. See you all on the battlefield!