Off-Topic General Discussion - Page 4187

Everything is going according to plan. I have established a large singular fiefdom in Calmlands consisting of several properties and the lands behind me all either owned by me or under influence/usable due to family setup.

I'm also now an official pirate. I've forsaken the tyranny of the Nuian monarchy to forge my own path. After fighting in a few death battles to prove my worth I'm part of the pirate guild and I'm really enjoying it so far.

The nice thing is you can always rely on them to back you up and keep you alive in a fight. They are quite capable in that respect. Also you know the pirating. We have so many packs we literally are running out of space to store them.

The most entertaining part however is all of the politics that now plays out on the server. The main pirate guild is currently allied with a western guild. The pirates while quite skilled are not the largest so they use them as a reinforcement option against the zerg guilds of the east. This has gained us Kraken and Rangora(world bosses) on lockdown.

However the pirates want something more and are currently raising alts and gearing them to take a castle so the alliance can then form a faction when the time comes(which requires in part the ownership of 2 castles).

Then on the smaller level you have the rebel pirates causing trouble when they can. These are pirates who didn't wish to join the pirate guild and due to this spend most of the time camped or killed on site when we feel inclined to do so.

One group being essentially trash with the exception they have a Black Pearl(Fastest ship in the game, essentially a Galleon that outspeeds everything). Of course fast as it is, it hasn't stopped us from blasting it to scrap a few times.

The others are the last remains of a core from a trading guild of the west and have an island in the south they operate out of for the most part. They cause some problems but again while they are geared due to the old trading days they fall easy enough.

One might ask "why does it matter if all the pirates are not together in one group?" The answer of course is one of strength. Essentially counting every pirate you are looking at roughly 90 people(being liberal in my estimate). Despite claims of us being 300+ strong if we do not act as one force we'd get nothing done. In a word, balkinization. We work as one because we'd be screwed otherwise.

Bonus: After destroying a eastern guilds zerg/Rangora attempt we had a galleon fight with them. (yes I know they are brigs/junks not galleons but no one calls them that.)