Ric's Roughneck Raiders

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Ric's Roughneck Raiders Mar 25, 2015 13:03:21 GMT -8 aris likes this

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Post by rcassel on Mar 25, 2015 13:03:21 GMT -8

Ric's Roughneck Raiders

WANTED: THE TEN MOST EAGER OF OUR IRON ISLANDERS TO FIGHT!!!
If you are taking the next phase off to build, rebuild, lick wounds, Dragon hunt, Merc or reincarnate this does not apply to you, but if you want to piss in the eyes of our rivals, get your swords Red and wet and gain spoils for challenges while building a quality white cloak army of cheap easy to replace common sworn swords or just perfect our brand of hit and run tactics then this is your chance. We need TEN raiders to sign up for Ric's Roughneck Raiders, we can take more than ten but we need ten. If you sign up for this you need to be aware of and commit to the following: 1 . Be as active as you can next phase, preferably a daily player, we all work/have days we can not be on much, but at least most days during next phase you need to be able to be on for atleast a couple waves of attack a day. 2 you have to be making mats for the on phase while playing this phase. 3 You must commit to build a common sword army of at least 16 common swords you do not care if they get killed and have the silver to buy they back if they do. 4. You must read Ric's Roughneck Raider's Ranging Rules and understand the tactics we mean to employ so we can work as a team. If you are Proud of our accomplishments but tired of aid and barter and want to try out your steal swindle fight sabo and harass guys then this is your chance! Join today in the forum and sign up by filling out your info in the Ric's Roughneck Raiders spread sheet.

Come on you apes! You wanna live forever?!!!

Ric's Roughneck Raider's 10 Ranging Rules:
1. Never waste expensive swords or equipment when raiding, only use swords and equipment you can easily afford to buy back or bury.
2. Never garrison swords overnight or permanently in one camp. If you send a wave you must try to be on when they get back to resend or remove them. We never want our enemies to hit us in our camps we should either be on an attack or removed but never present in the camp unless we are unlucky enough to be hit while adding or removing garrison. If they kill us then they get Victory points, give them nothing.
3. Standing orders are to hit and run. We are gathering spoils and annoying our enemies not trying to wipe them out... necessarily..

4. Attack approved targets, we will make a list of targets on the forum and maybe MOTD we will not mark them as enemies because we do not want to draw attention to ourselves different players are on at different times do not want them to know we are a threat till we are..
5. If you are an officer close camps when they reach level 4 no need to waste resources and silver since we want to keep the camps and party sizes small to minimize losses and repair cost.
6. Be random. Move around a lot if you are playing do not stay in the same camps, mix it up.
7. If multiple Raiders are on at the same time communicate, if you sent a bunch of waves out of a certain camp and expect retaliation, be sure to give your fellow roughnecks word so they know not to be in there for the counterattack.
8. If you are a Roughneck you are now a leader! Parties will be small the most you will be able to garrison is 8 in a camp, 16 in a region, so do not be afraid to take charge and lead any other raiders on a team wave, to combine your attack and strength. 10 roughnecks times 16 sworn swords equals a respectable 160 sworn sword wave..
9. 10 Roughnecks times 2 beers apiece equals 3.5 cases of beer. And absolutely no absurd alliteration allow around our alliance.
10. Never attack an Alliance ally always clear your targets with an officer first or use a known established target.

Ric's Raiders creed:
Recognizing that I volunteered as a Raider, fully knowing the hazards of my chosen profession, I will always endeavor to uphold the prestige, honor, and high esprit de corps of the Raiders.
Acknowledging the fact that a Raider is a more elite sword who arrives at the cutting edge of battle by land, or sea I accept the fact that my Alliance expects me to move further, faster and fight harder than any other sword.
I shall never fail my comrades. I will always keep myself mentally alert, and I will shoulder more than my share of the task whatever it may be, one-hundred-percent and then some.
Demonstrating that I am a specially selected and well-trained sword. My courtesy to superior officers, neatness of attack and care of equipment shall set the example for others to follow.
Energetically will I meet the enemies of my Alliance. I shall defeat them on the field of battle for I am better trained and will fight with all my might. Surrender is not a Raider word. I will never leave a fallen comrade to fall into the hands of the enemy and under no circumstances will I ever embarrass my Alliance.
Readily will I display the intestinal fortitude required to fight on to the Raider objective and complete the mission though I be the lone survivor.
Raiders Lead The Way!!!

Nothing new under the sun this I Raided from Rogers rules and the Ranger creed completely...

Last Edit: Mar 25, 2015 20:01:34 GMT -8 by zepp

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Ric's Roughneck Raiders Mar 25, 2015 14:29:15 GMT -8

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Post by tremond on Mar 25, 2015 14:29:15 GMT -8

oooooooooo......

This is like waving a single malt under the nose of an alcoholic... or near alcoholic with good taste. ME LIKEY!

Question: How soon is the next phase? I was planning on doing some RI's to get all the fealties... mind you I have over 1k bread and I have uber speed on my character so I could possibly blast through a pile in a week and be built back upto a decent amount of CP a week or 2 later. Right now I'm nearly lvl 400. Sam and Alex - I can't tell you how grateful I am for the advice about adding multiple friends... When I'm playing consistently I level like crazy.

So for me there are a couple options: 1) don't RI until after the next phase in which case I've got around 90 CP
2) RI and try to build back up quickly and get close to 40-50 CP

Of course after I RI my SS will be much more powerful

or the sad option

3) I bow out because I'm RI'ing

lol - I need to keep in mind I may be busy with work for the next 2-3 weeks... so maybe I just build up my white army and start my epic RI journey after our next 'on'phase. In which case I'd definitely have well over 100 CP for our net on AvA. Maybe that is the way to go.

Please let me know your thoughts Ric. I LOVE good team playing. If holding off on RIs means we have some fun doing this then I'd be all for it. But I could possibly have an okay number to play with if I focus down those RI's starting immediately... depending on how soon the next AvA is.

Tre

Colwynn Snow Moderator Posts: 59	Ric's Roughneck Raiders Mar 25, 2015 14:31:43 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Colwynn Snow on Mar 25, 2015 14:31:43 GMT -8 It's a 1 week downtime.
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rcassel
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Ric's Roughneck Raiders Mar 25, 2015 14:52:01 GMT -8

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Post by rcassel on Mar 25, 2015 14:52:01 GMT -8

In your situation this is perfect for you to RI and then you have 4 days till the raiding begins, as long as you have 16 cp by then( and that is a no brainer) RI use your bread and burn through and you can join us!! I say start RI immediatly and join us

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zepp
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Ric's Roughneck Raiders Mar 25, 2015 17:08:24 GMT -8

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Post by zepp on Mar 25, 2015 17:08:24 GMT -8

Ric, as a note, the spreadsheet is designed to have the regional targets listed. So all one would have to do is go to the spreadsheet to look at where they need to send targets. I can set up a prioritization system if you want. Just give me the word.

zepp Global Moderator Posts: 253	Ric's Roughneck Raiders Mar 25, 2015 17:10:59 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by zepp on Mar 25, 2015 17:10:59 GMT -8 Tre, you might want to hold off on RI until level 500 to pick up the gold bonus you get when you hit 500...

Tiklikov New Member Posts: 26	Ric's Roughneck Raiders Mar 26, 2015 2:03:23 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tiklikov on Mar 26, 2015 2:03:23 GMT -8

Alex Administrator Posts: 107	Ric's Roughneck Raiders Mar 26, 2015 9:09:06 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Alex on Mar 26, 2015 9:09:06 GMT -8 updated my info.

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Ric's Roughneck Raiders Mar 26, 2015 13:45:29 GMT -8

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Post by sam on Mar 26, 2015 13:45:29 GMT -8

My prep for Ric's Roughneck raiders has begun in earnest (poor earnest).
At the moment I have 245 ss but that number will increase to 250, maybe even 260 before the next AvA. I now regard anything below the Peerless ss as completely expendable and I am becoming less attached to them, those I have a fondness for stay in my adventure party. When we finished the last phase I immediately put over 200 ss into an adventure party to try to recoup some of coinage lost during the Mourning phase, so far I have regained over 1.4 million. I tend to send them on the Rescue the Lost Ranger adventure. With over 200 ss heading out each time I tend to rake in around 40,000 coins and between 2-6 crystal swords each time. I sell all the excess crystal swords.
During AvA after filling camps with ss, I keep 10 by ready for quests etc and the rest are sent on the adventure party so they are continually earning money. I have followed advice and I have created my own CFA, a cannon fodder army which at the moment stands at around 145 strong. The majority of the CFA consists of every ss below legendary however I no longer worry about using my legendary ss, they are easily replaced. If (when) I lose men in the next phase I will have replacements already and more ready to be trained for when they are needed. I'm scared...I really, really enjoy organising all this....help........

Cristan Jast Junior Member Posts: 95	Ric's Roughneck Raiders Mar 26, 2015 17:02:50 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cristan Jast on Mar 26, 2015 17:02:50 GMT -8 Ohhhhh I'm SO in! I'll catch up on the spreadsheet and everything else after I've managed a few hours sleep followed by a few buckets of coffee

Alex Administrator Posts: 107	Ric's Roughneck Raiders Mar 26, 2015 17:45:12 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Alex on Mar 26, 2015 17:45:12 GMT -8 Don't know if you guys caught this but they're lowering the mats needed for our tier by 30% I think and reducing the replace dead swords amount by a lot. I think 7k for a peerless now

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Ric's Roughneck Raiders Mar 26, 2015 21:12:52 GMT -8

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Post by Alex on Mar 26, 2015 21:12:52 GMT -8

one thing I would like to suggest is that we stick to one style of attacks throughout the phase. Like we stick to only Battle attacks or intrigue attacks. my reasoning for this is so that we maximize the spoils we get for AC's afterward. Those are a pretty good way to get extra XP and weapons and such. what do you guys think?

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Ric's Roughneck Raiders Mar 26, 2015 21:49:34 GMT -8

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Post by zepp on Mar 26, 2015 21:49:34 GMT -8

I would go for intrigue and battle so we have a variety and can run two AC at once. Trade only has swindle, which is a great attack, but we have nobody maxed in... Would love to have a lot of new guys all specialized in Swindle as it is the premier skill in AvA.

Just found the Crow phase changes. Reductions in SS replacement from Rare on up. 30% cut to camp mats, although they do not list the actual mats. I will adjust them as the wiki updates.

Last Edit: Mar 26, 2015 21:55:09 GMT -8 by zepp

rcassel Moderator When we speak of the morrow nothing is ever certain. Posts: 68	Ric's Roughneck Raiders Mar 27, 2015 1:47:36 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rcassel on Mar 27, 2015 1:47:36 GMT -8 So far we have Sam, Tik, Zayne, Alex, Col, and myself signed up! We need at least 4 more, please sign up in the spread sheet at the top of the page if you can! We are going to do a lot of killing... you know you wanna..
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zepp Global Moderator Posts: 253	Ric's Roughneck Raiders Mar 27, 2015 2:01:04 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by zepp on Mar 27, 2015 2:01:04 GMT -8 Ric, do you want to set the Camps? Are we doing Battle/Trade/Intrigue, Battle/Intrigue, or just Battle? Are you fine with the camp placement? I have to check the MotD, is there a link for this thread there?