Sinister's battlekeep vunerability was auto set to Thursday at 6pm EST and nobody was signed up to attack us. We had no clue how this system would work so the prudent thing to do was to keep the 80's in the BK, and we were provin right.

At around 6:40 EST we got word from our spy network that LOTD and PRX-CQ was nearing the zone with some 35-40ish total members put together. This was obviously not a planned event otherwise I assume they would have showed up on time (Our keep became vunerable at 6:00). I'm guessing those two guilds just grabbed all the 80's online and wanted to have some fun and test some things out. You CAN show up un-announced and assign yourself as the attacker at any time which is very cool.

We defended the keep with inbetween 24 and toward the end 30 members of Sinister (mostly 80) and the lag was well... Bad unless you had a super computer, but better than the first siege by far because of how the fight took place. LOTD generally gathered forces and attacked at the North and PRX-CQ attacked at the gate and the opposite corner of LOTD. This resulted in most fights being roughly 15ish defenders v 20ish attackers at a time, and less lag. In the first siege i was rocking a 2-4 fps, and today it was an amazing 5-8. By the way, incase you didn't know, just the player cities themselves generate a ton of lag. A 35 man fight in any other zone wouldn't drop me below 20. Anyhow, one of our members happen to have access to the worlds fastest computer. To see the video and a report by Bone Dancer, check out the link: http://www.afraidyet.net/forums/showthread.php?t=46388

Comments and suggestions are welcomed! (Except pointing out my spelling errors, I dont have word installed ^^)

P.S. We have another siege coming up and I'll make sure the Roadrunner is frapsing the entire thing this time and I'll get you guys more reasons to keep playin AoC!
P.S.S. I REALLY wish it was Monday after the patch (supposed to have some lag fixes in), but oh well!

meir
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