The Idiot Elite

After burning a high ranking door down within minutes and trampling overtop a horde of Order to swiftly kill the Keep Lord, many voices asked the question in region chat where we should all head. Splitting our forces would accomplish multiple objectives at once, but it’s always the case that when we split forces, many people feel it’s a good time to go to bed.

After asking a few scouts in various zones, it seemed the best target for an established zerg to hit would be the rank 7 keep in Thunder Mountain. I offered the target in region and called the target for my warband. Unfortunately, a few minutes later, a different warband leader called for everyone to move to Dragonwake.

I have no problem with following other leaders directives, since cooperation is more important than calling for an attack against the most strategic target. But in this case, perhaps in haste, I’d called a target already in region chat for the zerg. I would take it back if I could, since now with competing directives, people will get frustrated and log off. Likewise, those that go to each zone will be less numerous and therefore less effective, and will follow suit and promptly log off as well.

So as it turned out, we instantly lost a good number of Destruction in Tier 4 RVR. Those that stayed flew to their corresponding warband’s objectives. My warband had the assistance of another, thanks Majorin, and we made it to the inner door of the rank 7 keep in Thunder Mountain. Unfortunately, just enough Order showed up to fend us off, and we had to retreat. The retreat further reduced our force, and we were down so far in numbers that keeps were no longer on the menu, we could only succeed versus BO’s.

The entire time, I’d watched the Dragonwake population to monitor the other warband’s progress. They never had more than a half warband, 11 people, and only managed to skirmish a bit until their numbers also died off. The next time multiple warband leaders call multiple targets and a haze of confusion manifests in region chat, everyone who cares about faction progress need to realize that unity is our most powerful weapon. It should be urged in the strongest possible sense for everyone to work toward one goal, and only split forces if it’s strategically advantageous. The lone voice calling out in solid caps for all leaders to discuss and decide upon a single next target would be, at that moment in time, the most powerful player on the server. I await his arrival.

I really want to reach through the screen and choke the snot out of people who are power drunk and think that by being a warband leader and calling targets they are popular and powerful. In reality the reason they call a target isn’t for a strategic purpose, but for the simple sake of continuing to call targets. Most can cite a half baked reason for calling an attack on non-strategic targets, which is nothing more than confirmation bias style reasoning.

Most nights, the series of events that propel me into a leadership role starts with me going solo looking for duels in the RVR lakes. After a time, guild mates will invite me to a warband, or ask me to start one. Since I’m the guild leader, I’m promoted to warband leader and asked where to go. Any glory or pride gained by this leadership position is far outweighed by the criticism and blame that is given in the event of each and every loss. Even if it’s not spoken, I feel it as if it’s background noise, and sit there in silent rage thinking of how to outmaneuver the enemy next time. If only the idiot leaders had the brain to feel this discouragement from time to time, there would be less of them.