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[Chaos Armor]

Yeah, hard to believe people turn into a frenzy over a small island that isn't all that fertile. They do the same thing over another island that is even less fertile.

[Loud Whispers]

It's a Machiavellian thing. You can't just let people claim land without ☼some☼ dispute, otherwise you'll get people claiming much more. Well, at least openly. Pretty much every alliance out there claims a 10 square radius.

[Chaos Armor]

True. I know that RES abides by either the eight square rule or the six square rule. Maybe even less.

[Loud Whispers]

So yeah, on my top thuper-thereal secret alt account I was messing around as usual when I completed the "horses don't have fangs" quest. 4 scrawny wulfs were delivered to my lil' Kobold jungle.
Instantly fell in love with the god-eating pups, and thought about it real hard.
And so it was to be. I was going to make mass scrawny wurlfs armies on top of mass Kobolds.
So I started doing some maths on this, and Scrawny Wolves can be very powerful.
"Cavalry should never be deployed in defense except in the most dire circumstances."
"Dire wolves totally count as dire circumstances."

Direwolves are well rounded, with 8 attack, 8 spear defense, 7 ranged defense and 7 cavalry defense. Lower in almost all regards than even Kobold cohorts for every combat stat except ranged defense.
But they have one thing going for them - speed.
Scruffies all have a nice speed of 15.
With an upkeep of 1gp/h, they're cheap cavalry that can defend. If you're an orc with 7 food towns scattered around plains, these things can respond with a speed infantry wished they possessed.
That cavalry defense bonus on plains isn't that bad either.
They can outspeed all of the T2 cavalry (except the elves, sneaky elves :|), match/win against the speed of most T1 cavalry too leaving them the role of the only defensive cavalry in the game.
Led by a T1 Wolfrider you can get that 15% cavalry defence bonus, giving them all +1. Cheap rapid relief forces.
They only come through the quests though, so if you want to go mass Scruffies you'll essentially be trading your barracks with the Inn for troop production.
They also cost 8 cows for 4 scruffies, but that's still cheaper than the T1 / T2 Orc cavalry and leave much more town squares open for building other stuff.
These would be great for leading the defense of vital squares like towns under surprise attacks or tourney squares whilst stronger infantry lag behind ready to secure the place.

Overall though, I'd recommend no one and everyone mass up armies of T0 units. They're highly specialized, but are worth it on account of being awesome. And they nom nom nom trueshots... In enough numbers

Spoiler: Mandatory chat logs (click to show/hide)

[2 Sep 17:39]<Loud Whispers> Found out the only way was through quests.
[2 Sep 17:40]<Loud Whispers> I made an amendment to the Kobolds-only rule
[2 Sep 17:40]<Loud Whispers> For wolves
[2 Sep 17:40]<Loud Whispers>
[02 Sep 17:40]<TomBombadil> Orcs can do quests for wolves
[02 Sep 17:40]<TomBombadil> afaik
[2 Sep 17:40]<Loud Whispers> yeah
[02 Sep 17:40]<TomBombadil> ah snap
[2 Sep 17:40]<Loud Whispers> It's a shame there's no other way
[2 Sep 17:40]<Loud Whispers> Churning out wolves from the paddock would be awesome ^_^
[02 Sep 17:41]<TomBombadil> rofl
[02 Sep 17:41]<TomBombadil> indeed yeah
[2 Sep 17:41]<Loud Whispers> See Kobolds are much better than Scrawny wolves in terms of strength and all that
[2 Sep 17:41]<Loud Whispers> But Wolves are fast
[02 Sep 17:41]<TomBombadil> and awesome
[2 Sep 17:42]<Loud Whispers> So wolves + wolfrider commander = fast moving pack
[2 Sep 17:42]<Loud Whispers> And very awesome
[02 Sep 17:42]<KillianBlack> Grapes grow fast....
[2 Sep 17:42]<Loud Whispers> I was very disappointed that you can't make scrawny wolves commanders
[02 Sep 17:42]<TomBombadil> [REDACTED]
[02 Sep 17:43]<TomBombadil> [REDACTED]
[02 Sep 17:43]<TomBombadil> [REDACTED]
[02 Sep 17:43]<TomBombadil> [REDACTED]
[02 Sep 17:43]<TomBombadil> haha lol loud
[2 Sep 17:43]<Loud Whispers> If I can
[2 Sep 17:43]<Loud Whispers> Pure wolf army
[02 Sep 17:43]<KillianBlack> I pick fairly regular.... but for the most part there is always about the same number left over from what I left the last time.... lol
[02 Sep 17:43]<TomBombadil> I'd love to have a poisonous crawler commander
[2 Sep 17:44]<Loud Whispers> Screw barracks
[2 Sep 17:44]<Loud Whispers> It's all about the lvl20 Inn
[02 Sep 17:44]<KillianBlack> lol
[02 Sep 17:44]<TomBombadil> rofl
[02 Sep 17:45]<TomBombadil> sweeet
[02 Sep 17:45]<TomBombadil> second page
[02 Sep 17:46]<TomBombadil> getting there slowly
[2 Sep 17:46]<Loud Whispers> /
[2 Sep 17:46]<Loud Whispers> ?
[02 Sep 17:46]<TomBombadil> trade
[2 Sep 17:46]<Loud Whispers> Congrats
[02 Sep 17:47]<TomBombadil> [REDACTED]
[02 Sep 17:48]<TomBombadil> and making some
[2 Sep 17:48]<Loud Whispers> Omg
[02 Sep 17:48]<TomBombadil> ?
[2 Sep 17:48]<Loud Whispers> I just realized with lil' orc fenrir swarms
[2 Sep 17:49]<Loud Whispers> You can have a speed 15 decent defensive force
[2 Sep 17:49]<Loud Whispers> Led by a T1 cavalry
[2 Sep 17:49]<Loud Whispers> You keep speed
[02 Sep 17:49]<TomBombadil> not bad
[2 Sep 17:49]<Loud Whispers> and get 15% (+1) cavalry defence
[2 Sep 17:49]<Loud Whispers> for each wulfy
[2 Sep 17:50]<Loud Whispers> I might make an illy thread/go on bay12 illy thread for this
[2 Sep 17:50]<Loud Whispers> Or both
[02 Sep 17:50]<TomBombadil>
[2 Sep 17:50]<Loud Whispers> New meta game: Mass T0 units
[02 Sep 17:50]<TomBombadil> hahaha
[02 Sep 17:50]<TomBombadil> I like it
[2 Sep 17:50]<Loud Whispers> kekekekekekekeke
[2 Sep 17:51]<Loud Whispers> How much gold can you make in a legendary city?
[02 Sep 17:51]<TomBombadil> hmm
[02 Sep 17:51]<TomBombadil> how much pop is a legendary city?
[2 Sep 17:51]<Loud Whispers> dunno
[02 Sep 17:51]<TomBombadil> more than 24k
[2 Sep 17:51]<Loud Whispers> 20k wolves.... Hmmm.....
[2 Sep 17:51]<Loud Whispers> yesss......
[02 Sep 17:52]<TomBombadil> dannnngg
[2 Sep 17:52]<Loud Whispers> Well each one of them costs 1gph
[2 Sep 17:52]<Loud Whispers> I guess the only two limiting factors
[2 Sep 17:52]<Loud Whispers> Are that wolves cost 8 cows for 4
[2 Sep 17:52]<Loud Whispers> And only come up in quests
[02 Sep 17:53]<TomBombadil> hmm
[02 Sep 17:53]<TomBombadil> kinda expensive
[02 Sep 17:53]<TomBombadil> but awesome
[02 Sep 17:53]<KillianBlack> Currently ██K per hour but with an █k army
[2 Sep 17:53]<Loud Whispers> :O
[02 Sep 17:53]<TomBombadil> :O
[2 Sep 17:53]<Loud Whispers> O:
[02 Sep 17:53]<KillianBlack> That is [REDACTED]
[2 Sep 17:53]<Loud Whispers> ██k WOLVES
[02 Sep 17:53]<TomBombadil> O:
[02 Sep 17:53]<TomBombadil> :O
[2 Sep 17:53]<Loud Whispers> O_O
[2 Sep 17:54]<Loud Whispers> ██k speed 15 army     
[2 Sep 17:54]<Loud Whispers> And they're treated as cavalry
[2 Sep 17:54]<Loud Whispers> So they get plains defensive bonus
[2 Sep 17:54]<Loud Whispers> THESE THINGS WILL DESTROY HUMAN KNIGHTS
[2 Sep 17:54]<Loud Whispers>       
[02 Sep 17:55]<TomBombadil> their stats?
[2 Sep 17:55]<Loud Whispers> ███,███ cows for ██k wolves though
[02 Sep 17:55]<TomBombadil> :O
[02 Sep 17:55]<TomBombadil> !:O!
[2 Sep 17:55]<Loud Whispers> 8 8 7 7 7
[2 Sep 17:55]<Loud Whispers> Defensive cavalry
[2 Sep 17:55]<Loud Whispers> Ftw
[02 Sep 17:56]<KillianBlack> lol good luck with that...

[Loud Whispers]

POISONOUS CRAWLER IS NATIONAL ANIMAL FOR ARMOKUMID, ALL OTHER ANIMALS ARE SILLY WEAKLING.

POISONOUS CRAWLER STRONG.

[Chaos Armor]

I still want a poisonous crawler commander...

[Chaos Armor]

Tournament 6 has arrived!

Dark Harvest

We're hoping to outdo our outstanding score from the last tournament!

[Loud Whispers]

Praise the red eyes around us,
Who's watching gaze gives no signs,
May he lend our tools the strength to make us,
The forges to create us,
So that the rivers may flow with boiling blood extract,
The limbs sever off in flying arcs of glory,
From the raws we came, to the raws we return,
Blood for the blood God
TO RAW

~Urist.

[RoaryStar]

You sent my 200 - person army to the spot. yay.

[Loud Whispers]

You sent my 200 - person army to the spot. yay.

Well you are getting compensated for troops that haven't died 1000 times over

[GirlscoutBob]

The Dark Harvest tournament lasts until 31 Oct, and 192337 dwarves have already died in glorious Armok-pleasing battles!
Well.. some of them might have been less bearded and pointed eared, but their blood is appreciated all the same!

If anyone is eager to join in on the fun, joining now will mean that you'll be battle-ready for the last 2 weeks which, due to the nature of the tournament, will be much, much! bloodier than it has been so far!

(No need to worry about how to equip your new troops for the tourney either, paranoid Tom has been stockpiling weapons for ages

[Loud Whispers]

Join now and receive free naked druid warriors! (LIMITED TIME OFFER - 2 WEEKS)!

[GirlscoutBob]

Oh yes! The naked blue painted men really are a limited one-time offer!

To join up: http://illyriad.com/?104473
I get some extra prestige if you use this link and decide to stick around, all of which gets sent straight back into our Alliance Pool for future use and, of course, the greater good!

[RoaryStar]

In 2 attacks, we lost 47% of our troops. BUILD TROOPS!
47% because the first attack made us lose 25%, and the next made us lose 23%.

11,120 knights (not including the commanders) were sent during the first attack.
7,714 death packs (not including commanders) were sent during the second attack.

Spoiler: For Loud Whispers (click to show/hide)

WHY YOU MAKE 1000 SWORDS AT ROAING!? ****!

By my estimation, there were about 90,000 troops at the spot at the end of the second attack.

[Loud Whispers]

Spoiler: For Loud Whispers (click to show/hide)

WHY YOU MAKE 1000 SWORDS AT ROAING!? ****!

I THOUGHT YOU LIKED SWORDS BRO

By my estimation, there were about 90,000 troops at the spot at the end of the second attack.

Hey hey hey, giving troop estimations while the tourney is still going on is very bad practice