Eye of the Storm

[:1]i'm a level 62 and when i get to 70 i need to know WTH do you do in Eye of the storm! :P any guides for stratergies would be ok.. ty|||There are 4 towers, in 4 corners of the BG. The presence of Alliance/Horde at a tower will shift a bar towards that faction, meaning that you need to be there to claim a tower as your own. See it as a tug-o-war, if you will, and killing the opposite faction will shift the bar in your favour. Once the tower is under your control, you will get points from it (comparable to owning nodes in Arathi Basin).

There is 1 flag, in the middle of the BG. If you capture a flag, you'll need to return it to a tower that you control in order to gain points from it. If you don't control any towers, it's useless to capture the flag unless you want to prevent the opposite faction from running off with it. Sometimes a player captures the flag and runs to a tower that's almost under their control, but it's usually advised against.

The goal is to be the first to obtain 2000 points. You do this by a) keeping towers captured and b) picking up the flag and returning it to one of your towers.

Clear enough? :)|||Nope, you need to point out that controlling towers is FAR more important than capturing the flag.

Go for control of at least 3 towers before even thinking about capping the flag.

(Obviously, if no one is contesting the flag, then singles capping the flag isn't so bad - but don't waste larger numbers of players in the middle)|||There are a couple "goals" in EotS:

1. Tower Dominance - Control at least three towers. This will win the game.

2. Hold and Cap - Hold two towers and control the centre to cap the flags. This will also win the game.

Depending on the game, the priorities for each moment will change. If you're holding two towers and lose one, your first priority is to get one back. You can either try to fight for the one you just lost, or, if the other team over committed to cap your tower, you can try to cap one of their less defended towers.

Many a game of EotS has gone around in circles like this, exchanging towers, going round and round.

As has been said before, the main goal should be holding down the towers, and the flag should be secondary. Many a game has also been lost because of overcommitment to the flag.

Oh, and this is the BG where if you're not fighting on the tower, you're basically useless. The more people sitting on the cap point, the faster that tower will turn, or the easier it is to hold.|||Mathematically, if you have 3 towers and can hold them you don't NEED to cap any flag. The opposite side who only has 1 tower at that point can cap all they want, your tower based-point gain is gonna win you the game. Off course, assuming you're not behind in points too far when you get those 3 towers.|||As Wintrow points out, there's really 2 sure fire ways of winning.

1. Hold 3 towers and forget the flag.

2. Hold 2 towers and control the flag.

Either way you need to effectively split your 15 players into 3 teams. I like to go with 3 teams of 3 with the rest floating between either helping one of the groups of 3 or pressing the horde to defend to weaken their attacks.|||Quote:








As Wintrow points out, there's really 2 sure fire ways of winning.

1. Hold 3 towers and forget the flag.

2. Hold 2 towers and control the flag.

Either way you need to effectively split your 15 players into 3 teams. I like to go with 3 teams of 3 with the rest floating between either helping one of the groups of 3 or pressing the horde to defend to weaken their attacks.




May I add?

1. Hold 4 towers and camp the entrance area.

2. Hold 3 towers and forget the flag.

3. Hold 2 towers and control the flag.

4. Hold 1 towers and kill as many as possible - HKs.

5. Hold 0 towers and stay where you are. (It will be over in 6 minutes and no HK farming for the other faction)

You are the winner for #1 and #2. 50/50 chance on #3 and you have to look at the brighter side for #4 & $5.
|||Always the optimist aye

And option 1. is plain evil|||TY for all info guys :D!

Hey to the guy with the snoopy dog pic

pls name presidents with hats..i an only think of abraham lincoln

I am NOT american.|||Might add that EoTS is often regarded as a "it sux" BG. This is because the Warcraftilly challenged people, who you for example see zerging around in AB, have an even harder time playing this complicated new BG. Usually they do the zerg, and the zerg is always magnetically drawn down to the flag... Making all towers "the wrong color".

A fun EoTS is as good a BG as anyone i'd add, but you have to hope for good teammates even moreso than usual.