A salute to the warriors of Azura's Star

Gankimus · January 2015

Gankimus and his cheerful band of rambunctious butchers have been having a merry time fighting the brave and valiant Ebonheart Pact on Azura's Star. This one salutes you for your tenacity, heart and strength of will. You are all very honorable and annoying and this one has pulled many hairs from his tail while chasing you all over the map. Most entertaining in a frustrating and sneaky sort of way. You fight the good fight and Gankimus honors your bravery with this song.
"The reds are dead on Azura's, but not for lack of trying!
The star today is yellow, though tomorrow we may be dying!'

Hail mighty warriors! May you fight many more brave battles of skill and wit, may you never lose heart and may the winds of war favor you, just slightly less than they favor this one.

Cody · January 2015

So tell me, did y'all actually encounter resistance? or did the EP there just give up without a fight?

Roechacca · January 2015

I like when people visit one another .

Gankimus · January 2015

Cody wrote: »

So tell me, did y'all actually encounter resistance? or did the EP there just give up without a fight?

EP fought hard and bravely, they resisted mightily and did many clever things. A very good fight so far.

Rologue · January 2015

I guess this is NA then

Flawlless · January 2015

Not sure if sarcasm.

Joejudas · January 2015

Azuras is the new AD home....and is going to stay that way until Haderus is vacated. Also Chill is next .

Gankimus · January 2015

Flawlless wrote: »

Not sure if sarcasm.

No, most definitely not sarcasm. Gank speaks true, he salutes the brave warriors of EP on Azura's Star and looks forward to many more fights. Gank hopes that some DC will come and join the fight, because two way battles become boring after awhile no matter how skilled the opposition.

Gank and his energetic team of killers will wander the servers looking for buffs to debuff and interesting fights to fight. Death to all icky buff servers until ZOS fixes the problem. This one hopes other PvP guilds from all factions will also move around wrecking buff sand castles and shaking PvE out of complacency.

Of course not all of Gank's friends share his enthusiasm for his new found debuffing hobby, this one is studiously not looking at someone who might or might not be named joe...

Joejudas · January 2015

Lol yeah I take my buffs pretty serious

Bogdan_Kobzar · January 2015

So, help this MMO noob player out. Finally got my character up in level to participate in the Alliance War. Only to find out that I go caught up in a war of ego and politics. I do not have enough alliance points to switch campaigns. I have no Buffs to assist in questing in Tamriel to attempt to complete Caldwell's Silver and Gold, for the folks who want buff servers to go away are reaping all the benefits of owning the buff server.
Can't get any alliance points, for the ambush groups are there to jump noobs like myself. Kind of hard to learn the game mechanics when you get insta-gibbed.
I realize that all you Vet14's are bored out of your skulls, but there are some of us that are not Vet 14's, we don't have optimized kill keystroke sequences.
Please feel free to send me alliance points so I can get my characters out of YOUR server and onto one that i can learn how to do this PvP stuff.
grumpfff.

Update, a veteran player took me under their wing and provided the very much needed education. I finally did get the 15k alliance pts to bail out of the campaign.

Ithilwenn · January 2015

Today was a fun filled day on Azura's. I spent the day on my templar and I really have learned the balance between block, casting, and other things and I was kicking butt against vr14's even though my tempy is a vr5. EP had 2 bars to our one and put up a nice fight. Particularly the fight at BRK where 13 of us held off 30+ repeatedly. EP displayed very smart tactics but AD prevailed. We had some excellent fights at BRK, ASH, and ROE...especially considering EP had enough numbers divide us and we had to run half way across the map

Darlgon · January 2015

Bogdan_Kobzar wrote: »

So, help this MMO noob player out. Finally got my character up in level to participate in the Alliance War. Only to find out that I go caught up in a war of ego and politics. I do not have enough alliance points to switch campaigns. I have no Buffs to assist in questing in Tamriel to attempt to complete Caldwell's Silver and Gold, for the folks who want buff servers to go away are reaping all the benefits of owning the buff server.
Can't get any alliance points, for the ambush groups are there to jump noobs like myself. Kind of hard to learn the game mechanics when you get insta-gibbed.
I realize that all you Vet14's are bored out of your skulls, but there are some of us that are not Vet 14's, we don't have optimized kill keystroke sequences.
Please feel free to send me alliance points so I can get my characters out of YOUR server and onto one that i can learn how to do this PvP stuff.
grumpfff.

Boy, this feels like a troll post, but, if serious.

1.) See /z chat? Sometimes people say "LFM", meaning they are looking for group members. Alternately, you could actually type out "LFG" meaning you are looking for a group. Follow along what the "crown" or group leader says until you get your AP.

2.) If you seriously are in Azuras Star and are level 10, the level needed to participate in the Alliance War, get your self up to 5K, hit your L key, choose the Blackwater Blade campaign, the one that says it is for under VR levels, right-click on it and select Home. The game will prompt you of when to change, if you only have 5k, select end of campaign. Then, go back into the PVE universe and level. Also, if you have the option to select that campaign as a guest, guest there and build up your AP in your guest campaign.

mjspnrb18_ESO · January 2015

Gankimus wrote: »

Flawlless wrote: »

Not sure if sarcasm.

Death to all icky buff servers until ZOS fixes the problem. This one hopes other PvP guilds from all factions will also move around wrecking buff sand castles and shaking PvE out of complacency.

And another joins the Revolution! Welcome aboard my friend, Death to buff servers

Gankimus · January 2015

Bogdan_Kobzar wrote: »

So, help this MMO noob player out. Finally got my character up in level to participate in the Alliance War. Only to find out that I go caught up in a war of ego and politics. I do not have enough alliance points to switch campaigns. I have no Buffs to assist in questing in Tamriel to attempt to complete Caldwell's Silver and Gold, for the folks who want buff servers to go away are reaping all the benefits of owning the buff server.
Can't get any alliance points, for the ambush groups are there to jump noobs like myself. Kind of hard to learn the game mechanics when you get insta-gibbed.
I realize that all you Vet14's are bored out of your skulls, but there are some of us that are not Vet 14's, we don't have optimized kill keystroke sequences.
Please feel free to send me alliance points so I can get my characters out of YOUR server and onto one that i can learn how to do this PvP stuff.
grumpfff.

Gank does not test himself against the creations of the gods of ZOS. This one hears from his friends that the buffs are useful for fighting the sissyphian hordes of Tamriel, but this one does not know from personal experience. Gank spends much of his time looking at flowers and waving away buzzing torchbugs, but when he is not sightseeing Gank likes a good brawl as much as the next Khajiit. You may whisper Gankimus and he will share his modest PvP secrets with you to help make you more competitive, if you like. This one warns you though, he has much better flower picking advice...

Fornacis · January 2015

I'm happy to see recognition from an AD player. I have seen you out there in Azura fighting Valiantly, and thought it was a effort that would be fruitless. But after fighting for the last couple days my opinion started to change. Logging into Azuras this morning and seeing the map almost completely yellow and rushing to defend the last keep with 2 others, I am now not surprised. I am Ebonheart on all my characters, but am disappointed in the EP politics and elitism that follows. EP had 2 bars to 1 yesterday and refrained from taking keeps and decided to farm ap instead and failed even at doing that. Pull it together EP. "Blood for the Pact" not "Blood if I feel like it". Kudos to AD for working together, and I will see you all in Cyrodiil.

Igne'Consumptis

Bogdan_Kobzar · January 2015

troll as in fishing for a solution, yes
troll as in being a <insert adjective>, really didn't mean it that way

Um, maybe I should have said really, really naive noob player new to MMO's

lemme explain....I waited to get all my 8 characters to veteran before going into Alliance war, (eight months) so, I assigned 4 EB to Azura, 1 DC to Chillrend, and 1 AD to Haderus.
I warned you i was naive...
switching to the non-vet campaign is not an option
figured the zone chat group thing out, ty for pointing that out.
didn't realize i could earn AP's by guesting into a different campaign, really ty for pointing that out.
Now that I have a semblance of a plan, I'll take my leave of the forums and unstuck myself in Cyrodiil

Update, a veteran player took me under their wing and provided the very much needed education. I finally did get the 15k alliance pts to bail out of the campaign.
Unfortunately, still haven't figured out how to do the quote-paste thing without screwing it up. Oh well, I apologize and ask to be excused for not using these forum posting functions good. And yes, if i don't know, I shouldn't do...

fritzOSU03 · January 2015

We've had a great time pushing Azura's Star these past few days. It will be interesting to see what happens to the different campaigns when 1.6 is released as it is rumored to be the end of buffs beyond the limits of Cyrodiil to anyone. Good show EP, good show.

Gankimus · January 2015

Targaryen wrote: »

I'm happy to see recognition from an AD player. I have seen you out there in Azura fighting Valiantly, and thought it was a effort that would be fruitless. But after fighting for the last couple days my opinion started to change. Logging into Azuras this morning and seeing the map almost completely yellow and rushing to defend the last keep with 2 others, I am now not surprised. I am Ebonheart on all my characters, but am disappointed in the EP politics and elitism that follows. EP had 2 bars to 1 yesterday and refrained from taking keeps and decided to farm ap instead and failed even at doing that. Pull it together EP. "Blood for the Pact" not "Blood if I feel like it". Kudos to AD for working together, and I will see you all in Cyrodiil.

Igne'Consumptis

There, Gank is satisfied, for today. Igne'Consumptis is very friendly but he eats fire and spits the bones of AD players hapless enough to be caught unawares or unescorted in his path. This one was hoping Igne would never notice him hiding behind rocks looking at pretty flowers, but if Igne has such nice opinions this one does not mind dying and giving him AP from time to time. So long as Igne promises to stand out in the open where all of Gank's friends can see him clearly, instead of sneaky sneaking around stealing scrollsesys and hidey hiding in little houses. Sneaking is for Khajiit looking for flowers and mushrooms, what is noble Dragon Knight sneaking from?

Fornacis · January 2015

So long as Igne promises to stand out in the open where all of Gank's friends can see him clearly, instead of sneaky sneaking around stealing scrollsesys and hidey hiding in little houses. Sneaking is for Khajiit looking for flowers and mushrooms, what is noble Dragon Knight sneaking from?[/quote]

Hiding from the politics also means I am alone many times and sneaking prevents me from being rolled by you and your crew.

Gankimus · January 2015

Targaryen wrote: »

Hiding from the politics also means I am alone many times and sneaking prevents me from being rolled by you and your crew.

This one shares your disdain for politics, Gankimus has risen high enough and made enough grown up friends that he has some influence and ability to keep the culture of his guild more respectful than some others he has seen. Gank can also kick the baddest apples out into the playground with the rest of the bullies if they get too annoying. As far as the silly politics of the forums goes, this one remembers old Khajiiti proverb, "Never argue with an idiot, they just drag you down to their level then beat you with experience"

But this one does not wish to be rude, so he wishes all of the idiots and bullies in the play yard good fortune with their meta-game of braggy boasting, moderately clever humorless insults and energetic preening.

Darlgon · January 2015

Bogdan_Kobzar wrote: »

Darlgon wrote: »

Boy, this feels like a troll post, but, if serious.

troll as in fishing for a solution, yes
troll as in being a <insert adjective>, really didn't mean it that way

Um, maybe I should have said really, really naive noob player new to MMO's

lemme explain....I waited to get all my 8 characters to veteran before going into Alliance war, (eight months) so, I assigned 4 EB to Azura, 1 DC to Chillrend, and 1 AD to Haderus.
I warned you i was naive...
switching to the non-vet campaign is not an option
figured the zone chat group thing out, ty for pointing that out.
didn't realize i could earn AP's by guesting into a different campaign, really ty for pointing that out.
Now that I have a semblance of a plan, I'll take my leave of the forums and unstuck myself in Cyrodiil

You seriously dissed my post and then said it helped you? And, no.. the stuff you marked as troll was not trolling.

THIS would be me trolling you:

Gankimus · January 2015

Gankimus and his happy bunch of tricksters had a wonderful time touring the servers last night. Gank would like to thank all the strong hearted, brave EP and DC who turned out to dance with us. This one had more friends than usual tagging along looking for things to break. We broke many things and enjoyed ourselves thoroughly.

Gank woke up this morning to go feed his horses and noticed a red star in the morning sky! Many congratulations to the mighty EP warriors of Azura's Star. Have the men and women from the land of Oz come to oppose us?

All hail Emperor Haroum, may your reign be short and frustrating!

ThumbShanks · January 2015

Gankimus wrote: »

Gank and his energetic team of killers will wander the servers looking for buffs to debuff and interesting fights to fight. Death to all icky buff servers until ZOS fixes the problem.

No more buff servers? So the way to do it is take all buff servers for EP and DC and turn the maps completely yellow, thus creating a buff server for AD...

,,,^..^,,,~

Cypriot122 · January 2015

Ithilwenn wrote: »

Today was a fun filled day on Azura's. I spent the day on my templar and I really have learned the balance between block, casting, and other things and I was kicking butt against vr14's even though my tempy is a vr5. EP had 2 bars to our one and put up a nice fight. Particularly the fight at BRK where 13 of us held off 30+ repeatedly. EP displayed very smart tactics but AD prevailed. We had some excellent fights at BRK, ASH, and ROE...especially considering EP had enough numbers divide us and we had to run half way across the map

Really Ithilwenn?! You must have been running with a very skilled group?! :P

Gankimus · January 2015

ThumbShanks wrote: »

Gankimus wrote: »

Gank and his energetic team of killers will wander the servers looking for buffs to debuff and interesting fights to fight. Death to all icky buff servers until ZOS fixes the problem.

No more buff servers? So the way to do it is take all buff servers for EP and DC and turn the maps completely yellow, thus creating a buff server for AD...

,,,^..^,,,~

What is Gank supposed to do? It is not Gankimus' fault that when he is sleeping the EP and DC do not flip the servers back. Gank takes his team to many different servers and doesn't even play in the Vet campaigns every day of the week. This one honestly hopes that his worthy opponents flip the campaigns that he and his friends turn yellow, so they can come and turn them yellow again in a glorious endless sissyphian cycle. This one does admit that he wants to "win" the campaign in the point total, but he does not flip them for the icky buffs. He flips them because the fights are good and entertaining and the more things you own the more points you get.

Gank has too many friends to get into Thornblade, you try taking 60 people into a pop locked server and see how long you are in queue looking at your inventory. The fight on Azura's was very good last night for a long time. Epic battles around Fare and especially Alessia forced Gank and his friends to get very sneaky and split up into many little groups. We love these fights and hope to fight many more and we salute the brave warriors of EP for their stalwart and spirited resistance.

Maybe if more DC would come to Azura's to play it would be more balanced... if not, this one supposes that Gank and his friends will just have to spend more time in Chillrend to get their attention.

ThumbShanks · January 2015

Gankimus wrote: »

What is Gank supposed to do?

I simply found what you said was funny, that's all, was no need for explanation. I enjoyed the fights myself. Although I wish I started on my main, and not my alt, so I was left simply healing the whole time, and runnin scrolls back when I had the chance too. Once I devote my time to pvp, my top kitty will be there aiming for emperor and protecting emperor the best a cat can.

,,,^..^,,,~

Gankimus · January 2015

ThumbShanks wrote: »

Gankimus wrote: »

What is Gank supposed to do?

I simply found what you said was funny, that's all, was no need for explanation. I enjoyed the fights myself. Although I wish I started on my main, and not my alt, so I was left simply healing the whole time, and runnin scrolls back when I had the chance too. Once I devote my time to pvp, my top kitty will be there aiming for emperor and protecting emperor the best a cat can.

Gankimus supposes you are correct, this one does not read so well so he mostly makes up what he thinks others mean.

Gank cannot tell from your comments what faction you fight for, so he is not certain if he will be fighting to defend you or fighting to dethrone you...

ThumbShanks · January 2015

You shall be fighting me in time. Ebonheart Pact is where I call home, and shall be seeing you in Azura in due time! For the Pact! (and the Kitties)

,,,^..^,,,~

Gankimus · January 2015

Gauntlet thrown! Challenge accepted! This one wishes you good fortune in your quest. Gankimus admits he is a little jealous, this one is too unskilled and does not have sufficient time to devote himself to Emp pushes. Gank must settle for being a kingmaker but never a king... everyone has their role, this one supposes.

You will have to post a picture in your shiny Emperor armor so this one can see how it fits Khajiit. Gank wonders if it chaffes around the tail...