 Strand of the Ancients | |
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| Level: 71-79, 80 | |
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| Location | Dragonblight |
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The Strand of the Ancients is a battleground located off the southern coast of the Dragonblight being introduced in Wrath of the Lich King. This battleground consists of 3 walls which have to be destroyed to continue, capture points and a graveyard after each wall. The overall goal is to be the first team to get through the last wall.
Overview
The players will either have to attack, or defend. Attackers will start on 2 boats, preparing to begin the seige. All attackers will begin the fight in the boats which will approach the beach. The defenders will spawn at the graveyard south of the second to last wall and move to defensive positions.
When the battleground starts one faction will be assigned to be the attacking team and the other will be assigned to be the defending team. The attacking team lands on the Island at the start of the battleground and will use siege weapons to break through the Island's walls and capture the city point by point gaining access to new siege weapons along the way. At some point the factions will switch, so the attacking team will become the defending team and vice versa.[1] It is described as a "D-day invasion scenario".[2]
Entrance
Players must be at least level 71 to be eligible to join the Strand of the Ancients Battleground, although by speaking to the battlemaster players could become neutral with the Valiance Expedition prior to the 3.0.3 patch. Brackets are 71-79 and 80. Players must interact with a battlemaster to join Strand of the Ancients. Battlemasters are located in all capitals back in Azeroth, Shattrath City in Outland's Terokkar Forest and Dalaran in Northrend's Crystalsong Forest. There is no known physical entrance at the moment. It is possible that an entrance will be at Moa'ki Harbor and/or The Forgotten Shore, even though this is very unlikely.
Basic Rules
- The attacking team starts off-shore on two boats, splitting the attacking team.
- The defending team starts at South Graveyard and moves to defensive positions on the beach or on the turrets next to the walls.
- Horde and Alliance teams of up to 10/15 players; The attackers trying to reach the relic, the defenders trying to slow them down.
- The faction who reaches the relic in the quickest amount of time wins.
NB: Note that there are a total of 5 walls. 2 on each side and 2 in the middle line to block the way to the end.
- It is possible that factions gain bonus
[Honor] for each destroyed wall. - There are Siege weapons which will help you to destroy the walls, buildings and enemy players.
- As you pass the second wall on both sides, more seige engines will spawn at the depots behind the first gates. This will allot recoup time and faster attacks on the remaining 2 gates.
- Defenders can make use of the turrets on the walls to destroy seige vehicles and kill enemy players.
Honor Reward System
Strand of the Ancients items are available by spending honor accumulated and a varying amount of 
[Strand of the Ancients Mark of Honor]. Each victory in Strand of the Ancients awards three marks, and a loss awards one mark. If neither side breaches the final gate the game is drawn awarding all participants a single mark.
The Valiance Expedition is the Alliance faction for the battleground, and the Warsong Offensive is the Horde faction.
Siege Weapons
- Main article: Siege weapon
The Demolisher
- The Demolisher has both short and long range attacks
- It is meant to bombard players and buildings from a long distance, it's also equipped with a ram to siege buildings.
- It can hold up to 3 passengers, passengers are exposed and can be targeted individually. However, players can cast while the vehicle is moving if they're in it.
Trivia
- The name at one point was in the WotLK beta was "Sands of Ulduran".
- The island was described as "A Titan island off the coast of Dragonblight", but due to a secondhand typo the name of the island was thought to be "Tital Isle" for some time.
External links
MMO-Champion World Wide Invitational - Day 2 Panels MMO-Champion Strand of the Ancients
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