[MR] WoW Observations from a CA

Mon Oct 12 13:07:47 PDT 2009

William,

Thank you for the input! I’d have to agree that time management was one of the things we didn’t do. I didn’t even think of it until the first hold was called to check the banners. The evil Black Diamond Horde <smile> knew when to push and when to relax because they were keeping track of the time. (Ether that or they just got real lucky and it just looked that way!)  Ether way, the Black Diamond side did a good job controlling the battle, and we should learn from it.

As for the comments that were made, I don’t worry too much about it. I know that most of it is just from them being tired and not being able to strike at the one killing them. I’ve been on the receiving side of both spears and bows and felt the same way, but when you start talking after the fight, all of the anger and hostility is gone.

In Service, 
Wolfram

> From: faleston at gmail.com
> To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:53:36 -0400
> Subject: Re: [MR] WoW Observations from a CA
> 
> Wolfram,
> 
> First of all, vivats to you guys. I was fighting for Sacred Stone and you
> guys were really mowing them down for us.
> 
> One suggestion I would make is to reinforce his Grace Cuan's suggestion
> after the battle about timing the use of archers to take banners just before
> the time checks.
> 
> I think if we had coordinated an attack by 2-3 archers with a charge of
> about 5-7 guys, we could have taken multiple banners just in the nick of
> time. I think the big thing in the future is for commanders to have a good
> idea of where the archers are and a pre-planned method of getting them in
> one place for such a push.
> 
> On another note, I was very disheartened at some of the things I heard being
> yelled at archers. An indiscreet word in a moment of anger at being killed
> is one thing (I've been guilty of that in the past myself) but I heard some
> far worse things from a few. I know that being killed multiple times by
> someone out of the immediate reach of your weapon is irritating, but we need
> to stay friends on the field and off.
> 
> In Service
> William de Faleston
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:atlantia-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf Of Richard E
> Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 10:18 PM
> To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Subject: [MR] WoW Observations from a CA
> 
> 
> First off, I had a blast at WoW this weekend! Thank you to all of you that
> put in such hard work to make it such a great war! It was outstanding!
> 
> Secondly, I'm just tossing out some ideas here for discussion to hopefully
> help us fight better against Combat Archers (CA) in the future, and to make
> our CA work better with the rest of the Atlantian Army. I am relatively new
> to CA (only 2 years) with most of my experience from fighting sword and
> board (over 20 years), so I hope you more experienced combat archers will
> jump in here with some suggestions. If we all work together we can make the
> Atlantian Army even better and stronger!
> 
> 1. In the Woods Battle, Black Diamond seemed to have two forces facing us.
> On our (Sacred Stone) right flank, there was a tight group, while the left
> flank held more of a skirmish line. When I was shooting at the spearmen in
> the tight group, I had a lot (and I do mean a LOT!) more misses and blocked
> shots, verses shooting into the skirmish line where I was getting around one
> kill per 2 shoots. The spearman in the skirmish line had little to no
> protection during the first two-thirds of the battle and that accounted for
> such a high kill ratio. (Plus those sneaky SOBs that were just trying to
> make me use up my ammo! <grin>) By the last third of the battle, the
> spearmen were staying with there shield men on both flanks and I was getting
> a lot fewer kills.
> 
> I can't remember if it was up here or back in my Trimaris days, but I do
> remember training in three man teams at one point. Two shield men to protect
> one spearman. It seems to me that if we can get our shield men and spearmen
> to train/work together more, it would greatly reduce our enemy's
> effectiveness against us. Anyone have any other/better ideas to defend
> against Combat Archery?
> 
> 2. During the Woods Battle, I had great support from the shield men in both
> keeping me alive and in making openings for me to make the shot! I believe
> that just as spearmen need to learn to work with their shield men, so do the
> archers. For awhile I was teamed up with a two shield men and a spearman.
> The four of us turned out to be a very deadly combo! (Until we were run over
> from behind, but that's a rant for another post) Should we be training up
> four man teams like that? With my crossbow, I like to shoot from the second
> line. Is that something Bowmen can do, or do you all need to stay out of the
> press? What other ideas do you all have that can improve the effectiveness
> of our Combat Archers?
> 
> Those are just some observations and thoughts I had on the drive back to
> Maryland. For all those of you that were cursing us for shooting you, just
> remember, we are training to be out there to support you against our
> opponents! If it makes you fell any better, I think I have more welts today
> then I ever did fighting sword and board! <smile> I hope everyone had a
> great war, and I look forward to hearing your thoughts and seeing you all on
> the field!
> 
> Wolfram 
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