In April 2025, we did our first playtest since the addition of alliances. Groups were formed, blood was shed, and one alliance came out victorious.
Soon after world was opened, the CPO ("Cool People Only") alliance was formed and took the lead. This gave them a lot of momentum, but also put a large target on their back. TSR and KVD were formed next.
KVD fought CPO hard pretty early on, while TSR was mostly focussing on building up their troops. Many other small or less active alliances were also formed, the strongest of which was USA.
For a while CPO proved to be too strong and coordinated, so the other alliances decided they had to work together if they were going to defeat CPO. And that they did. From now on, CPO's outposts and keeps were getting heavily contested by the other alliances.
And it worked! After winning some battles and keeping key objectives under control over night, KVD was able to take the #1 spot for a while, surpassing CPO in trophies.
Unfortunately for KVD, their constant contesting of CPO's objective proved to be too much to maintain. After many battles and the resulting troop losses, they were not able to retain control of key objectives.
TSR also saw that KVD had surpassed CPO, and decided it was time for them to catch up in terms of trophies. TSR excelled in individual power, castle control, and winning tournament battles. However, unfortunately for them, the trophies gained from alliance objectives were simply too valuable, which was their weak point.
In the midst of this, CPO remained calm, collected, and coordinated. They took control of the map, and started climbing more rapidly than ever