YOUR. VOICE. MATTERS.

THE BATTLE FOR CENTRAL UKRAINE

2.14 BILLION DAMAGE. 14 HOURS. TWO ROUNDS.

https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7b8 2–0 https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac865

A CAPITAL WORTH FIGHTING FOR

https://app.warera.io/region/6813b70a9403bc4170a5d9f9 was never merely another region on the map.

It is https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac865's capital. If it falls, every other https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac865-held region suffers a 25% defender-damage penalty. A https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7b8 victory here therefore threatened to turn one successful attack into the beginning of a much wider collapse.

The region also sits at the centre of the limestone economy. https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac865's production bonus has made it the natural home of a large share of the game's limestone companies.

Breaking https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac865's hold on https://app.warera.io/region/6813b70a9403bc4170a5d9f9 was therefore both a military objective and an economic one.

THE LAST HURRAH OF THE OLD ORDER

https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7b8 entered as one of the leading members of https://app.warera.io/alliance/6a2967acab5f82249fd8c1c3, fighting alongside the wider force assembled from https://app.warera.io/alliance/6a2967acab5f82249fd8c1c3 and https://app.warera.io/alliance/6a2965afbc253b28fcf0d1c7, two alliances that had existed within the old Fight Club structure before formal alliances were introduced.

With changes to alliance bonuses forcing another reshuffle, https://app.warera.io/region/6813b70a9403bc4170a5d9f9 had the feel of a final large operation before that older arrangement gave way to whatever came next.

https://app.warera.io/country/683ddd2c24b5a2e114af1612, as part of https://app.warera.io/alliance/6a2965afbc253b28fcf0d1c7, committed heavily to the offensive.

By the end, https://app.warera.io/country/683ddd2c24b5a2e114af1612 would have 62.39M damage written beside its name.

ROUND ONE

A Battle That Would Not Settle

This one arrived a little over two hours after the fighting began.

Khajiit had apparently chosen a rather poor day to be late.

https://app.warera.io/region/6813b70a9403bc4170a5d9f9 was already balanced on the edge of a knife. Over the hours that followed, neither coalition managed to hold the advantage for long.

The lead repeatedly changed hands as the first round stretched past seven hours.

"After more than seven hours of fighting, just 9.53M damage separated the two sides."

The opening round finally ended after 7 hours and 20 minutes, with more than 1.16 billion damage already dealt.

https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7b8 finished on 585.33M.

The defenders answered with 575.80M.

After all of that fighting, the difference was only 9.53M.

https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7b8 took the opening round by 303 ground points to 149.

https://app.warera.io/country/683ddd2c24b5a2e114af1612 contributed 39.31M damage, finishing fifth among the attacking countries. https://app.warera.io/user/68eb7935fe26838752278ac7 and https://app.warera.io/user/691dba599317706a745f4d2b also ended the round inside the attacking Top 10 for individual damage.

One round down.

It had taken more than seven hours to get there.

ROUND TWO

The Bases Open

https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac865 did not disappear after losing the opener.

By 12h01m, the defenders held a 344.96M to 329.61M damage advantage and had closed Lithuania's ground point lead to just 92–86.

Then the bases opened.

THE LITHUANIAN SURGE

The https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7b8 Military Bases activated, and the second round changed with them.

https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7b8's own contribution climbed from 40.67M to 134.43M between the 12h01m and 13h00m records.

By 13h00m, the attacking coalition had opened a 513.55M to 391.58M advantage.

What had once again been a close contest changed character very quickly.

https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7b8 maintained the pressure through the closing stretch and secured the second round.

2–0.

https://app.warera.io/region/6813b70a9403bc4170a5d9f9 had fallen.

THE FINAL NUMBERS

When the fighting finally stopped after 14 hours and 16 minutes, the two sides had dealt a combined:

2.14 BILLION DAMAGE

https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7b8's attacking coalition accounted for 1.14156B, or 53.21% of the battle total.

https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac865's defenders answered with 1.00382B, or 46.79%.

Across the full battle, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7b8 led the attacking countries with 240.33M damage.

https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac79c led the defenders with 245.61M.

https://app.warera.io/country/683ddd2c24b5a2e114af1612 finished with 62.39M damage and 440 ground points, placing fifth among the attacking countries for ground points.

A BATTLE FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS

https://app.warera.io/region/6813b70a9403bc4170a5d9f9 was already important before the first shot was fired.

By the time the last one landed, it had become something more.

The largest battle in WarEra history so far.

More than 2.14 billion damage had been exchanged over 14 hours and 16 minutes for a capital whose military and economic importance ensured neither side was willing to give it up cheaply.

But perhaps https://app.warera.io/region/6813b70a9403bc4170a5d9f9 will eventually be remembered for something else as well.

https://app.warera.io/alliance/6a2967acab5f82249fd8c1c3 and https://app.warera.io/alliance/6a2965afbc253b28fcf0d1c7 assembled one more enormous joint effort while the alliance system around them was already preparing to change.

Regions will change hands again.

The limestone market will adjust.

New alliances will form and old ones will disappear.

But whatever political map follows the reshuffle:

the old order did not leave quietly.

"Wherever the fighting leads, this one will be there to remember it."

— Binya_Elsweyr
War Correspondent, WarErZA

WarErZA Field Report 001

YOUR. VOICE. MATTERS.