Monday, November 4, 2013

The importance of pressure

Pressure

We players may queue up a map but get stacked defending a structure.  When this happens we are either duty bound to defend or take pressure off our structure by having a group attack something else.  So, depending on the situation we strategize into either choosing to defend wholeheartedly until the enemy decides to give up or make a havok push.  Either way are good but there are optimal choices depending on our man power, supply, and the enemy.  This is pressure.

How to take advantage of pressure?

You as a commander or a sovereign must decide the best choice of action of which your team will rely.  If you only have one structure left, the best way to deal with this is to have a havok squad make a small push on a structure owned by the enemy.  Knowing this, you will split their group, thus be able to fail taking the havok target but successfully defend your land or vice versa or lose.  But doing something is the better than doing nothing.

I.E.  You have stonemist.  Your opponents solely push there.  You decide to defend it while sending a group of 10 to attack the enemy camps/tower/keep and consistently push on it till they get the enemy forces on their tracks or succeed.  By doing so, the enemy will feel pressure; thus exhaunt energy and thinking power.  Where you already knowing the tactic can smile with glee.

I.E. You have little or no structure in your land.  The enemy defends to their most.  Thus, you can't do anything here, you choose to hop maps and hit their keeps which will force them to jump to such location and defend or risk losing it, where you in turn can hop back and take land in your borderland.

Pressure Advantages

The enemy will be forced to choose which land to defend or give it away.  EIther way it is a PPT win for your team.

Disadvantage

The only disadvantage of this strategy is whether you have troops to deploy.  Else, it's best to fight to your last, rest, and try again a few minutes after break.

DO IT

So, do this.  Develop your own pressuring tactics while using my basic template as a guide.

-S

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