Hi, plans are now more or less done for
WoF '08.
This is of course the
World of FirePower event, in which the whole world declares war on wildlife for glory and their flag.
With the success of last year still a vivid memory, many will be out to prove their mettle or correct mistakes made; and the
USA will no doubt be more than keen to hold on to their title.
To prepare you all and help you work out how best to serve your countries, this is a short info thread to attach any rallying calls and verbal bantering before the start of proceedings (see below) on
November 1st.
So, in brief;
Team Registration & Captaincy Elections:
These will start in the new
WoF '08 SubForum (graciously provided by 711 and
EF) on Nov 1st this year, and progress through to the first qualifiers in
early February '08. The
WoF should end around mid-June. Hunts will take place generally every
other weekend throughout the tournament.
To Register your Country, just apply when the
Registration thread is opened stating full avatar name and
Country of Choice..
You will also be required to
Vote for your preferred
Captain.
All avatars who hunted for their countries last year get 3 Votes. All other applicants get 1.
The Main Controversial Change:
When Captains are decided, (Voting will end on
Jan 1st) teams will be split into the
Main Team of 12 (Selected by the
Captain) and the Support Team. The Support team will have unlimited numbers.
Both the Main Team and Support Teams will be able to score points, although the Main Team will have a larger moblist and more points available.
This change is to reflect the need of the high-skilled players to defend their countries honour while keeping the
WoF available to all who wish to try.
Support team members can of course fill places left in the Main Team should hunters have to drop out.
There will be no swapping or hiring between teams of different countries.
All countries wishing to participate should register between November 1st and Jan 1st; that's two whole months for those who feel they didn't get time to apply last year
.
Any attempts at telling me what team you want to represent
before November 1st are NOT going to get noted; only proper replies in the Registration thread.
Other changes:
More points are available, with the Variety Boost now progressive, giving up to 50 points (for killing all 4 mobs on the Main Team Moblist) as opposed to 9 last year.
Maximum (Main Team)single mob score (without HoF) is now 10 instead of 8.
Maximum (Support Team)single mob score is 4, and 5 in later stages.
These changes also mean that the Main teams should expect some
harder mobs all the way through the
WoF than they did last year. No-one's gonna have to go for Daikiba's this time.
Hope this whets your appetites, see you all on Nov 1st.
BtW: If you need to know anything about the
WoF and I'm not about, (RL improving but still not properly online) ask any member of the
GloryHound Irregulars. What they don't know they can ask me
Hurrikane