Aika Online: War 101

Welcome to the next installment of the 101 series. ^^ Today, I will be talking about War/ raid/ nation defense in Aika. Before I go any further, do take note that only the PvP channel caters to a War/ raid/ nation defense in Aika. Having got that clear, let's now proceed back to the main topic, ya?

Often, you will hear the word "Rift" during a War/ raid/ nation defense. So what exactly is a "Rift"? See below~

Lenaria Rift - Each nation's Rift has their own glowing color to represent the respective nation.

This is the "Rift". It is the only place where players can access to the other nations in Aika. Hence, a battle will MOSTLY start or end near the Rift.

Now that we are done with the "Rift", let's go further. Most of the time, you will be somewhere or anywhere EXCEPT the "Rift". Well, most of the time, unless you are some bored dude with max or near to max level there standing telling others you are guarding the nation in fact you really are just AFK or chatting. :p So what happen is, those bored dudes will be one of the earliest to spot if there are players from other nation entering your own nation and they will alert the whole nation via channel chat. Once it is verified that your nation is under attack, you will most likely see a nation chat. A nation is red in color, seen on both channel (PvP & PvE) and appears in the middle of your screen~ Ok, not really middle. =.=;; It is kinda middle top. Anyway, see below for a clearer picture how it looks like.

Here comes the ALMIGHTY red words. xD

Ok. Upon seeing the big red words, being the ever patriotic citizen you are (yeah, right. :p), you will want to rush to defend whatever is being attacked in your nation. Before you get all hot blooded by the hungry raid of the opposing nation; calm down, take a breather and try to catch more instructions that will soon be coming. Most probably, all the citizens will be asked to gather at the pass to intercept the raiders. Which will end like the below. :)

Can you find me? One million gold reward~ Nah, just kidding~

This is where everyone will cramped together waiting for the enemy to escape. The reason is simple, it is tight and there are NPC guards there. The most favorable ground for defense. War, it is all about tactics. ;p So once you are there, you request for a party and then form a raid. A full raid = four parties, just in case you are wondering, smartypants. :p Anyway, once you get into a party, try to form up a raid party. Only the party leader can do that though and they must be within sight of each other. So take note~ xD Forming a raid party is good so that the clerics can heal everyone. So try to form party and raid as often as you can. :) - Good tip~ xD

The above is mainly talking about defense. It applies the same when you go to other nation to raid them of their Relic (For more information about relic, click here. Opps sorry, the link is not up yet, will update when it is done~ xDD ).

Arghh, stop interrupting. Let me go on. :p So, your duty is to protect the Relic carrier. Unless, if YOU happens to the be Relic carrier, of course. How do you know who is the Relic carrier? The Relic carrier will glow like the one below~

Nice glow isn't it~ Don't envy me... FINE, it is not me. =.=;;

The raid is consider over either 1. Everyone got wiped out OR 2. the Relic get placed in the temple of your/ ally temple. To steal the Relic from the desire temple, attack the three green crystal you see in the picture and the purple core will open up. Then it is Relic for the taking~ xD

*Do take note, Relic take 6 hours to unbound after placing in a temple. So the Relic cannot be stolen before that.

I will see you here~ xD

This is a long post. Gonna stop here. Ciaossu~ ^^