Administrators Popular Post Alex Posted April 3, 2018 Administrators Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2018 by @Cynic So you're above 1,000 score and you think you're ready to take off on your own and forge through this world leading your own alliance. There's a lot more to starting an alliance than getting the score and hitting that "Create An Alliance" button. Here are some basics to creating an alliance that will help get you started. Step 1. Members If you're going to start an alliance you need to have a core starting membership and/or government. It's nearly impossible for any one man to completely run an alliance by himself. You're going to need help. Starting an alliance is easy with just a couple quick clicks. Building a successful alliance is exhausting and extremely time consuming. Don't do it alone. Build relationships with like minded players and go from there. I would recommend finding members with a range of experiences to fill the basic roles of an alliance (Internal Affairs, Economics, Military, and Foreign Affairs). Step 2. Choosing a Name, Theme & Flag This step isn't as important as some of the others but it can make a difference in some aspects of the alliance, especially recruitment.I would recommend staying away from generic names like "The United Nations" or overly used names like "The Mafia". Find a unique name that will attract new players and gives them an idea of who or what your alliance is about. You can also do this with a less obvious name and a good alliance description. Either way, this name or theme is what will identify you and your alliance. A Flag. This is another one of those things that might not necessarily be make or break but again it will identify your alliance and will be what every player (recruits or foreign visitors) will see when they visit your alliances page. Try to find an image or logo that symbolizes your alliances theme or name and is easily identifiable.Try to keep your flag clean and crisp and avoid too much lettering on your flags. You want to be able to recognize the flag whether it in large or small. You will want to start saving your ingame money (or purchase credits with donations) to be able to upload your alliance flag in game to be used by all of your members. As you can see from the two flags below, the top flag would be considered a "good" flag. You can still depict the symbol/logo even when shrunk down whereas the bottom flag its hard to decipher what exactly is even on the flag except the colors. Step 3. Establish a Charter Alright this is an important step here, so pay attention. A Charter is what will set the foundation for how your alliance operates. It will be used to determine laws, governing body, members rights and conduct of your members. Take your time on this. Make sure you don't get too verbose with it, because if you do no one will ever read it. Keep it short and sweet. Get to the point. Things you should include in your charter are: Your mission/purpose/intent List of your Governing Body & Their Powers What defines a member of your alliance How to amend the Charter Step 4. Appoint/Elect a Government You've got your core membership, your name and theme, and you have established a charter. Now it's time to appoint or elect the members of your governing body. This is where the differing experiences will come into play. Try to fit the experiences your members have in to the respective department to achieve the most successful results. (Ex: You have a player with significant war/raiding experience, you would try to put them into your Military Affairs department and not your Economic Affairs department). It may take time to adjust and you may have to move around positions from time to time to get the right person for the job. It happens more often than not in a new alliance until you find the best fit. Try to avoid doing this too much as to not give off the impression of instability, but if you need to make a slight change, then do what is best for your alliance. Step 5. Alliance Communications Establish how your alliance is going to communicate. The old days of forums are fading out (if not already) and the days of real time communication like Discord and/or Slack are the new upcoming gaming communication systems with Discord being the most popular. To create a Discord server, head over to https://discordapp.com/ and either download the Desktop App or Use the browser version. There are plenty of youtube videos to show you how to create a server and manage channels and roles. Step 6. Protectorate Treaty A protectorate treaty is an agreement between a larger scale alliance and a new alliance (such as yours) in which the larger alliance agrees to protect you from unprovoked aggression while you settle in and grow. I would recommend looking to one of the top 20-25 alliances for protection as they have more means to be able to actually assist your alliance with guides, grants and loans, and of course military protection. Having a protectorate will help you avoid "raiders". Raiders are players who will declare war and destroy your nation in an effort to steal your cash and resources. Step 7. Declaring Your Existence Once you have completed the above steps you are ready to launch your new alliance. One of the most important parts of launching your alliance is what like to call the "Declaration of Existence". This is your opening post and your chance to make a good first impression to the rest of the game. You always want to make that post in the Alliance Affairs forum here. Be sure to include all the information above (Flag, Discord Server, Government, and Protectorate). Make your first impression as good a one as possible. Expect and avoid the trolls that are sure to come give you flak. Some are even going to attempt to discourage you. It's going to happen. Be professional and respectful and prove them wrong. Step 8. Recruiting Now its time to hit the recruiting trail. There are many different ways you can do this. Some alliances send manual messages to new nations as they join and some alliances use automated bots to do the job for them. There are also other ways you can advertise your alliance including: Alliance Recruitment sub-forum P&W Discord Recruitment Channel (#recruitment) Player Created Advertisements (Ads cost 1 Credit) 1 13 1 Is there a bug? Report It | Not understanding game mechanics? Ask About It | Got a good idea? 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Popular Post Buorhann Posted April 3, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2018 Step 0.5: Join an existing alliance and learn the politics before branching out on your own. Learn who are the influential actors are in the current world politics of the game, and talk to them for advice. Learn the game too, because you'll be teaching your future members on "how to play". 22 Warrior of Dio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfPCFQfOnLg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sir Scarfalot Posted April 3, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2018 Cynic's guide downvoted by Cynic. P&W in a nutshell. I think that's quite possibly the most important part of this guide and the part that new players have the most to learn from. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sketchy Posted April 3, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2018 5 hours ago, Buorhann said: Step 0.5: Join an existing alliance and learn the politics before branching out on your own. Learn who are the influential actors are in the current world politics of the game, and talk to them for advice. Learn the game too, because you'll be teaching your future members on "how to play". Also you can skip step 3, charters are for tryhards. Total dictatorship is the only true way. 3 1 6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post MinesomeMC Posted August 6, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 6, 2018 On 7/1/2018 at 11:46 PM, Epi said: @MinesomeMC Why'd you downvote this lol? Not enough dislikes, obviously untrustworthy. Who does this guy think he Is? The Maker of the Game? I don't think so. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MinesomeMC Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Epi said: For a min i actually thought you were criticizing Cynic's guide...then i realized this was a meme. Welp, on another note...how'd you end up with 387 dislikes? You remember like 4 months ago when I made everyone mad yeah that's all from that... Also I was meme-ing about alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just John Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 I should be following this xD, and that's what I just exactly did. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devaughn Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 (edited) eyes . wats that? Edited April 20, 2019 by Devaughn Pantheon: The Best Alliance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomulusTheFirst Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Step 4: Don't get couped noob ? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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