Chapter 1106: Peeling the Onion (Third Update)
The so-called "Turtle Team" actually originated from the Alliance's derogatory term for this playstyle—"Turtle Team"—mocking the Horde players for being like turtles hiding in their shells.
As for why the mockery... it was because the Alliance national team kept getting utterly crushed by the Horde's turtle team, leaving them furious and frustrated.
Because the Horde's random queue times were especially long, players often waited thirty to forty minutes just to get into the Alterac Valley battleground, only to be steamrolled by the Alliance national team and camped at the graveyard. After a swift loss, they barely earned any honor, which was a massive loss for many Horde players.
So, these players racked their brains to figure out: as a random team without voice commands, how could they avoid a total wipe? If they didn't burn a single tower and went straight for the general, all forty of them would be wiped out.
Thus, the "Peeling the Onion" tactic was born. It meant players had to start from the outermost defense towers and work their way inward, destroying the enemy's watchtowers, capturing graveyards, advancing step by step, and ultimately killing the enemy faction's general.
This playstyle was similar to the MOBA game strategy of pushing the first and second towers, then the high ground crystal.
And under the current game mechanics, this was the only correct approach. Tactics like relying on killing enemy players to drain their reinforcements were actually design flaws.
So, this accidental, cowardly tactic from the Horde turned out to be their optimal solution in this situation.
If anyone else had been the Alliance leader, this battle might have been unwinnable.
But at this moment, Chen Mo had already led the Alliance players to the gates of the Frostwolf Keep, while the Horde had also reacted and charged out from the Frostwolf intersection.
"The Alliance is definitely going for the captain—hurry up and defend!"
Chen Mo led the Alliance's main force straight toward the Frostwolf Keep to attack the Horde captain. Although the Horde hadn't rushed over immediately, many were itching to engage.
Seeing that the eastern and western towers in the back had all been recaptured, the Horde leader felt a bit more at ease and prepared to lead the main force to wait until the Alliance was halfway through killing the captain, then charge in and wipe them out in one fell swoop.
But just then, the flag at the Tower Point was set on fire!
The Horde leader was stunned. Hadn't they just recaptured Tower Point and assigned hunters to defend it?
The hunter finally typed in the battleground channel: "There's an entire squad-plus of Alliance here at Tower Point!"
This stealth squad, constantly harassing and hit-and-running, had clearly caused massive trouble for the Horde. If too few defenders were sent, the flag would be stolen; if too many were sent, the front line would be weakened and unable to hold off the Alliance's assault.
The Horde's main force was clearly hesitant. Tower Point wasn't far from the Frostwolf Graveyard, so many players in the back instinctively wanted to support. At the same time, the Alliance was attacking the captain, and another part of the Horde players hoped to ignore Tower Point for now and face the Alliance head-on.
They wanted to go, but they hesitated. The Horde's formation began to spread out. A few curious players recklessly approached the Frostwolf Keep's entrance to take a peek, only to be instantly swallowed by the Alliance's tidal wave.
The Alliance had only pretended to attack the Horde captain. When they saw the Horde's formation become scattered, they charged straight out to break apart the Horde at the Frostwolf intersection!
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