Hello Sarnautians!
This week promises to be interesting! For the first time, the 2 strongest guilds went head to head in the Misty Glade! Tired of seeing SonsOfSigma leading week after week, Monsters.Inc decided it was time to make their move!
The least that we can say is that this fight was interesting! Everything was decided in the middle and Mincs finally claimed the victory!
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In the meantime, if the 1st and 2nd places seem to be reserved for SoS and Monsters.inc for the moment, a lot of guilds are fighting to claim a place in the top 3!
One of them is obviously Les Flibustiers de Nezeb. The French guild, the silver medal position holders last season, is the most regular guild to join this top 3. But they have not managed to be 2nd so far in this new season. So what is missing in their quest to catch up with the 2 other Imperial guilds? Muurad give us his view on the situation.

Muurad [Flibustiers de Nezeb]:
I think we lost a little part of our power, even if we still have a lot of players thanks to our recruitment drive. We lost 5 of our most advanced players but it’s only a matter of time before our new recruits catch up.
We are still ambitious and we want to compete with SoS and Mincs but it will be difficult to do that before the 5.0. Their Gearscore is too far away from ours. But, after the expansion, everything will be reset and who knows if we can even become the best again! The fact that we only accept French speaking players in our guild might give us a disadvantage. But we have a stable guild, ever since the beginning of Allods, and we can make a difference thanks to that too.
Last week we were surprised by Wanted's strategy, I felt honoured to be their first focus! But we must admit that their strategy worked and they deserved to win. But I’m confident to say that it will not work twice.
I’ll pay for the faction switch for every Wanted member who wants to join us!
The flame is still burning. But Flibustier is not the only guild striving to be at the top!
The Astral Riders are still impressive, they are the only non-French guild to stay competitive in the League side, they were the first of their faction to take down Grimnoth. Crovax, AstralRiders guild leader, give us his opinion about the guild :

Crovax [Leader - Astral Riders]:
AstralRiders is one of the oldest guilds in European Allods and so we have a lot of experience as well as the drill to progress. Also, it is about team play and coordination or even attitude, which I like on this guild. The fact that AR is the only non-French guild at the top on the league side doesn’t affect us at all, we are keeping focused on our objectives. On the other hand, the French guild might have the advantage in cooperation thanks to easier communication.
In my opinion it’s a matter of time before we catch up with the best Empire guilds. The difference is getting smaller every week. The Empire guilds approached this patch better prepared while the League was slower to progress. But Astral Riders remains the highest guild level of all.
Our ambitions are to be as strong as we can, while keeping the face of our guild: A combination of progress and hard work, but with fun and joy from the game. We are looking forward to the new season and all the new challenges it will bring to us. I think all of us are playing the game for fun and relaxation and not to be stressed. On the other hand, Astral Riders is here to accept any challenge as we always did and we won’t give anything away for free!
It’s good to hear that the League is not giving up, and we can’t wait to see how it’s going be in the future!
Will SonsOfSigma accept this result? Will Flibustiers and Wanted stay at 1-1? Will another guild enter the top 3? Rendez-vous next week to find out!