My favorite place to cap is the lumber mill (LM or mill) simply because it is by far the easiest spot to defend in the game. There's a graveyard right there, and unlike the mine, it's uphill. That means attacks can come from only 2 directions, and you can always jump down and use some sort of damage mitigation. The mine is, next to the blacksmith, the hardest point to defend. Also, if you're ressing at the mine, you have ONLY 2 exits. It's a great place to choke the horde...if it comes to holding 3 points and the horde having 2, make sure they have the mine and not the lumber mill or the stables. I've been polishing my strategies when I get the chance, and it mostly depends on whether the horde are a PUG or a raid. If it's a PUG, I recommend that you do the following: send 1 person to cap stables, 4 to mine, 5 to BS, 5 to mill. Hold the mill and the BS, the mine is just a distraction. You actually want the horde to cap it and take it from you. What you should be doing is harassing their farm, and defending stables with 2, BS and mill with 3, and by any means necessary DO NOT let them cap the mill. Now, if the PUG is kind of sucky, then you have a rather unique strategy open to you. Everyone wants to cap the BS. The answer is to let them cap it, but make it cost them the other 4 points. Congratulations, you now have them encircled, and all you have to do is spread out your team evenly between all map points and send in small raiding parties from different directions. Don't use the bridges if it's not a direct line, rather come up from the water. It means the whole of the horde force is occupied defending the hardest spot to defend on the map. If you're facing a real raid, I've not been too sucessful at these yet. AB is a more personal BG, and alliance may trump horde in mass PvP, but horde win at 1v1/2v2. That means you need to make sure you travel in groups of 3 or more. It also means your strategy will be an attrition rather than occupation. You want to defend the LM, stables, and farm. You want to constantly assault the BS and the mine, not with the intention of capping, but just distrupting supply flow. You can physically occupy 3 points on the map and your opponent 2, but if you don't have those places constantly capped (ie the horde are tapping your flag constnatly and you're getting it back) and the horde have their 2 solid, they win. I say farm and stables because they have horde coming from the fewest directions, and the LM is the best defensive spot in the game. These are just my observations. Siege, when are we getting this team rolling?
