House Profile: Unity

Unity had proven itself to be among the premier European houses, even before reaching the finals of the Spring Mayhem Tournament. In order to find out what its plans are for in-game world domination, we spoke to ID Zero, one of its leading Warlords, as well as - through one of his alter-egos - its founder.  

HOW DID YOU FIRST FIND OUT ABOUT CONQUEROR’S BLADE AND WHAT ATTRACTED YOU TO THE GAME?

I personally found out about Conqueror's Blade when I was looking through the Steam store. When I found about Territory Wars within a medieval setting I was instantly sold.

WHY DID YOU DECIDE SET UP UNITY?

Tranquillity is the official leader of House Unity, but I decided to spend the money on the house pack for my group. We set up the house because we wanted to try to do things a little differently from some of the larger houses.

WHAT DO YOU THINK MAKES UNITY DIFFERENT?

Our members have described Unity’s relaxed, calm but also competitive environment. Also, that we can look for improvements and are able to criticize ourselves and learn, without any drama from within.

However, we actually got stuck on this answer so decided to ask some of our members directly, ‘what makes Unity different?’ One of our members, who is actually physically mute, replied: "Having your voice heard, even when you don't have a voice." - That answer made Tranquillity speechless for the first time since I met him!

WHAT WAS THE SECRET OF YOUR SUCCESS IN THE SPRING MAYHEM TOURNAMENT?

Simply put, lots of practice playing together! As a smaller house, we’ve spent lots of time playing alongside each other. Many of our members have played together through hundreds of games and are at the point where they’re reacting on instinct and through experience rather than the need of being told what to do all the time.

Also, we trust each other's judgement and pull through together as a team, which was essential in helping us beat some of the larger house teams.

Now that I come to think of it, just before the tournament began Tranquillity forced our participating members to watch a movie clip - so maybe that had something to do with it!

WHAT DOES UNITY HOPE TO ACHIEVE WHEN THE GAME GOES LIVE?

We want to settle in a place on the map that we can call home. We plan to gather our strength and recruit slowly the right sort of players with the right sort of mindset. We would like to forge alliances with likeminded houses that are not necessarily trying to become the largest in the game, but that also understand the value of 'quality over quantity'. Together we can perhaps prove that such an approach can succeed.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE CLASS TO PLAY AS AND WHY?

Whilst I have played Nodachi, Poleaxe, Glaive and Dual Blade in the past, my favourite class is the Spear. It’s very good at killing enemy units and I really like the ranged ability 'Procris's Gift', which is good against archer units or chasing down low HP generals while they are retreating to secure the kill. Because of its medium armour, it's also slightly faster on its feet compared to a Glaive or Poleaxe and therefore it suits my playstyle really well.

WHO ARE YOUR MOST TRUSTED AIDES AND WHAT ROLES DO THEY COMMAND WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION?

I think for this question we should provide a diplomatic answer: Every single member of our house, as we deem them all to be trustworthy and share the same values that we hold collectively as a house.

Currently, new members are given the role 'Recruit' and we trial them and see how well they integrate into our community. They are promoted up to 'Member' role if they fit in and show commitment to the game.

IF SOMEONE WANTED TO JOIN UNITY OR START A DIALOGUE TOWARDS ESTABLISHING A PACT, WHAT SHOULD THEY DO?

They should get into contact with myself, Tranquillity or HurgleFurgle and they will be given further instructions.

Collectively we have different members all pitching together to keep things running smoothly so that nobody feels like they have too much on their plate and gets burnt out.

Keeping things simple is our approach. We exclusively exist within Conqueror's Blade (not in other games) and we believe in only using Discord to keep all information in one place. Our Discord information can be found in the 'english_houses' section of the official CB discord within our recruitment post.

However, know that recruitment into Unity is limited and selective: Applicants will be asked various questions before being accepted into the house, as we wish to keep our relaxed atmosphere intact as we grow.

ARE THERE OTHER HOUSES THAT YOU ADMIRE OR THAT YOU CONSIDER TO BE NATURAL ALLIES?

We have played many, many games against members of Falcata and have huge respect for players like Aspis, Revan and Viruta. They seem to run their house in a very similar way to us, and therefore have become natural allies. We also fought within their alliance during Spring Mayhem and together with Les Boulettes Russes we managed to hold onto a fair bit of territory.

CONVERSELY, ARE THEY ARE ANY HOUSES THAT YOU’D CONSIDER TO BE DANGEROUS COMPETITORS?

I think we approach other houses with the mindset that you should not underestimate any potential ally or enemy. As fans of Game of Thrones know, even the smallest of houses can engineer schemes that can bring down the largest. We would like to see the map filled with hundreds of smaller houses on the map, all vying for smaller portions of land. Rather than just one or two large 'super alliances' controlling vast portions of it alone. We think things would be more interesting that way!

Many thanks to ID Zero for answering our questions. If you know of a house that is deserving of similar recognition that we should profile in the future article, please make your nomination via our Discord channel.