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Resonance is the name of a dominant guild in the fictional world of Ragnarok Online's created by GRAVITY CO., Ltd based on the
Background of Resonance
History
Resonance's history has always been the subject of comparison with another top tier guild; Raven's Nest (now disbanded). Prior to
Most players interpreted Gene's decision at the time to be a gracious one, in that by retiring his monopolistic guild, smaller emerging guilds would be able to take advantage of the fact that the WoE battlefield was theirs for the time being to adapt to and learn but there were some dissidents of the decision, accusing it of being a decision of arrogance. Most Ravens' at the time were disappointed and surprised at their leader's decision as it rendered them guildless. Raven's Nest officially disbanded on March 18, 2007.
While most of the ex-ravens began to look for new guilds to be recruited into, Raditzu, of Raven's Nest pedigree created Resonance and quickly recruited all willing ex-Raven's into his newly birthed guild. Most of the ex-Raven's returned to battle with Resonance under a different banner. While this was occuring, Gene imposed temporary self-retirement upon himself, bitter, that he disbanded his guild, only for it to take up arms to potentially monopolise the WoE scene with Resonance.
Famous Opponents
Resonance has enjoyed it's fair share of WoE successes in it's battle-filled history. In the time of it's existence, Resonance by far can be counted as the most consistent in WoE defence with it's strangehold on the prestigious Prontera Castle 1 for the good part of 8 months where no other guild at the time would be able to keep a castle for more then 2 months at a stretch.
Grand Lethals Threat
This feat caused much anger amongst many smaller
There were many weaknesses in the Grand Lethal camp though, which helped Resonance to victory over them. Most of the time, due to their large numbers, there was a lack of organization among it's members who had a laiisez-faire approach to War. Also, due to them having four different leaders, it was also difficult to communicate a unanimous decision to the lower echelons of the Grand Lethals.
Grand Lethals were finally undone in the Battle for Prontera 1 on May 23, 2007 where Resonance snatched victory and following a slew of heavy morale-sapping defeats, Grand Lethals disbanded in mid June to once again leave the WoE scene for Resonance's taking.
The RPG Alliance
Soon after disposing of their fierce
Raven's Nest however were still unable to compete equally with Resonance at the time of their return and made allegiance to guilds "
The RPG
On
On June 25th, 2007, The RPG alliance again suffer another defeat at Geffen Castle 3. The alliance decides to flee and capture Payon Castle 3 to reconsolidate alliance forces and rethink plans and
The first major victory though for The RPG alliance came in the Battle of Anima on August 11th, 2007 where Gene exercising his
However, following a brutal
Hope
After a long and ardous
Due to OneDeep's inactivity and the inability of his deputy; Rodrigo`, Hope disbanded at the turn of 2008, following several unsuccesful attempts at storming Prontera Castle 1.
Frailty`
Frailty` is currently still active in the WoE scene and is seen as the guild with the most potential for successfully challenging Resonance's stranglehold on WoE. Frailty` have participated and lasted many
Mark of The Elite
Mark of The Elite; MotE, was recently created by PwnCrazy!, who rebelled against Raditzu and Resonance after disputes about how Resonance should be run. MotE is politically seen and regarded as a mutiny against Resonance as PwnCrazy! had left with several players of Resonance to stake out Geffen Castle 3; of ex-RPG alliance heritage, widely regarded as the most challenging castle to attack and to defend. As of January, MotE's war policy is that of watch and wait and have not actively shown aggression to Resonance, though many expect this stance to change once oppurtunity favours MotE.
Notable Battles
- Capture of Prontera Castle 1 March 26th, 2007 - April 14th, 2007, would be the inital battle that gave Resonace sovereignity over Prontera Castle 1 for the Wars to come.
- Retreat of Resonance April 14th, 2007 Resonance defeated at Prontera Castle 1 and retreat to Geffen Castle 3 for one WoE. They retake Prontera Castle 1 the next.
- Battle For Prontera 1 May 23, 2007 Grand Lethals strike at Resonance's stronghold and repelled. Another costly defeat in a losing war costs the Grand Lethals precious morale and economy.
- Siege of the RPG alliance June 20th, 2007 Raditzu leads a crack team of siege specialists and strike the Alliance while they're rebuilding in Geffen Castle 3. A stalemate and lockdown between Resonance and the Alliance ensues.
- Independance Day Battle July 4th, 2007 The RPG Alliance's first assault at Resonance's bastion result in the Resonance taking the field. It will not be the last time the Alliance harries Resonance.
- Battle for Geffen Castle 3 July 18th, 2007 Alliance stronghold of Geffen Castle 3 successfully sieged and plundered by Resonance, The RPG alliance retakes their destroyed economy at the end of WoE.
- Sacking of Geffen Castle 3 July 25th, 2007, Resonance break through the faltering Alliance defences of Geffen Castle 3 and capture the castle. The Alliance flee to Payon Castle 3 to consolidate and recover their forces.
- Battle of Anima August 11th 2007, A major victory for Alliance forces when they rally all guilds in the server to siege Resonance's Prontera Castle 1. The largest-scale battle in the history of the server and Alliance forces capture Prontera Castle 1.
- The defeat of the Alliance August 15th, 2007, Following a counter-attack by vengeful Resonance forces over the loss of their castle, Prontera Castle 1 is retaken while the Alliance is defeated finally in their base of Payon Castle 3. Alliance never recovers from battle.
- Battle on All Hallow's Eve October 31st, 2007. OneDeep and Hope's militia tactics and guerilla warfare secure Prontera Castle 1 in an unexpected outcome.
Guild Diplomacy and Alliances
Resonance is officially allied with Red Shield; lead by -=Alucard=-, Mighty_Daks; lead by Reginodky and Starlight Sonata; lead by _____. Over the course of Resonance's history, it's
Red Shield presence was significant in the Battle on All Hallows Eve, October 31st, 2007, whereby pooling forces with Raditzu's Resonance, they overcame Hope and Frailty` to retake Prontera Castle 1. In the "Battle of Anima" where Red Shield and Mighty_Daks presence helped to equalise a badly imbalanced 6 to 1 ratio of enemy troopers to Resonance troopers.
Resonance has also given military aid to it's allies in Wars of Emperium. Capture and siege troopers are often dispatched to assist in Red Shield and Mighty_Daks war operations. As a result of their close allegiances, most people have mocked the relationship between Red Shield and Resonance, with Red Shield taking the brunt of the perjury such as "Reso's Dogs" or "Reso's slaves".
Officially, Resonance does not have open hostility to any guild in general. However on February 19th, 2008, unanimous decision was made to discontinue their policy of defending Prontera Castle 1 preferring instead to raid other castles across the server. As a result of this decision, Prontera Castle 1 has been subjected to the most attacks every WoE in the wake of Resonance's choice.
Resonance also extends
Controversy
Despite it's glory, Resonance has come into it's fair share of criticism and controvery due to some of it's questionable displays.
Due to the Raven's Nest "GM Guildship" status never being settled and Resonance inducting a lot of ex-Ravens into their ranks, some of the playerbase still believe that GM intervention is still taking place in Resonance. There are claims that the success of Resonance is due to Raditzu being the puppet character of a GM.
Also, Resonance is notorious for it's off-WoE "Valk team", which basically consists of a team trained to kill Valkyrie Randgris, a notoriously difficult boss which drops very sought after armours upon death. The monopolisation of the armours from Valkyrie Randgris cause Resonance to have a very big say in the high-end of the Anima market.
There are also claims that Dischord, the co-leader of Resonance is secretly a gay lover with another lower ranked minstrel in Resonance.
The Future of Resonance
Resonance as a guild will most probably continue to dominate the WoE scene for quite some time, due to the victories that they've had. Challengers for dominance also still have a lot more combat-experience to gain and a lot more to learn before they can equal Resonance. As a result of their economy on Prontera Castle 1, they have enough guild funds to support the guild for another year.
References
See also
- Ragnarok Online
- GRAVITY Co., Ltd
- War of Emperium
- Ragnarok the Animation