There's a leaderboard and you get points based on how well you do in each war. We get ranked weekly based on how we did. We came in top 20 in the world last year (#13, to be exact) and that was after 2 diamond wars that we didn't play in... let's improve on that.

They are shorter (2 x 4 hour sessions) The wars are for 4 hours per day, so expect to grind for most if not all that time. The leaders typically create parties prior so if you are going to be late, or can't make it, you need to let them know ASAP. Be on time, be early, and don't let your teammates down.

They have a start and stop time Unlike Bronze–Platinum Wars, there is a break in between sessions. Each node starts off with a "neutral" party holding it, so everyone is working to bring down the shield. After you bring down the shield, then whoever wins the designated amount of wins gets the node, but it's fast because you have 5-6 teams all hammering a node. One thing to note is that you want to HOLD nodes at the end of the day because you get HOLD bonuses for each node that you hold... so defends are sometimes needed.

They are much faster and need great coordination As previously mentioned, if you have 5-6 clans all hitting the same node, it's going to go down fast and quick. Have classes set up for EVERYTHING — Hardcore, S&D, Domination, etc. We don't have time for people to sit and make classes. Listen to the leadership and communicate — they tell you to hit CTF, hit it. They tell you to leave a game and play HCDOM, do it. Party up with who you're to party up with.