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Assault and Defend 2 bases in a single Battle for Gilneas.

Tips:  For this achievement, you personally have to attack 2 bases and defend 2 bases in one Battle for Gilneas.   Assaulting a base is when you click on a flag that is either neutral or controlled by the enemy team without being interrupted.  Your team will not automatically control the node, but begin to control it.  Your team will control the node and have fully captured it unless it is defended by the enemy (if the base was previously under their control and your team hasn't yet fully captured it) or attacked by the enemy before your team gains control of it.   Defending a base is when the enemy assaults a base that your team control's and you successfully click on the flag before the enemy gains control of the node.

This achievement can be completed in various ways.  For instance, you can assault one base and wait around for the enemy to attack it so you can attempt to defend it and attack another second base, or you can assault 2 bases before attempting to defend any at all.  You can assault one base, move to another and assault that, then guard that base and hope you can defend it from an enemy attacker.

It is usually easier to attack/assault bases at the beginning of a match because there is typically nobody defending any of the bases yet.  Run as quick as you can to one of the bases and attempt to assault it before one of your teammates or an enemy player assaults it.  You may wish to inform your teammates that you plan on capturing a certain base.   This is probably the easiest way to get one assault out of the way.  Then you just have to focus on which base you plan on assaulting next.  Quite often both teams will fight over one node for the first few minutes of a match.  Typically this is the Waterworks, though not always.  If you notice that the node is still neutral you can run over and help your team assault it.  Try to keep clicking on it if you can.  If your team already controls 2 nodes or the enemy controls 2 nodes before you've assaulted your two for the achievement, choose one of them to assault.  It is best if you have teammates with you to assist in attacking or crowd controlling the enemy while you assault the base.

Generally it is more difficult to defend a base than to assault one.   There are several reasons for this.  Your team will usually have defenders guarding the bases it owns so it's usually really hard for enemies to assault bases in the first place.  You have to be near a base that is assaulted to reach it in time to defend it, and you also have to successfully defend it before the enemy fully captures it.  Therefore, you should attempt to defend a base whenever you have the opportunity.

Another way to defend bases for this achievement is to guard one of the bases your team controls and hide somewhere near the base so that the enemy cannot see you.  Wait for an enemy to assault the base and you can attempt to defend it.  Although you can attempt this alone, it may be helpful to have a teammate or two with you in case you have to fight the enemy or crowd control them.  This is similar to the strategy for defending bases in Arathi Basin but possibly a bit more difficult.  There are only 3 bases in Battle for Gilneas and it is more likely that you will have multiple enemy players assaulting a base at one time as opposed to just one or two which often happens in Arathi Basin.


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Get 10 honorable kills at each of the bases in a single Battle for Gilneas.

Tips:  For this achievement you do not have to get the killing blow on any enemy players, just be near enough when one of your teammates kills an enemy to get credit for an honorable kill.  

To receive honorable kills at a particular base there will need to be enemy deaths there.  You will probably want to go where the battles are taking place.  If your team and the enemy team is fighting over a particular base you can likely get a few honorable kills from being there.

It's good to track this achievement so you know when you've received the number of honorable kills needed at each base.  To track this achievement, locate it under your achievement menu (under Player versus Player, Battle for Gilneas) and check off the "track this achievement" box.

As soon as you get the required honorable kills at a certain base move to another one.   If you still need honorable kills at all of the bases or more than one base, you can choose to move around to where the battles are or try and defend your node from enemy attackers and earn kills that way.   It may take several attempt/battles to get this achievement because it can sometimes be hard to get 10 honorable kills at each of the bases in a single battle.  

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Win the Battle for Gilneas with a score of 2000 to 0.

Tips:  For this achievement, your team will need to capture and control at least one of the bases while preventing the enemy team from capturing any base.  If the enemy captures any of the bases at any time they will receive reinforcements and you will not be able to get this achievement.  Your team does not have to capture all three nodes, or even two of them.  They just have to prevent the enemy team from capturing any bases.  

Keep in mind that the more nodes that your team controls, the faster the game will go.   If your team assaults all three nodes at the beginning of a match and successfully gain control and defend them, the game will pretty much end before the enemy has a chance to do much.  Just make sure your team defends properly and keeps the enemy from assaulting any of the bases.

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Complete 100 victories in the Battle for Gilneas.

Tips:  For this achievement you will personally have to win 100 BFG matches.   You will probably have to play well over 100 battles to earn this achievement as you will likely not win every battle you enter.  As with any battle, it doesn't just depend on how well you play the match, but how well the rest of your teammates play as well. 

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Win the Battle for Gilneas.

Tips: This achievement is obtained when your team wins the Battle for Gilneas.  You may get this with your first battle or it may take several.  Not only does it depend on how well you play the match, but how well the rest of your teammates play as well. 


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Take 50 flags from the opposing team in the Battle for Gilneas.

Tips:  This achievement does not have to be completed in a single battle, it can be completed over several battles.  To earn this achievement you have to personally attack 50 bases (take 50 flags).  You only have to assault them, you do not have to fully capture them.   Defending nodes (taking the node back after an enemy attacks it and before they gain full control of it) do not count as attacking or assaulting nodes.  To assault (or defend) a node, just click on the flag without being interrupted.

To earn this achievement as quickly as possible you can attempt to be the first one out of your team's base when the battle begins and assault the base closest to you (Mines if you are horde and Lighthouse if you are alliance).  


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Overcome a 500 resource disadvantage in a match of the Battle for Gilneas and claim victory.

Tips:  This achievement can be difficult to obtain but it can also be very easy.  Sometimes you just get lucky.

The best way to do this (purposely) is to let the enemy team take 2 of the nodes right at the beginning of the match.  Once the enemy team gets 500 more resources than your team, capture a 2nd node and hold on to it.  With the 2 nodes you will be able to catch up in resources and win the match.  You can not let the enemy team get to far above 500 extra resources or you may not be able to catch up.

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Perform a /gasp emote under the double rainbow in the battle for Gilneas.

Tips:  The rainbow is located on the eastern side of the map.  It is slightly northeast of the  Waterworks.  You can reach it by swimming up the stream.  Swim east, up to the rocks at the end, and you will be underneath the rainbow.  Type in "/gasp" once you are there to get this achievement.

You can also run along the river until you reach the end and can reach the underneath of the rainbow. 


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Win the Battle for Gilneas by 100 points or less.

Tips:  Your team must win the Battle for Gilneas by having 2000 points while the enemy team has 1900 or more points.




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Complete the Battle for Gilneas achievements listed below.

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Win the Battle for Gilneas in 6 minutes.

Tips:  It doesn't matter what the final score is at the end of the match, as long as your team wins the match within 6 minutes.

The more nodes that a team controls at any given time, the faster that team's score goes up and the faster the game ends.  Your team will need to attempt to capture all three nodes as quickly as possible to earn this achievement.  There are several ways to go about doing this.  Check out the Battle for Gilneas Strategies page for 3-capping tips and tactics.



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Come to the defense of a base in the Battle for Gilneas 50 times by recapping the flag .

Tips:  This achievement is done over the course of multiple battles.  It is very unlikely that you can achieve this in one battle.

This achievement follows the same principle as other achievements in which you need to defend bases. 


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Assault 3 bases in a single battle for Gilneas.

Tips:  You do not have to assault three separate bases to get this achievement, just three bases in total.  You can assault the same base three times so long as it was taken by the enemy, giving you to ability to assault it.  You can assault a base as long as it is neutral or controlled by the enemy.

Attempt to assault bases that are undefended or bases in whish your team is fighting and you have a chance to capture it.  Assault the base by clicking on it until it captures.  Keep checking your map for available bases to assault (those controlled by the enemy team).  If there are not many bases available to assault, attempt to leave your team's bases undefended so that the enemy has a chance to capture one, giving you the opportunity to capture it afterwards.


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Defend 3 bases in a single Battle for Gilneas.

Tips: 

In most cases, it is much more difficult to defend a base than it is to assault one.  If the enemy assaults one of your bases, it typically (but not always) means that they killed your teammates that were guarding the node.  It is also likely that there will be a large number of them there waiting for the node to fully capture.  This makes it quite difficult to get to the node in time to defend it and have it count towards the achievement. 

Sometimes the enemy team will ninja-cap the flag while your teammates guarding the node are still alive.  This circumstance makes it slightly easier to defend the flag because, although there will probably be enemy players attempting to hit cappers, most players will likely still be focused on the battle at the node.  If this occurs, do whatever you can to recapture/ defend the node.  Attempt to stand as far away from the flag as you can with still being able to click on it.  The further away you can stand from the flag, the better.  The AOE will not hit you as much as if you were standing on top of the flag.

Your main focus while trying to earn this achievement is to defend flags.  It may be selfish, but this takes priority over protecting your teammates or your team's nodes.  Try to pay attention to nodes that are attacked by enemies so you can  run there a.s.a.p. and attempt to defend it.

If you are the only one guarding a node, you can choose to allow the enemy to assault it which will give you the chance to defend it.  To help out, you can call incoming just in case you have troubles taking the node back yourself. 

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