New World 4

== New World 4 ==
=== Overview ===
New World 4 is a merged world that came to be with the merging of worlds 20, 32, 34, 36, and 37. New World 4 is one of ten worlds created as part of PopReach's attempt at merging active players from mostly inactive worlds into a new, larger, and more active world. 
== Mergers Announced ==
=== Reaction ===
When the mergers were first announced, no one quite knew what to make of it. PopReach had not announced a merge date or even time frame and were merging worlds at seemingly random.
War of Nations had certainly seen a decline in its player count but nobody thought that PopReach had the desire or ability to take on a project of this scale. Players immediately began switching to their soon to be world-mates to speak with them, see how powerful they were, make alliances, and arrange alliance merges.
=== Rules Established ===
Spearheaded by the general of Goodfellas2, the major alliances from each old worlds got together and decided on the rules that would be in the new world. It was decided that hits would not be permitted any time between the start Stronghold on Thursday, to the end Tower of Strength on Tuesday every week. It was also decided that players may not capture the bases of anyone who is in an alliance.
== Worlds Merged] ==
NOTE: As a World 20 player this section has a heavy emphasis on World 20 alliances as I know their history and actions best. If you are from another world or have more information feel free to edit it in.
=== First Days ===
As soon as New World 4 was created, there was an all-out war to capture the new super bases that had been spawned. During this time, the strongest players benefited greatly as they captured the valuable and limited bases. Asylum attempted to claim a trainer base but the claim was disregarded and the base captured. A few days later when the smoke had cleared and players had captured the NPCs, the agreed-on rules were enforced. A new rule was also added that alliances may make claims on trainer bases that will protect them from other alliances attacking or capturing them. Many players had originally speculated that there would be nonstop captures for weeks but surprisingly to many, no such scenario had occurred.
=== Stronghold and Tower of Strength Lag ===
Event lag has existed since the beginning of the merge and not yet went away as of 4/25/20. The lag affects all players and alliances though many players point out that lag over Goodfellas 2 strongholds is more commonplace than in other alliances leading some to suspect Goodfellas of using an exploit to lag the game. Goodfellas2 members however, deny the accusations and claims there is more lag over their strongholds simply because they play more which in turn leads to more attacks and server load.
=== Firephoenix Merges ===
When the merge was originally announced, Firephoenix had made an agreement to combine into Elite at the start of the merge. When the time came, Firephoenix saw some of its most prominent players including their general, Ace, jump to Elite handing leadership over to Jaguar. Luckily for Firephoenix however, the alliance managed to bounce back to prominence from an influx of new players and remain competitive even with most of its best players leaving. Later on, Ace joined back once again though leaving leadership to Jaguar. Firephoenix is constantly trading players with Elite and has a very close relationship with them.
=== World Order 2 - Goodfellas2 Cap War ===
Citing Goodfellas2 causing the stronghold lag as a reason, World Order 2 player Maximus began to attack Goodfellas2 port bases. This started a cap war between the two alliances that ended in Maximus leaving World Order 2, though he would return after a short amount of time.
=== Pandemic Merges ===
At the start of the merge, Pandemic was keen on dominating the new world and remaining the first place superpower they had been in World 20. Unfortunately, the new teams were tougher than expected which led to Pandemic scoring far below expectations in events and demoralizing its player base. As time went on, the team realized that a merge would be necessary if Pandemic players were to remain on top. World Order 2 was the chosen alliance to merge into and when the time came, a great portion of their active players including their general, Poundcake, jumped to World Order 2 relinquishing leadership to Fakeswe. The alliance while not dead, was greatly weakened by the merge but still remained competitive to the smaller alliances. Later on, Asylum merged their remaining players into Pandemic which while it did not revive the alliance to its pre-merge state, gave Pandemic a significant boost in power.
=== Asylum Merges Thrice ===
Asylum at the start of the merge was much like Pandemic in that they wanted to remain with their teammates and ride out the new world. However running into the same as problem Pandemic, alliance rewards for events were significantly cut due to the new competition. Accordingly, Asylums general, M5, deemed it necessary to merge in order to create a stronger alliance and get better rewards. A first attempt was made to merge with Supernatural, though it was canceled due to supernaturals previously undisclosed alignment towards Firephoenix-Elite while Asylum members were Pandemic aligned. A second merge was attempted with World Order but was called off due to nearly half of Asylums members remaining in Asylum and not merging. A third and final merge finally took place into Pandemic after most of their members had left for World Order 2. This time, the merge was agreed on by all active players and the merge was successful. After the merge, Asylum was left with a majority of players being Panemic alts and inactive players, with very few players remaining. Ownership of Asylum was turned over to M5's alt, WahooWarriors.
=== Incubation Period Removed ===
PopReach removed the barrier for other players to join New World 4 leading to new accounts entering the world.
=== World Order 2 - Elite Cap War ===
A skirmish occurred when Elite and World Order 2 began a cap war with each other over World Order 2 and former Pandemic player, Catahoula. 
===Elite 2 - Goodfellas2 Cap War===
=== Pandemic Splits from WO2 ===
Pandemic members and some World Order 2 members left World Order 2 and joined Pandemic causing World Order 2 to fall and Pandemic to rise in the leader boards.
== World Achievements ==
=== Top 10 Alliances (Battle Points) ===
# Elite
# Goodfellas2
# Golden Army
# Pandemic
# Legendary Heroes
# Golder Army2
# Firephoenix
# Black Mask Brigade
# Elite 2
# SuperNova
=== Top 10 Players (Battle Points) ===
# Evil-Mantis
# -babybus-
# -DRAGON-
# UHav750FrMyTaxes
# Max
# _Jaguar_20
# WO2-SleepyDragon
# HiTDAN
# WO2-Hunter
# Goliath
=== 1 Trillion BP Players ===
# Evil-Mantis Unknown
# -babybus- Unknown
# FaustusLives 4/26/20
== Trainer Bases ==
-15,345 Firephoenix
-86,-313 Golden Army
-189,-24 Rolling Thunder
51,-558 (Lvl 36) World Order
272,-145 Delta Force
-6,-334 Rogue
-242,-38 SuperNova
64,141 Black Mask Brigade