We had high hopes for Barracks as a strong, independent main
clan in a new kingdom. There was potential—if only GoD Main had let the whole
clan move over as-is. But right before the kingdom teleport, they decided to
spin up a shiny new clan called Veritas, meant for SK accounts and promising
players from SK. Thordirne, the recruiter at the time, gave everyone in
Barracks the option to hop over.
Unsurprisingly, a lot of the old loyalists stayed behind.
Many of them were part of the CP Club I mentioned in my K65 post. It made
sense—if you were chasing S9, you needed big CP, and big CP came from big
clans.
So, if you ask me, Prometheus got backstabbed. Quietly.
Neatly. With a bow on top.
The Split and the Move
A few familiar names did move to K78 with Prom—Greg, WTH,
and Brah included. GoD Shield also made the jump, and by the time I arrived,
the Shield leader and sups had already folded into Barracks.
A little birdie who stayed behind in K65 later told me that this Shield merger was why some players chose Veritas instead. Which, honestly? Fair enough.
What Prom ended up with was the longest list of sups I’ve ever seen—fourteen. Add in his own picks, and we basically had a clan council so big, no one actually listened to the common folk anymore.
Not long after I left, Prom made a grand announcement: Barracks would now be called Shield.
Just like that, the name disappeared.
Kind of a strange rebrand, considering how many of us still saw ourselves as Barracks kids. But oh well—guess the old Barracks spirit went down with the name.
A little birdie who stayed behind in K65 later told me that this Shield merger was why some players chose Veritas instead. Which, honestly? Fair enough.
What Prom ended up with was the longest list of sups I’ve ever seen—fourteen. Add in his own picks, and we basically had a clan council so big, no one actually listened to the common folk anymore.
Not long after I left, Prom made a grand announcement: Barracks would now be called Shield.
Just like that, the name disappeared.
Kind of a strange rebrand, considering how many of us still saw ourselves as Barracks kids. But oh well—guess the old Barracks spirit went down with the name.
Flickers of Friendship (and Then... Nothing)
Most of us were somewhere between acquaintances and friends. I could name a bunch of people I considered close back then—but what’s the point? We don’t talk anymore. Still, when a few of us were online at the same time, the clan chat would absolutely light up. It had its moments. Brief little flickers.Issues and Non Issues:
1. CP Starvation (Again)
I had hoped moving from GoD T to Barracks would finally fix my CP situation. Spoiler: it didn’t. I was already lowkey whining about GoD T’s stingy S9 one-time payment model to Prom, and I think it gave him ideas. (Maybe he always planned it, but let me pretend I was the muse.)
Instead of fixing anything, I leapt straight from the fire into the frying pan. Only two or three players were picked to pop into the sub-clan and grab CP when the bank had silver. The threshold was 30B—even worse than GoD T’s 20B.
And there were only three players with G9 in Vanguard. Naturally, they were drowning in CP requests. Worse still, CP prices were so low that defenders couldn’t even be bothered. In K65, Dontrius had set the price at 2.5M per 1B CP, and it worked—you got defenders, and you made silver. It was a sweet little system.
Still, credit where it’s due—WTH and Brah really pulled through. I used to wake up at 6 AM just to catch a CP run with WTH, and honestly? Totally worth it.
I had hoped moving from GoD T to Barracks would finally fix my CP situation. Spoiler: it didn’t. I was already lowkey whining about GoD T’s stingy S9 one-time payment model to Prom, and I think it gave him ideas. (Maybe he always planned it, but let me pretend I was the muse.)
Instead of fixing anything, I leapt straight from the fire into the frying pan. Only two or three players were picked to pop into the sub-clan and grab CP when the bank had silver. The threshold was 30B—even worse than GoD T’s 20B.
And there were only three players with G9 in Vanguard. Naturally, they were drowning in CP requests. Worse still, CP prices were so low that defenders couldn’t even be bothered. In K65, Dontrius had set the price at 2.5M per 1B CP, and it worked—you got defenders, and you made silver. It was a sweet little system.
Still, credit where it’s due—WTH and Brah really pulled through. I used to wake up at 6 AM just to catch a CP run with WTH, and honestly? Totally worth it.
2. Red Zones & Mob Mentality
We were supposed to be the main clan, but no epics were
dying. Everyone was endlessly waiting for three stacks—on both epics and
ancients. Zero coordination, zero cleanup, zero progress. Eventually, it all
turned into one big, red-zone free-for-all.
3. Neverland
To top it all off, K78 was basically the land of nowhere. You couldn’t find a single decently populated kingdom around. Even when I tried to go kingdom-hopping, silver was nowhere to be found.
A ghost town with a badge.
4. The Karen Chronicles (Part 2?)
And then came Karen 2.
They say women should lift each other up. This one? She brought a shovel.
She had mood swings like she was stuck in a loop of perimenopause and paranoia. Every suggestion was an insult. Every group chat turned into a battle royale. She even went around messaging anyone she thought was your friend just to trash-talk you.
It was like Mean Girls: Kingdom Edition. Equal parts ridiculous and exhausting.
Of course, Prom couldn’t rein her in. Let’s be honest—he couldn’t really rein anyone in.
That kind of energy? No thanks. Maybe I was already half out the door because of the CP chaos and red banners. But Karen 2 was the final push. The "you know what, I’m done here" moment.
They say women should lift each other up. This one? She brought a shovel.
She had mood swings like she was stuck in a loop of perimenopause and paranoia. Every suggestion was an insult. Every group chat turned into a battle royale. She even went around messaging anyone she thought was your friend just to trash-talk you.
It was like Mean Girls: Kingdom Edition. Equal parts ridiculous and exhausting.
Of course, Prom couldn’t rein her in. Let’s be honest—he couldn’t really rein anyone in.
That kind of energy? No thanks. Maybe I was already half out the door because of the CP chaos and red banners. But Karen 2 was the final push. The "you know what, I’m done here" moment.
Onward (Again)
A few folks followed me to the next kingdom—including a
stalker, a joker, and the joker’s minion. But that’s a tale for another post...
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