Desert Storm is a weekly event the alliance participates in.  We go to war against another alliance in a dedicated battlefield.  It is exciting and fast paced, and allows us to work together strategically to control buildings on the battlefield, kill the enemy, and score points.  The alliance with the most points at the end, wins.  The event has excellent rewards for the alliance as a whole, but especially for those who participate.  Unfortunately, not all members of the alliance can participate.  

We will have 2 teams each week, Team A and Team B.  Each team can have a roster of 30 (20 starters and 10 alternates/substitutes).

Sign-ups (called a Request to Battle) are from Sunday night at server reset until Wednesday night at server reset.  In LOCKDOWN, we close the sign-ups 1 hour before reset on Wednesday night - this is because leadership has to add people to the teams and we don't want to accidently miss last-minute sign-ups right before reset.

When you enter the battlefield, you will receive a full Drill Ground worth of troops that are the highest tier you are able to make based on your highest level barracks.  These troops are completely different from the ones you have trained and put in the drill grounds in your base.  Those stay safe, and you play with the troops the event gives you.  You do not have to worry about losing any of the hard-earned troops you trained throughout the week.  Because of this we HIGHLY recommend that you DO NOT use any of your healing speedups on the troops in Desert Storm.  If you run out of troops, just continue to harass the enemy, or better still... see if a substitute is available and if so, leave the battlefield and let them enter the battlefield and participate with a full drill ground of troops.