Overview

Alliance is a weekly, season‑based PvPvE system where guilds join one of three factions and compete for ranks and rewards through various PvE activities, PvP, and a large weekly war called “Conflict.” To participate, a character must be in a guild that has joined an Alliance and then enroll in one of the three factions (Free Traders Collective (FTC), Enlightened Union (EU), Iron Order(IO)).

Differences from Retail

OSTO has made a few changes to Alliance in order to incentivize participation as well as attempt to create a more balanced playing field. These changes include:

To encourage a more balanced distribution of players across the three Alliances, all three have had their passive buffs removed (FTC’s 1% bonus to looted gold, EU’s 5% reputation credit boost, and IO’s 5% extra stun resistance passive).
Assault Commander’s Tenacious Aura has been reworked from the original CC immunity aura to a +15 Power and +10% Attack Speed aura.
Vault BAMs and Invisible BAMs have had their drop tables reworked to include some more relevant items, such as feedstock, alkahest, and Vitriols.
The Alliance Reputation Merchant has been updated to include items such as Master Enigmatic Scrolls and Visionmaker Designs.
The Alliance supplies (items such as Invisibility Potions and Stun Bombs) have been removed from the Reputation Merchant and have had their designs included as drops from BAMs.

Alliances and Territories

There are three alliances and each controls a capital city and a surrounding territory.

Alliance	Location	Focus	Buffs*
Iron Order (IO)	Kaiator	Military Power and Resilience	~~+5% stun resistance~~
Enlightened Union (EU)	Allemantheia	Research and Reputation	~~+5% reputation credits~~
Free Traders Collective (FTC)	Velika	Trade and Economy	~~+1% gold from monsters~~

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*Each Alliance is granted a passive bonus, however, OSTO has removed these buffs to encourage an even spread among alliances.

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