# Anchors Aweigh **URL:** \ **Category:** Official News\ **Created:** [March 7, 2021, 10:59pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/anchors-aweigh/68910 "2021-03-07T22:59:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Saltypatra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/saltypatra/32/59750_2.png) [@Saltypatra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Saltypatra)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2021, 10:59pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/anchors-aweigh/68910/1 "2021-03-07T22:59:53Z")
Originally published at: [Anchors Aweigh – Gems of War](https://gemsofwar.com/anchors-aweigh/) New Epic Troop: Willi the Anchor Willi the Anchor will be available this week for 400 Glory in the shop as well as in Event Chests, and will appear in Glory, Gem, and Guild chests in 3-4 weeks’ time. World Event: Imperial Summons There are 6 battles that players can encounter during the event: Mosasaurus,… ---
**Author:** ![cyberkiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8dc957/32.png) [@cyberkiwi](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/cyberkiwi)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2021, 11:13pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/anchors-aweigh/68910/2 "2021-03-07T23:13:30Z")
## **IMPORTANT UPDATE 9-Mar-21 10am UTC** _Based on the findings in [this thread](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/anchors-aweigh-data-collection/68920) it looks like an optimal player is 99% guaranteed the required points using Tier 1 sigils, assuming all ravens caught and no battles lost._ The most recent event that closely resembles this scoring method is “[Raising Nefertani](https://gemsofwar.com/pharaohs-tomb/)” on 7-Dec-2020, even if that uses two different rewards (_essentially just points_). This event scales harder though (50%), so it could benefit from people posting their encounters (preset map) Tower-of-Doom style and revealing the hardest-scaling troop - might result in 10% difference in total point take. Historically with these scaling events, a handful of Tier 4/6 players will gather enough points to allow everyone else to skip the shop. **Shop Tier 1 has 90+% of getting 2367, 1/30 of 71,000 for reward 12** Everyone in this screenshot would have reached 2367 by 67 battles. Tier 1 gives 66-68 battles. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/d/7/d7794813026fd55f10fa8abb29e68af6b8aa7722.jpeg) Battle Priority: Battle any non-Mosasaurus troop whenever possible. ``` [Ultra-rare] Mosasaurus: 6 Booty = 6 pts [Epic] Bonnie Rose: 8 Booty = 8 pts [Epic] Captain Skullbeard: 8 Booty = 8 pts [Legendary] Kraken: 10 Booty = 10 pts [Legendary] The Maraji Queen: 10 Booty = 10 pts [Mythic] Megavore: 12 Booty = 12 pts ``` ---
**Author:** ![awryan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/awryan/32/74650_2.png) [@awryan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/awryan)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2021, 11:13pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/anchors-aweigh/68910/3 "2021-03-07T23:13:35Z")
This is all. ![images](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/2/6/2629dd9bb6eed9a1fa5763e966bc7e25d854d267.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![igniteice](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/igniteice/32/67904_2.png) [@igniteice](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/igniteice)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2021, 11:36pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/anchors-aweigh/68910/4 "2021-03-07T23:36:49Z")
What an awful troop. Edit: I can’t emphasize this enough. What on earth does this troop actually do? And it’s EPIC? It gives you gold… submerges itself, uh, you gain an extra turn? Okay? Truly awful. It’s really, really bad. ---
**Author:** ![Rockwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c0e974/32.png) [@Rockwell](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rockwell)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2021, 11:41pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/anchors-aweigh/68910/5 "2021-03-07T23:41:42Z")
> [@igniteice](#): > > What on earth does this troop actually do? Gets Blackhawk to Power Level 15… 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![awryan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/awryan/32/74650_2.png) [@awryan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/awryan)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 12:12am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/anchors-aweigh/68910/7 "2021-03-08T00:12:24Z")
Willi the Anchor is the definition of a troop made with only a gimmick in mind. And completely neglected to add any actual utility with it. Like an unfinished thou… ---
**Author:** ![Eika](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/eika/32/103088_2.png) [@Eika](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Eika)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 12:22am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/anchors-aweigh/68910/8 "2021-03-08T00:22:22Z")
The spell looks like unfinished business. Such an amazing artwork tho, it just makes all of us sad. waaa waa waa. @Saltypatra Please add, explode 5 random gems to his spell too. At least he will be useful that way. ---
**Author:** ![anon2904747](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e495f1/32.png) [@anon2904747](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/anon2904747)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 1:23am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/anchors-aweigh/68910/9 "2021-03-08T01:23:42Z")
Give them a break, at least this one’s unique. ---
**Author:** ![anon2904747](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e495f1/32.png) [@anon2904747](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/anon2904747)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 1:25am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/anchors-aweigh/68910/10 "2021-03-08T01:25:59Z")
Plus, this one could end up being useful at some point. You haven’t even used it yet (obviously, since it’s not in the game yet). Remember how useful War used to be, and how he got mostly obsolete and less powerful compared to other troops? ---
**Author:** ![Shimrra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/shimrra/32/87_2.png) [@Shimrra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Shimrra)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 1:55am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/anchors-aweigh/68910/11 "2021-03-08T01:55:17Z")
Unique…ly uselessss! ---
**Author:** ![SevenSidedBox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@SevenSidedBox](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/SevenSidedBox)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 2:20am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/anchors-aweigh/68910/12 "2021-03-08T02:20:00Z")
I’m struggling to see how honestly. The combo of self submerge + extra turn + moving itself isn’t worth a team slot. The gold generation is nice in certain teams but there are better troops for that. The only way anyone would ever use Willi is if the developers are going to do something unique in the future with the banding trait. As it is right now (and based on spoiler data of the other troops with banding), it’s just a mediocre boost to his stats. ---
**Author:** ![Eika](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/eika/32/103088_2.png) [@Eika](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Eika)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 2:39am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/anchors-aweigh/68910/14 "2021-03-08T02:39:42Z")
> [@anon2904747](#): > > Plus, this one could end up being useful at some point. Well, then every troop in the game can be useful at some point. ---
**Author:** ![awryan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/awryan/32/74650_2.png) [@awryan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/awryan)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 3:54am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/anchors-aweigh/68910/15 "2021-03-08T03:54:46Z")
Considering the delve treasure troops are technically troops. Willi is at least better than 6 other troops in the game. It’s just the 930+ others that I’d use before him that’s the issue. ---
**Author:** ![NerdieBirdie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/nerdiebirdie/32/103793_2.png) [@NerdieBirdie](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/NerdieBirdie)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 4:21am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/anchors-aweigh/68910/16 "2021-03-08T04:21:20Z")
I wonder what troop 1,000 will be… ---
**Author:** ![Nullings](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/nullings/32/39207_2.png) [@Nullings](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Nullings)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 5:13am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/anchors-aweigh/68910/17 "2021-03-08T05:13:26Z")
Wow. We got a troop nearly as useless as Aziris. Or Orge. But they have an excuse that they appeared in the beginning of the game. ---
**Author:** ![Fleg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Fleg](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fleg)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 5:27am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/anchors-aweigh/68910/18 "2021-03-08T05:27:36Z")
Do my eyes deceive me? Is this event actually HIghest Rarity \> Highest Level? ---
**Author:** ![Vasilisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ea5d25/32.png) [@Vasilisk](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Vasilisk)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 5:43am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/anchors-aweigh/68910/19 "2021-03-08T05:43:38Z")
it tries to rhymes with his sea shanty spell… but it fails… 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![cyberkiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8dc957/32.png) [@cyberkiwi](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/cyberkiwi)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 5:43am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/anchors-aweigh/68910/20 "2021-03-08T05:43:45Z")
> [@Fleg](#): > > Do my eyes deceive me? Is this event actually HIghest Rarity \> Highest Level? Not that simple. If you have a sigil left and there have been more than twice as many Captain Skullbeard’s as there have been Megavore, then CS would be worth more. A concerted effort to write down the troop sequence behind each map location would be a great resource, but nobody has shown interest to perticipate. ---
**Author:** ![Fleg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Fleg](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fleg)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 6:07am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/anchors-aweigh/68910/21 "2021-03-08T06:07:08Z")
> [@cyberkiwi](#): > > Not that simple. If you have a sigil left and there have been more than twice as many Captain Skullbeard’s as there have been Megavore, then CS would be worth more. That is true except for the fact we will all have a board full of Mosasaurus and won’t have a choice between Skullbeard and Megavore for our last sigil. > [@cyberkiwi](#): > > A concerted effort to write down the troop sequence behind each map location would be a great resource, but nobody has shown interest to participate. I’ve thought about this in the past but decided it’s not worth the effort as long as we have a low Tier buy in for these world events. ---
**Author:** ![cyberkiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8dc957/32.png) [@cyberkiwi](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/cyberkiwi)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 6:26am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/anchors-aweigh/68910/22 "2021-03-08T06:26:27Z")
You chose the top left - that’s 10 epics 3 mythics 4 legendaries and 4 ultra rare (assume you don’t switch when it’s back to Mosasaurus. John chose bottom right - that’s 8 epics 6 mythics 2 legendaries and 5 ultra rare. Which is worth more depends on the composition leading to, and it may make or break a tier buy [Next page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/anchors-aweigh/68910.md?page=2)